Gauff defeats Zidansek to reach Roland-Garros third round

While Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka played a three-set thriller on Court Philippe-Chatrier, Coco Gauff was on Court Suzanne-Lenglen quietly making her way to the third round at Roland-Garros.

Gauff beat Slovenian qualifier Tamara Zidansek 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday evening. The third-seeded American was one of only four women who advanced on Wednesday, as all play on the outside courts was washed out by rain.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will next face the winner of the match between Chinese Yafan Wang and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 30 seed, next. The 20-year-old preceded this result by defeating qualifier Julia Avdeeva (6-1, 6-1) in the opening round.

Zidansek, ranked No 131, got the best of Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (6-2, 2-6, 6-1).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Madison Keys vs. Mayar Sherif
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Noskova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Anna Blinkova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Elina Svitolina vs. Diane Parry
• Sara Errani vs. Emma Navarro
• Arantxa Rus vs. Elena Rybakina
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Katie Volynets vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Jana Fett vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Xiyu Wang
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Paula Badosa vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Yafan Wang vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Chloe Paquet
• Donna Vekic vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Naomi Osaka: wednesday
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin beat Caroline Garcia (21): 6-3, 6-3