Roland-Garros: Gracheva races into third round

Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva won against American Bernarda Pera 6-1, 6-3 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.

Gracheva, ranked No 88, will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu next.

The Frenchwoman beat Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Pera, ranked No 80, defeated Japanese Nao Hibino (6-2, 6-0).

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

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva: thursday
• Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: thursday
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu: thursday
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini: thursday
• 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