Roland-Garros: Rybakina reaches last eight

“Really happy with the performance,” Rybakina said on court afterwards. “Elina is a tough opponent…she is a great fighter and it’s always difficult matches against her.”

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Russian Elina Avanesyan and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 12 seed, next.

In the previous rounds, the Kazakh won against Belgian Greet Minnen (6-2, 6-3), Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-3, 6-4) and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 25 seed (6-4, 6-2).

Svitolina, ranked No 19, beat Karolina Pliskova (3-6, 6-4, 6-2), Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-4, 7-6 (3)) and Romanian Ana Bogdan (7-5, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Paris (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jasmine Paolini: monday
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-1, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-0, 6-0