French Open – results women: Gauff wins teen duel against Andreeva – Haddad Maia celebrates comeback victory

After 2:03 hours, 19-year-old Coco Gauff (No. 6) on the Suzanne-Lenglen court was wrapped up in the round of 16. The American was one size too big for the young Russian Mirra Andreeva, who lost the thread after a strong start.

Andreeva, who appeared conspicuously tidy and self-confident in Paris, missed her first win against a top ten player and her debut in a Grand Slam round of 16. She is the youngest player in 18 years to reach the third round at the French Open.

“She has a great future ahead of her. I remember playing here when I was 16,” said Gauff afterwards: “I stuck to my game plan even after losing the first set.”

The tie-break was a bit disappointing, according to the world number six in an on-court interview: “But I did everything in the second and third sets. In tennis, it’s also about adjustments.” Gauff can continue to dream of her first big title – last year she was clearly inferior to Iga Swiatek in two sets in the final.

Debutantes conquer round of 16

The next opponent for the young American is Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Czech Republic), who clearly prevailed 6:1, 6:3 against the American qualifier Kayla Day in the duel of those in the world rankings above the 100. The 28-year-old has never been in a Grand Slam round of 16 before.

The same goes for the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The 27-year-old, who had beaten Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau) 6:0, 6:1 in the first round, wrestled the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (No. 23) 5:7, 6:4, 7 after 2:48 playing time :5 down.

And Bernarda Pera (USA) is also in the last 16 for the first time in her career at one of the four major tournaments. She won against the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 2).

Jabeur turns match against Danilovic

Opponent in the next round is Ons Jabeur. The Tunisian, who was in the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open last season, had more trouble than expected against Olga Danilovic.

After 2:12 hours, Jabeur finally had the round of 16 ticket in his pocket and won the game against the Serb 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2. “The most important thing is that I win the game – maybe with bad tennis, but I hope I can improve there in the next round,” said the 28-year-old.

Tsurenko fordert Swiatek

In the upper half of the tournament, four of the eight round of 16 are debutantes. In addition, the Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan comes in the lower half.

Swiatek next plays Lesia Tsurenko – the Ukrainian clearly beat former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu (Canada) 6-1, 6-1.

(with SID)