Tennis
Potapova knocks out Wang to move into last 16
Russian Anastasia Potapova moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by edging out Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in Paris.
Potapova, ranked No 41, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Russian defeated Kamilla Rakhimova (6-2, 6-3) and Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-2, 6-2).
Wang, ranked No 37, edged out German qualifier Jule Niemeier (0-6, 6-2, 6-4) and won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-5, 5-7, 6-1) in the previous rounds.
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Iga Swiatek 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
- 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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