Roland-Garros: Khachanov beats Albot in straight sets to ease into third round

Karen Khachanov beat Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll face Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis in the next round

Khachanov, Roland-Garros, 2023 Khachanov through to third round at Roland-Garros 2023 Zuma / Panorama
French Open 2023 Men's Singles •Second round • completed
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Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed, won against qualifier Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros.

Khachanov, ranked No 11, will play Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian overturned the situation against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3).

Albot, ranked No 113, defeated American wildcard Patrick Kypson (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round.

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

  • Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
  • Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
  • Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
  • Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
  • Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
  • Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
  • Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
  • Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics
  • Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
  • Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
  • Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
  • Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie: wednesday
  • Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
  • Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: wednesday
  • Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • Fabio Fognini beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2
  • Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4

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