Roland-Garros: Pegula makes third round
Jessica Pegula edged out Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 on Thursday. She’ll play Slovenian Tamara Zidansek, the No 24 seed, in the next round
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 9, 2021 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. celebrates after winning her first round match against Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka
American Jessica Pegula, the No 11 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Pegula, ranked No 11, will play Slovenian Tamara Zidansek, the No 24 seed, next.
The American won against Chinese Qiang Wang (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the French Open, while Kalinina, ranked No 36, benefited from the abandonment of American qualifier Hailey Baptiste (5-2).
Paris (Grand Slam): Other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (3) beat Kaja Juvan: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Karolina Pliskova (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Diane Parry beat Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: 6-3, 6-3
- Daria Saville (WC) beat Petra Kvitova (32): 6-4, 6-2
- Martina Trevisan beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-2, 6-4
- Varvara Gracheva beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-4, 6-7 [5], 7-5
- Sloane Stephens beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Kaia Kanepi beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens beat Marie Bouzkova
- Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-1, 7-6 [4]
- Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Donna Vekic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (4): 7-6 [5], 7-6 [4]
- Angelique Kerber (21) beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 6-1, 7-6 [2]
- Jil Teichmann (23) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-1, 7-6 [3]
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Emma Raducanu (12): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
