Roland-Garros: Muchova streak continues, beats Begu to book spot in last 16
Karolina Muchova won against Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-2 on Friday and will play Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan in the next round
Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova in action during her third round match against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu at 2023 Roland-Garros (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Czech Karolina Muchova advanced to the last 16 of Roland-Garros by beating Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 27 seed, 6-3, 6-2 in Paris on Friday.
Muchova, ranked No 43, will play Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.
The Czech won against Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (7-6 (5), 7-5) and Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-3, 0-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Begu, ranked No 27, defeated Hungarian Anna Bondar (6-4, 6-2) and Italian Sara Errani (6-3, 6-0).
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xinyu Wang
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kayla Day
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Sloane Stephens beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Elina Avanesyan beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina beat Anna Blinkova: 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1
