Roland-Garros: Pera gets past testing Cocciaretto encounter to reach last 16 in Paris

American Bernarda Pera advanced to the last 16 of Roland-Garros by winning against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Pera, ranked No 36, will face the winner of the match between Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit (7-6 (6), 6-2) and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 22 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-3).

Cocciaretto, ranked No 44, won against Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 10 seed (6-3, 6-4) and Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert (6-2, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-0, 6-0
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (23): 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Karolina Muchova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (27): 6-3, 6-2
• Sloane Stephens beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina beat Anna Blinkova: 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1