Roland-Garros: Wang into third round
Xinyu Wang defeated Rebecca Peterson 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and American Claire Liu in the next round
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Chinese Xinyu Wang reached the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Swede Rebecca Peterson 7-6 (5), 6-2 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Wang, ranked No 80, will play the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and American Claire Liu next.
In the previous round of the French Open, the 21-year-old Chinese beat Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 31 seed (6-4, 7-6 (5)).
Peterson, ranked No 87, won against French qualifier Fiona Ferro (6-2, 6-0) during the first round of the French Open.
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
- Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
- Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu: thursday
- Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
- Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Diane Parry (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Linda Noskova: 6-3, 6-3
- Kayla Day (Q) beat Madison Keys (20): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Aliona Bolsova (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Leolia Jeanjean (WC): 6-0, 7-5
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-4
- Clara Tauson (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-0
- Sloane Stephens beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (19): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Anna Blinkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
- 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)
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