Roland-Garros: Jabeur edges past tenacious Fernandez to reach last 16

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of Roland-Garros in Paris.

Jabeur, ranked No 9, will face Dane Clara Tauson next.

Ahead of her victory, the Tunisian won against American wildcard Sachia Vickery (6-3, 6-2) and Colombian Camila Osorio (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).

Fernandez, ranked No 34, won against French wildcard Jessika Ponchet (6-2, 6-0) and Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds.

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

• Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
• Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Iga Swiatek vs. Marie Bouzkova: friday
• Clara Tauson beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xinyu Wang: friday
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-2, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)