Maia becomes first Brazilian woman to reach French Open last 16

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No.14 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia’s 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 defeated No.23 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova from match point down in the third round of Roland Garros was both a personal and a national milestone.
Haddad Maia becomes the first Brazilian woman to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam since Patricia Medrado at Roland Garros 1979. In those days, the French Open had a 64-player draw and Medrado made the third round; the last Brazilian woman to win three main-draw matches in one major tournament was seven-time Grand Slam champion Maria Bueno, who reached the fourth round of Wimbledon 1976.