Roland-Garros: Potapova beats Wang to move into last 16

Russian Anastasia Potapova moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by edging out Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in Paris.

Potapova, ranked No 41, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Russian defeated Kamilla Rakhimova (6-2, 6-3) and Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-2, 6-2).

Wang, ranked No 37, edged out German qualifier Jule Niemeier (0-6, 6-2, 6-4) and won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-5, 5-7, 6-1) 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 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
• 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)