Roland-Garros: Tauson sets up battle of 20-year-olds against Fernandez in second round

Danish qualifier Clara Tauson defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-0 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday evening.

The win set up an exciting clash Tauson, ranked No 126 in the world, and fellow 20-year-old Leylah Fernandez in the second round.

The two had met in the Australian Open girls singles final in 2019 which Tauson won in straight sets. This will be their first meeting on the WTA Tour.

Tauson, who did not play this event last year, is through to the second round in Paris for the third time in three main draw appearances.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)

• Qinwen Zheng (19) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Camila Giorgi beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez beat Magda Linette (21): 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-0, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
• Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
• Storm Hunter (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
• Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
• Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
• Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
• Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
• Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
• Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Martina Trevisan
• Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Alycia Parks
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic
• Rebecca Marino vs. Diana Shnaider
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
• Camila Osorio vs. Ana Bogdan
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Madison Keys
• Kayla Day vs. Kristina Mladenovic
• Anna Bondar vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Jule Niemeier vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Danielle Collins vs. Jessica Pegula
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katie Volynets
• Mayar Sherif vs. Madison Brengle
• Sara Errani vs. Jil Teichmann: sunday
• Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova

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