Roland-Garros: Third seed Pegula books spot in third round after Giorgi retirement

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, moved into the third round of Roland-Garros when Italian Camila Giorgi retired on Wednesday at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris.

Pegula, ranked No 3, led 6-2 when Giorgi, ranked No 37, pulled out on Wednesday at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris.

The American will play the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, and Colombian lucky loser Camila Osorio next.

Jessica Pegula won against Danielle Collins (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the French Open, the Italian defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet (6-3, 6-4).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
• Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
• Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
• Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
• Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Magdalena Frech vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
• Iryna Shymanovich vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Sara Errani vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Storm Hunter (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Elise Mertens vs. Camila Osorio: wednesday