Roland-Garros: Another top 10 seed tumbles as Fritz knocked out by Cerundolo
Francisco Cerundolo edged out Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. He’ll face Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, edged out American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of Roland-Garros.
Fritz joins Medvedev and Sinner in early exits that have left the bottom half of the draw wide open.
Cerundolo, ranked No 23, will face Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, next.
The Argentinian beat Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1) and German lucky loser Yannick Hanfmann (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Fritz, ranked No 8, won against Michael Mmoh (6-2, 6-1, 6-1) and edged out Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4).
Paris (Grand Slam), 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
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Borna Coric (15): 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3
- Holger Rune beat Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
- 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)