Roland-Garros: Jabeur books spot in last 16

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 7 seed, beat Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday evening.

Jabeur, ranked No 7, will face American Bernarda Pera next.

Ahead of her victory, the Tunisian won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-4, 6-1) and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin (6-2, 6-3).

Danilovic, ranked No 105, defeated Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl (6-3, 6-2) and Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-1, 6-1 Bernarda Pera beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 7-6 (2) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-1, 6-3 Iga Swiatek (1) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-0, 6-0 Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (23): 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1 Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo Karolina Muchova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (27): 6-3, 6-2 Sloane Stephens beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Elina Svitolina beat Anna Blinkova: 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3 Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1