Roland-Garros: Svitolina into fourth round, meets Kasatkina next

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros by edging out Russian Anna Blinkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in Paris on Friday afternoon. The two met last week in the Strasbourg final as well which Svitolina won in straight sets.

The former world No 3 is playing her first Grand Slam since giving birth to her daughter in October. She has been a three-time quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros.

Svitolina, who is now ranked No 192, will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 9 seed, next.

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— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023

Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian won against Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 26 seed (6-2, 6-2) and Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (2-6, 6-3, 6-1).

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— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023

Blinkova, ranked No 56, beat Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure (6-2, 6-0) and upset Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the French Open.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1
• Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
• Iga Swiatek vs. Xinyu Wang
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kayla Day
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Clara Tauson vs. Elina Avanesyan

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