Roland-Garros: Kenin defeats Azarenka to make first third round since 2020

American Sofia Kenin, the No 31 seed, defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.

Kenin, ranked No 30, will play American Madison Keys, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American won against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-3, 6-1).

Azarenka, ranked No 75, beat Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Elsa Jacquemot (WC) beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Lois Boisson (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
• Madison Keys beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (10) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• 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