Roland-Garros: Badosa books spot in third round with gutsy win
Paula Badosa edged out Elena-Gabriela Ruse 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 17 seed, and French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean in the next round
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Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 10 seed, edged out Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday afternoon.
Badosa, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 17 seed, and French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean next.
The Spaniard edged out Japanese Naomi Osaka (6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Ruse, ranked No 80, defeated American McCartney Kessler (7-5, 7-6 (3)).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin
- Alycia Parks vs. Elsa Jacquemot: thursday
- Lois Boisson (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
- Madison Keys (7) beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-3
- 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
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