Roland-Garros: Svitolina sets round-of-16 blockbuster with Paolini
Elina Svitolina defeated Bernarda Pera 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) on Friday evening. She’ll face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Elina Svitolina, the No 13 seed, was the last to move into the last 16 of Roland-Garros, on Friday, by winning against American Bernarda Pera 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) on Friday evening.
The victory sees Svitolina through to the second week of Roland-Garros for the seventh time, with Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed and last year runner-up, waiting in the fourth round.
The Ukrainian has now racked up the most clay wins on the WTA Tour this season, with 15 wins and just two losses.
Svitolina has won all her matches in two so far, defeated Zeynep Sonmez (6-1, 6-1) and Hungarian Anna Bondar (7-6 (4), 7-5) in the previous rounds.
Earlier in the tournament, Pera, ranked No 83, beat Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia (6-4, 6-4) and edged out Croat Donna Vekic, the No 18 seed (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)).
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Sofia Kenin
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Coco Gauff
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lois Boisson
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Paula Badosa
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jasmine Paolini beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (LL): 6-4, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (12) beat Jelena Ostapenko (21): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (5) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 7-5
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-2, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Victoria Mboko (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Clara Tauson (22): 7-6 (4), 6-4
