Roland-Garros: Kovalik reaches second round, meets Khachanov next
Jozef Kovalik edged out Marcos Giron 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Monday afternoon. He’ll play Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Jozef Kovalik, Layjet Open 2023
Slovak lucky loser Jozef Kovalik moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out American Marcos Giron 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Kovalik, ranked No 145, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 18 seed, next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000):
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Rafael Nadal: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat Sumit Nagal: 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Gustavo Heide vs. Sebastian Baez: monday
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Fils (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Ben Shelton (15) beat Hugo Gaston: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Henri Squire (Q) beat Max Purcell: 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner beat Terence Atmane (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 7-5
- Corentin Moutet beat Nicolas Jarry (16): 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
- Daniel Altmaier beat Laslo Djere: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Sebastian Korda (27) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Kei Nishikori beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5
- Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (24): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Maximilian Marterer beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert (17): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Pedro Martinez beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
- Daniel Evans vs. Holger Rune
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Constant Lestienne
- Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Casper Ruud
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Taylor Fritz vs. Federico Coria
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Luciano Darderi
- David Goffin vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Valentin Vacherot vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Nuno Borges vs. Tomas Machac
- Mariano Navone vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alex Michelsen
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Adam Walton
- Gael Monfils vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Roman Safiullin
- Fabio Fognini vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Pedro Cachin vs. Tommy Paul
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Filip Misolic vs. Otto Virtanen
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
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