French Open 2025: Sabalenka thrashes Danilovic to enter last 16; Zheng also advances
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka eased into the French Open last 16 with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 win over Serbia's Olga Danilovic on Friday.
The world number one brushed aside her 34th-ranked rival in 79 minutes on the sun-drenched Court Philippe Chatrier.
'I'm super happy with the win, Olga is a fighter,' said three-time Grand Slam winner Sabalenka.
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'Here it's about dreams, I give my all,' added the Belarusian, who has never gone past the semi-finals in Paris.
The 27-year-old next plays 16th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova for a place in the quarter-finals.
Anisimova ousted Danish 22nd seed Clara Tauson 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in their third-round tie.
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen became the first woman to qualify for the French Open last 16 on Friday after a 6-3, 6-4 win over Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko.
Chinese eighth seed Zheng has won nine successive matches at Roland Garros following her run to Olympic gold last year.
She is through to the fourth round in Paris for the second time and will next play either Russian 19th seed Liudmila Samsonova or Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska.
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