Roland-Garros: Andreeva sprints past Stearns into fourth round
Mirra Andreeva makes quick work of Peyton Stearns at Roland-Garros on Saturday. Andreeva will battle Varvara Gracheva for a place in the quarter-finals.
Mirra Andreeva, Rome, 2024 © Zuma / Panoramic
Mirra Andreeva beat Peyton Stearns 6-2, 6-1 in the Roland-Garros third round on Saturday evening. Andreeva needed only one hour and 17 minutes to advance.
The 17-year-old Russian, who is ranked No 38, will play Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva in the last 16. Ahead of Saturday’s victory she defeated American Emina Bektas (6-2, 6-3) and edged out Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 19 seed (6-3, 3-6, 7-5).
Stearns, ranked No 62, beat Croatian qualifier Lucija Ciric Bagaric (6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6)) and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed (7-5, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results:
- Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
- Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan: saturday
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini: saturday
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 7-5, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-4, 6-2
- Varvara Gracheva beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-3
- Elina Avanesyan beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-2
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (31): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Clara Tauson beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-2, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)
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