Roland-Garros: French wildcard Jeanjean goes down to lucky loser Avanesyan

Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan won against French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean 6-0, 7-5 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday evening.

Avanesyan, ranked No 134, will play Dane qualifier Clara Tauson next.

In the previous round of the French Open, the 20-year-old Russian edged out Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed (6-3, 2-6, 6-4).

Jeanjean, ranked No 124, beat Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3) during the first round. She reached the third round in memorable run on 2022.

Other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
• Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
• Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
• Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
• Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
• Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-0
• Sloane Stephens beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (19): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Anna Blinkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Storm Hunter (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Camila Osorio (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3)