Roland-Garros: Gracheva through to third round
Varvara Gracheva edged out Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-7 [5], 7-5 on Wednesday and will play Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 31 seed, in the next round
Russian Varvara Gracheva advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-7 [5], 7-5 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday afternoon.
Gracheva, ranked No 71, will face Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 31 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Russian edged out Australian Astra Sharma (4-6, 6-4, 7-5).
Tomljanovic, ranked No 42, defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the No 5 seed (7-6 [5], 7-5) in the previous round of the French Open.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Sloane Stephens beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Kaia Kanepi beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens beat Marie Bouzkova
- Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-1, 7-6 [4]
- Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Donna Vekic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (4): 7-6 [5], 7-6 [4]
- Angelique Kerber (21) beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 6-1, 7-6 [2]
- Jil Teichmann (23) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-1, 7-6 [3]
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Emma Raducanu (12): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1