Roland-Garros: Potapova through to third round

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 24 seed, won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday.

Potapova, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

The 22-year-old Russian beat American qualifier Taylor Townsend (6-1, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the French Open, Sherif, ranked No 54, defeated American Madison Brengle (6-3, 6-1).

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

• Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
• Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
• Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
• Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
• Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
• Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• 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
• Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska: wednesday
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Qinwen Zheng: wednesday
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Daria Kasatkina: wednesday
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
• Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
• 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 (28) beat Camila Osorio (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3)