Roland-Garros: Rybakina eases past Mertens to reach fourth round

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros by beating Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 25 seed, 6-4, 6-2 in Paris.

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 15 seed, and Romanian Ana Bogdan next.

The Kazakh beat Belgian Greet Minnen (6-2, 6-3) and Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds, Mertens, ranked No 27, defeated Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle (6-3, 7-6 (8)) and Croat Petra Martic (6-4, 6-3).

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
• Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
• Varvara Gracheva beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Iga Swiatek (1) 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
• Anastasia Potapova beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• 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)