Roland-Garros: Paolini gains confidence

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by defeating Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday.

Paolini, ranked No 4, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian lucky loser Yuliia Starodubtseva and Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

The Italian won against Chinese Yue Yuan (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round.

During the first round, Tomljanovic, ranked No 71, beat Maya Joint (6-1, 6-3).

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

• Tereza Valentova vs. Coco Gauff
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Sonay Kartal
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Nao Hibino
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin
• Madison Keys vs. Katie Boulter
• Ann Li vs. Jessica Pegula
• Magdalena Frech vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lois Boisson
• Alycia Parks vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Paula Badosa
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Joanna Garland vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Elena Rybakina vs. Iva Jovic
• Diana Shnaider vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jil Teichmann
• Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Iga Swiatek
• Sara Bejlek vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
• Donna Vekic vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Bondar vs. Elina Svitolina
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Clara Tauson vs. Arantxa Rus
• 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