Roland-Garros: Wang beats Tomova to move into third round

Chinese Xinyu Wang reached the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 in Paris.

Wang, ranked No 37, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Chinese edged out German qualifier Jule Niemeier (0-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Tomova, ranked No 75, won against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 16 seed (6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Bernarda Pera
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Noskova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sara Errani vs. Emma Navarro
• Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Xiyu Wang: thursday
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Jana Fett vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Madison Keys vs. Mayar Sherif: thursday
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Amanda Anisimova: thursday
• Katie Volynets vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic: thursday
• 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
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Chloe Paquet: thursday
• Donna Vekic beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 7-5, 6-4
• 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