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Tennis: Sabalenka through to the French Open third round, while Tsitsipas is knocked out

# Tennis: Top seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus is through to the third round of the French Open following a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann. Defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland saw off Britain’s Emma Raducanu, 6-1, 6-2, while last year’s runner-up Italian Jasmine Paolini moved past Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-3, 6-3. In the men’s draw, Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante knocked out Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. American duo Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe also made it through to the last 32.