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 through to third round at Roland-Garros 2023 Zuma / Panorama
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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