​Sloane Stevens on Friday reached the 1/8 finals of the Roland Garros tournament, defeating Yulia Putintseva in 3 sets with the score 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

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Sloane Stephens made it to the 1/8 finals of Roland Garros

Sloane Stephens, who is ranked 30th in the WTA ranking, reached the 1/8 finals of Roland Garros.

The American beat Yulia Putintseva (58 WTA) in 3 sets, finishing the match in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

2018 finalist in Paris Sloane Stephens will play Aryna Sabalenko (2 WTA), second favorite at Roland Garros, in the round of 16.

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.

Today’s Roland Garros results

Pavlyuchenkova – Potapova (24) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Mertens (28) – Pegula (3) 6-1, 6-3

Blinkova – Svitolina 6-2, 2-6, 5-7

Stearns – Kasatkina (9) 0-6, 1-6

Rakhimova – Sabalenka (2) 2-6, 2-6