Muchova advances to quarterfinals at Roland Garros

Twenty-six-year-old Karolina Muchova advanced to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the first time on Sunday after  beating Russia’s Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-3. She is set to play against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next round. This is Muchova’s fourth Grand Slam quarter-final, but first at Roland-Garros; her previous quarter-finals were at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2021, and the Australian Open in 2021.