Svitolina secures spot in last 16 at Roland-Garros

Elina Svitolina, the No 15 seed, moved into the last 16 at Roland-Garros by beating Romanian Ana Bogdan 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday evening.

Svitolina, ranked No 19, will battle No 4 seed Elena Rybakina for a spot in the quarter-finals.

In the previous rounds Svitolina defeated Karolina Pliskova (3-6, 6-4, 6-2) and Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-4, 7-6 (3)).

Bogdan, ranked No 64, had previously advanced with victories over French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot (6-1, 6-3) and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 20 seed (6-4, 6-4).

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results:

• Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro: saturday
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 7-5, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-4, 6-2
• Varvara Gracheva beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-2
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (31): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Clara Tauson beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-2, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)

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