Roland-Garros: Kasatkina first player to reach last 16

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 9 seed, defeated American Peyton Stearns 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of Roland-Garros in Paris on Friday.

Kasatkina, ranked No 9 in the world and a semi-finalist here 12 months ago, will play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina next.

This is the fifth time in her career that the Russian has advanced to the last 16 at a major with three of those coming at the French Open.

First to the fourth round 👉 @DKasatkina

Def. Stearns 6-0, 6-1#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/CfsSHudCGA

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023

“I played a very good match,” Kasatkina stated after the match. “At the beginning also I saw that she was a bit tired. So, yeah, it happens.

“After this moment I just realised I just know exactly what I have to do. You know, it happens sometimes that the match goes one way, but I think the level was pretty high, and I’m just happy that I was able to close the match and take all my chances.”

Kasatkina has still never lost a set at the 2023 Roland-Garros. Ahead of her victory, the Russian won against German Jule Niemeier (6-3, 6-4) and Czech Marketa Vondrousova (6-3, 6-4).

Stearns, ranked No 69, beat Czech Katerina Siniakova (7-6 (7), 6-2) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)

• Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kayla Day
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Iga Swiatek vs. Xinyu Wang
• Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Clara Tauson vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Anna Blinkova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Elise Mertens vs. Jessica Pegula: friday
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Anastasia Potapova

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