Roland Garros sixth seed Coco Gauf needed three sets to reach the round of 16 against promising youngster Mirra Andreeva 6-7(5)6-1, 6-1.

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Mirra Andreeva, knocked out by Coco Gauf at Roland Garros

Reaching the third round at just 16 years old, Andreeva rose to the level of her opponent in the first set, in which she led several times and decided in a tiebreak after 7-5.

The next two sets definitely belonged to Gauff, which ends the beautiful path of the young Russian woman to Roland Garros.

In the 1/8 finals, Coco Gauff (6 WTA) will meet the winner of the American Anna Karolina Schmidlova (100 WTA) and Kayla Day (138 WTA).

Coco Gauff played in the final of Roland Garros 2022, where she lost to the world number one Iza Sviatek.

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.

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