Roland-Garros: Tauson knocks out Fernandez in close contest to reach third round
Clara Tauson edged out Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean and Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan in the next round
Dane qualifier Clara Tauson advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday evening.
Tauson, ranked No 127, will play the winner of the match between French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean and Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.
The 20-year-old Dane won against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-2, 6-0) in the previous round of the French Open.
In the previous round of the French Open, Fernandez, ranked No 49, beat Pole Magda Linette, the No 21 seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).
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: wednesday
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 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)