Roland-Garros: Schmiedlova beats lucky loser Bolsova to reach third round

The Slovak will play the winner of the match between qualifier Kayla Day and No 20 seed Madison Keys in the next round

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at Roland-Garros 2023 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at Roland-Garros 2023 Image Credit: Zuma / Panoramic
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Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Spanish lucky loser Aliona Bolsova 6-3, 6-4 in Paris on Thursday.

Schmiedlova, ranked No 100 in the world, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Kayla Day and No 20 seed Madison Keys next.

This is the third time in her career that Schmiedlova has reached the round of 32 in Paris. She will be attempting to make the fourth round at a Major for the first time on Saturday.

Ahead of her victory, the Slovak won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 11 seed (6-3, 6-1).

Bolsova, ranked No 131, won against Slovak Kristina Kucova (6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the French Open.

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

  • Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
  • Elena Rybakina (4) beat Linda Noskova: 6-3, 6-3
  • 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)
  • Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
  • 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
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
  • Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
  • Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
  • Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
  • Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia

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