Roland-Garros: Potapova through to third round
Anastasia Potapova defeated Mayar Sherif 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next round
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Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 24 seed, won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Potapova, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.
The 22-year-old Russian beat American qualifier Taylor Townsend (6-1, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the French Open, Sherif, ranked No 54, defeated American Madison Brengle (6-3, 6-1).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
- Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
- Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
- Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
- Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
- Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
- Iryna Shymanovich vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Sara Errani vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska: wednesday
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Qinwen Zheng: wednesday
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Daria Kasatkina: wednesday
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
- Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
- Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina beat Storm Hunter (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Camila Osorio (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
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