Roland-Garros: Sorribes Tormo reached the last 16 after Rybakina withdrew

Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros after Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, withdrew before the match at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 132, will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 23 seed, and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 14 seed, next.

In the previous rounds of the French Open, the Spaniard won against French wildcard Clara Burel (7-6, 6-2) and Croat Petra Martic (6-4, 6-1).

Rybakina, ranked No 4, defeated Czech qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova (6-4, 6-2) and Czech Linda Noskova (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

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
• Karolina Muchova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (27): 6-3, 6-2
• Sloane Stephens beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) 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