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
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)