Roland-Garros: Cocciaretto makes third round

Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert 6-2, 6-3 in Paris on Thursday.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 44, will face the winner of the match between American Bernarda Pera and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 22 seed, next.

In the previous round of the French Open, the 22-year-old Italian won against Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 10 seed (6-3, 6-4).

Waltert, ranked No 128, defeated American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik (6-1, 4-6, 6-2) in the first round of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam), 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
• Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
• Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
• Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva: thursday
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Linda Noskova: 6-3, 6-3
• Kayla Day (Q) beat Madison Keys (20): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Aliona Bolsova (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Leolia Jeanjean (WC): 6-0, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson (Q) 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)