Roland-Garros: Rybakina beats Czech teen Noskova to reach third round, plays Sorribes Tormo next

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, defeated Czech teenager Linda Noskova in straight sets to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.

Rybakina, ranked No 4 in the world, defeated the 18-year-old 6-3, 6-3 and will face Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

This was Rybakina’s 30th win on the tour this year. It is also the third year in a row that the Kazakh, who won Wimbledon last year, has reached the third round in Paris with her best showing coming in 2021 when she reached the quarter-finals.

30th win of the year for @lenarybakina ✅

The No.4 seed books her place in the third round, defeating Noskova 6-3 6-3.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/EPzjzJKsAl

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 1, 2023

The Kazakh won against Czech qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova (6-4, 6-2) in the first round.

In the previous round of the French Open, Noskova, ranked No 50, benefited from the retirement of Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (6-3, 2-1).

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Leolia Jeanjean (WC): 6-0, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-0
• Sloane Stephens beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (19): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Anna Blinkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• 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)
• 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
• Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova

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