Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros - Samantha Stosur of Australia vs Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic - Paris, France - 27/05/16. Samantha Stosur serves the ball. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - Australian Samantha Stosur edged out last year's runner-up Lucie Safarova 6-3 6-7(0) 7-5 to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Friday.
The 32-year-old, enjoying a return to form on the European clay this year, recovered from a drubbing in the second set tiebreak to set up a last-16 clash with Romania's Simona Halep, the sixth seed.
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