Azarenka becomes eighth women’s seed to fall on day five of Roland-Garros
Mirra Andreeva edged out Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Thursday evening and will face American Peyton Stearns in the next round
Russian Mirra Andreeva moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 19 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.
It has been a tough say for seeds in the women’s draw, with seven others falling on Thursday including Jelena Ostapenko and Danielle Collins.
Andreeva, ranked No 38, will play American Peyton Stearns next.
The 17-year-old Russian won against American Emina Bektas (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Azarenka, ranked No 21, beat Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-1, 6-0).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Ana Bogdan beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-4, 6-4
- Varvara Gracheva beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-3
- Bianca Andreescu beat Anna Kalinskaya (23): 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Hailey Baptiste (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Peyton Stearns beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-5, 6-2
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-2
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Linda Noskova (27): 6-4, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (22) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Elina Avanesyan beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-0
- Marie Bouzkova beat Jana Fett (LL): 6-2, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (25) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys (14) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 7-6 (7)
- Clara Tauson beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-2, 6-1
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Elina Svitolina (15) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Danielle Collins (11): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-3, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Paula Badosa beat Yulia Putintseva: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
- Chloe Paquet (WC) beat Katerina Siniakova (32): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
- Donna Vekic beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 7-5, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-2, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Caroline Garcia (21): 6-3, 6-3
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