Roland-Garros: Paolini reaches first career Slam quarter-final
Jasmine Paolini won against Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 on Monday and will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Jasmine Paolini in Rome (Zuma/Panoramic)
Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 12 seed, won against Russian Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the last eight of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Paolini, ranked No 15, will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next in what will be her maiden career Grand Slam quarter-final.
The Italian defeated Australian Daria Saville (6-3, 6-4), American lucky loser Hailey Baptiste (6-4, 7-6 (6)) and Canadian Bianca Andreescu (6-1, 3-6, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Avanesyan, ranked No 70, beat Chinese Lin Zhu (6-2, 6-4), Anna Blinkova (6-3, 6-0) and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)).
Paris (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka: monday
- Elena Rybakina beat Elina Svitolina (15): 6-4, 6-3
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-1, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-0, 6-0
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