French Open 2017: Women's round-up: Kristina Mladenovic beats Shelby Rogers, Venus Williams through

ByEurosport

Updated 02/06/2017 at 20:09 GMT

Kristina Mladenovic recovered from 5-2 down in the final set to claim a thrilling third round victory against Shelby Rogers at the French Open.

13th seed Mladenovic prevailed 7-5 4-6 8-6 in an epic encounter to reach the last 16, where she will face reigning champion Garbine Muguruza.

Defending champion Muguruza's 7-5 6-2 win over Kazakh Yulia Putintseva set up a mouth-watering last-16 clash with home favourite Mladenovic.

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Evergreen Venus Williams stayed in contention for a shot at a maiden French Open crown, continuing to roll back the years with a 6-3 6-1 third-round demolition of Elise Mertens.

American Williams, seeded 10th and competing in her 20th French Open, powered 22 winners and converted six of 13 break points as she picked apart the 60th-ranked Belgian in just over an hour.

Momentum appears to be building for Williams as she attempts to win a title she came closest to lifting in 2002, when she was beaten in the final by her younger sister Serena.

Williams, a seven-times grand slam singles champion who turns 37 this month, will play Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky for a place in the quarter-finals.

Highlights: Williams storms past Mertens

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki's third-round match against American Catherine Bellis was suspended due to rain at 6-2 2-5.

Australian number one Sam Stosur closed out an impressive 6-2 6-2 win over Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States.

She will face Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, who reached her first grand slam fourth round with a 6-1 6-4 win over Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine.

Eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia edged past China's Shuai Zhang 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 in the third round.

Results from the French Open Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Friday

10-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Elise Mertens (Belgium) 6-3 6-1

8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat 32-Zhang Shuai (China) 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5

13-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 7-5 4-6 8-6

23-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 6-2 6-2

4-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 27-Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 7-5 6-2

Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-1 6-4

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