Roland-Garros: Stephens wins 12 games in a row against Teichmann to book spot in quarter-finals
Sloane Stephens defeated Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday evening and will play Coco Gauff, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Sloane Stephens | © (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
American Sloane Stephens reached the last eight of Roland-Garros by winning against Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 23 seed, 6-2, 6-0 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday evening.
Stephens, ranked No 64, will face American Coco Gauff, the No 18 seed, next.
The American defeated German qualifier Jule Niemeier (5-7, 6-4, 6-2), Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 26 seed (3-6, 6-2, 6-0) and Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-2, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the French Open, while Teichmann, ranked No 24, beat American Bernarda Pera (6-2, 6-1), Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic (6-4, 6-1) and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 15 seed (4-6, 7-5, 7-6 [5]).
Paris (Grand Slam): Other last 16 results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Coco Gauff beat Elise Mertens (31): 6-4, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Amanda Anisimova (27): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Martina Trevisan beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-6 [10], 7-5
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