Roland-Garros: Lucky loser Avanesyan beats Tauson to reach fourth round

Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan edged out Dane qualifier Clara Tauson 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of Roland-Garros in Paris on Friday afternoon.

Avanesyan, ranked No 134, will play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 27 seed, next.

The 20-year-old Russian edged out Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) and won against French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean (6-0, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Tauson, ranked No 127, beat Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-2, 6-0) and edged out Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-3, 5-7, 6-4).

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• 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
• 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
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva