Roland-Garros: Cocciaretto into last 16
Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeated Liudmila Samsonova 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 30 seed, in the next round
Elisabetta Cocciaretto – Zuma / Panoramic
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by winning against Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 17 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-2 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Friday.
Cocciaretto, ranked No 51, will play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 30 seed, next.
In her on-court interview, Cocciaretto spoke briefly in French, saying: “To be in the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time is extraordinary,” in quotes translated by Tennis Majors.
The Italian beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-1) and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (6-1, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds, Samsonova, ranked No 17, won against Pole Magda Linette (6-1, 6-1) and American Amanda Anisimova (6-2, 6-1).
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina
- Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Iga Swiatek vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Ons Jabeur
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Clara Tauson vs. Sofia Kenin
- Chloe Paquet vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Coco Gauff vs. Dayana Yastremska: friday
- Olga Danilovic vs. Donna Vekic: friday
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