Roland-Garros: Fernandez eases past Wang to move into third round

Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-4 in Paris.

Fernandez, ranked No 34, will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.

The 21-year-old Canadian won against French wildcard Jessika Ponchet (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Wang, ranked No 61, defeated Zhuoxuan Bai (7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sara Errani vs. Emma Navarro
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Noskova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Anna Blinkova
• Jana Fett vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: thursday
• Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic: thursday
• Madison Keys vs. Mayar Sherif: thursday
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-2, 6-1
• Katie Volynets vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic: thursday
• 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
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Chloe Paquet: thursday
• 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 beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin beat Caroline Garcia (21): 6-3, 6-3