Paris, May 30 -- Coco Gauff continued her bid for a second Grand Slam singles title with
victory over Tereza Valentova to reach the French Open third round.
The 21-year-old beat 18-year-old Czech Valentova 6-2 6-4 to advance on Thursday.
American second seed Gauff reached the singles final at Roland Garros in 2022 but fell in straight sets to 'Queen of Clay' Iga Swiatek.
Gauff has now won 12 of her past 14 matches, including reaching finals on the clay in Madrid and Rome, the BBC reported.
However, she was made to work in the final set, with the pair exchanging nine breaks of serve before Gauff held for a 5-4 lead.
She then broke Valentova to 15 to secure victory and set up a third-round meeting with Marie Bouzkova.
Gauff won her fir...