Roland-Garros: Nishioka ends Seyboth Wild’s run

Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 27 seed, won against Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild 3-6, 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.

Nishioka, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

Nishioka will take Daniil Medvedev’s place in the lower part of the draw, the world No. 2 having lost at first round against Thiago Seyboth Wild. The Brazilian, ranked No 172, beat Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed (7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Guido Pella (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3).

The Japanese rallied to beat American J.J. Wolf (1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3) and edged out Australian Max Purcell (4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous rounds. He will be ranked around the 130th place in the next ATP rankings.

Other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Taylor Fritz
• Borna Coric vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: saturday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Marcos Giron: saturday
• Holger Rune vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri: saturday
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Denis Shapovalov (26): 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Hubert Hurkacz (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Cameron Norrie (14): 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Andrey Rublev (7): 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)