Gauff and Fernandez into fourth round at Roland Garros

Coco Gauff and Leylah Fernandez have progressed into the French Open fourth round with Fernandez reaching the second week of the clay-court Grand Slam for the first time in her career.

Gauff showed her confidence on clay during her straight-sets 6-3 6-4 win over the world No 46 Kaia Kanepi on Friday.

Fernandez went the distance on Court Philippe-Chatrier and came out on top 7-5 3-6 7-5 after a lengthy contest with Belinda Bencic.

On Court Suzanne-Lenglen, Gauff continued to show she will not be daunted by opponents who have been on Tour for a lot longer than she has.

Her third-round opponent Kanepi is double her age and was playing an ITF event the week after Gauff was born.

Gauff and Kanepi spent just 83 minutes on court, with the American closing out the match on her first match point. She has now won her first three matches of this year's draw in straight sets.

Gauff is the 18th seed and she reached the quarter-finals 12 months ago, before losing to the eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova.

"I knew going into it, it was going to be a tough match," Gauff said on court after.

"She beat (Garbine) Muguruza in the first round, who is a tough player to beat. I also played her in the past and we had a close, tough two-set match.

"I've been coming to France since I was 10 years old so I think that helped me a lot. I guess it makes me a clay court... I don't want to say specialist, but you know, good at it!"

Gauff will next test her clay-court skills against Elise Mertens, the 31st seed, who also came through in straight sets.

Fellow teenager Fernandez reached the second week at Roland Garros for the first time after her 7-5 3-6 7-5 victory over Bencic.

Fernandez and Bencic spent two hours and 49 minutes on Court