Roland-Garros: Stephens steamrolls Gracheva to reach third round

Sloane Stephens defeated Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday and will play Kazakh Yulia Putintseva in the next round

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American Sloane Stephens won against Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros.

Stephens, ranked No 30, will face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva next.

The American defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 16 seed (6-0, 6-4) in the previous round of the French Open.

In the first round of the French Open, Gracheva, ranked No 41, won against Hungarian Dalma Galfi (6-4, 2-6, 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
  • Leolia Jeanjean vs. Elina Avanesyan
  • Magdalena Frech vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
  • Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
  • Sara Errani vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
  • 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)

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