Navarro upsets Keys in all-American match at Roland-Garros

No 22 seed Emma Navarro advanced to the last 16 at Roland-Garros with a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) upset of No 14 seed and fellow American Madison Keys on Saturday evening.

Navarro failed to serve out the match at 5-4, but she held easily at 5-6 to force a tiebreak and never looked back. The former NCAA singles champion seized a 6-1 lead in the ‘breaker before converting her third match point at 6-3.

Navarro will go up against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, for a place in the quarter-finals. Ahead of her victory the world No 24 defeated qualifier Zeynep Sonmez (6-2, 6-0) and Italian qualifier Sara Errani (6-2, 7-5).

Keys, ranked No 12, beat Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-3, 6-2) and Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-0, 7-6 (7)) earlier in the tournament.

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results:

• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Ana Bogdan: 7-5, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa: 7-5, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-4, 6-2
• Varvara Gracheva beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-2
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (31): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Clara Tauson beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• 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)

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