Roland-Garros: Kasatkina makes last 16
Daria Kasatkina won against Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 28 seed, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 20 seed, reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros by winning against American Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-2 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Kasatkina, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the next match between Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 28 seed, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 7 seed, next.
The Russian beat Slovak lucky loser Rebecca Sramkova (6-2, 6-0) and Mexican qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez (6-0, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the French Open, Rogers, ranked No 50, defeated Czech Tereza Martincova (6-4, 6-3) and No 9 seed Danielle Collins (6-4, 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam): Other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng beat Alize Cornet: 6-0, 3-0 ret.
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 7-5
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Leolia Jeanjean (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Sloane Stephens beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
- Jil Teichmann (23) beat Victoria Azarenka (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 [5]
- Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (31) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-3
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Angelique Kerber (21): 6-4, 7-6 [5]
- Martina Trevisan beat Daria Saville (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Belinda Bencic (14): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
- Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Karolina Muchova: 6-7 [7], 6-2, 3-0 ab.