Roland-Garros: Pegula through to last 16

American Jessica Pegula, the No 11 seed, beat Slovenian Tamara Zidansek, the No 24 seed, 6-1, 7-6 [2] to move into the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.

Pegula, ranked No 11, will play Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu next.

The American won against Chinese Qiang Wang (6-2, 6-4) and edged out Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-1, 5-7, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the French Open, Zidansek, ranked No 25, won against American Claire Liu (6-2, 6-2) and Egyptian Mayar Sherif (walkover).

Paris (Grand Slam): Other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):

• Madison Keys beat Elena Rybakina
• Paula Badosa beat Veronika Kudermetova: saturday
• Camila Giorgi (28) beat Aryna Sabalenka (7): 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Qinwen Zheng beat Alize Cornet: 6-0, 3-0 ab.
• Daria Kasatkina (20) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-3, 6-2
• 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.