Roland-Garros: Kenin defeats Azarenka to make first third round since 2020
Sofia Kenin beat Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play American Madison Keys, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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American Sofia Kenin, the No 31 seed, defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.
Kenin, ranked No 30, will play American Madison Keys, the No 7 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-3, 6-1).
Azarenka, ranked No 75, beat Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round.
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Elsa Jacquemot (WC) beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1
- Lois Boisson (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
- Madison Keys beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (10) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Tereza Valentova (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Barbora Krejcikova (15): 6-0, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva (32) beat Joanna Garland (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Robin Montgomery: 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (20) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-1, 6-3
- Hailey Baptiste beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Ann Li: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Marie Bouzkova beat Sonay Kartal: 6-1, 6-4
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Magdalena Frech (25): 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
- Mirra Andreeva (6) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (12) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska beat Diana Shnaider (11): 7-5, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (21) 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
