Roland-Garros: Rybakina has no trouble easing into round of 32 with win over wildcard Jovic
Elena Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 21 seed, in the next round
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Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 12 seed, defeated American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday evening.
Rybakina, ranked No 11, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 21 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh edged out Argentinian qualifier Julia Riera (6-1, 4-6, 6-4).
Jovic, ranked No 129, edged out Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) in the previous round.
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin
- Alycia Parks vs. Elsa Jacquemot
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Madison Keys vs. Katie Boulter
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lois Boisson
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Paula Badosa
- Tereza Valentova vs. Coco Gauff
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Joanna Garland vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Nao Hibino
- Ann Li vs. Jessica Pegula
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Sonay Kartal
- Magdalena Frech vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Dayana Yastremska beat Diana Shnaider (11): 7-5, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Caroline Dolehide: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Olga Danilovic beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (5) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-1, 6-2
- Clara Tauson (22) beat Arantxa Rus: 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (LL) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Bernarda Pera beat Donna Vekic (18): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Elina Svitolina (13) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Emiliana Arango: 6-2, 6-3
- Victoria Mboko (Q) beat Eva Lys: 6-4, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-0, 6-2
