Roland-Garros: Tauson stuns Ostapenko to reach third round
Clara Tauson defeated Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon and will face American Sofia Kenin in the next round
Tauson wins at Roland-Garros, 2023 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Dane Clara Tauson advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by defeating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 in Paris.
Tauson, ranked No 72, will face American Sofia Kenin next.
The 21-year-old Dane won against German Tatjana Maria (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Ostapenko, ranked No 11, won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-4, 7-5).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Bernarda Pera
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Sara Errani vs. Emma Navarro
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Noskova
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Anna Blinkova: thursday
- Marie Bouzkova beat Jana Fett (LL): 6-2, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (25) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys (14) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 7-6 (7)
- Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-2, 6-1
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Elina Svitolina (15) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Danielle Collins (11): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-3, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Paula Badosa beat Yulia Putintseva: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
- Chloe Paquet (WC) beat Katerina Siniakova (32): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
- Donna Vekic beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 7-5, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-2, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Caroline Garcia (21): 6-3, 6-3
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