Roland-Garros: Pella comes from behind to beat home hope Halys and advance to second round

Argentinian Guido Pella won against Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-7 (7), 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday evening.

Pella, ranked No 423, will face Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez: tuesday
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
• Grigor Dimitrov (28) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Michael Mmoh: 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Richard Gasquet: 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Holger Rune (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (22) beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (6), 7-6, 6-1
• Alex Molcan beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (31): 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
• Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
• Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
• Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
• Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
• Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
• Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
• Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2