Roland-Garros: Tauson through to last 16
Clara Tauson defeated Sofia Kenin 6-2, 7-5 on Friday and will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Tauson wins at Roland-Garros, 2023 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Dane Clara Tauson moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by winning against American Sofia Kenin 6-2, 7-5 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Friday afternoon.
Tauson, ranked No 72, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the 21-year-old Dane beat German Tatjana Maria (6-2, 6-3) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed (7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3).
Kenin, ranked No 56, defeated German Laura Siegemund (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 21 seed (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Iga Swiatek vs. Marie Bouzkova: friday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Ons Jabeur: friday
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xinyu Wang: friday
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-2, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)
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