Roland-Garros: Arnaldi wins first Grand Slam match to reach second round

Italian Matteo Arnaldi won his first match at a Grand Slam – beating Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 105, will face the winner of the match between American Brandon Nakashima and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, next.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2
• John Isner vs. Nuno Borges
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
• Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
• Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
• Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
• Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
• Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
• Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
• Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
• Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
• Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
• Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
• Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin
• Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Jack Draper vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Yibing Wu
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Taro Daniel
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Alex De Minaur
• Juncheng Shang vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Benoit Paire vs. Cameron Norrie
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Oscar Otte
• Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Corentin Moutet
• Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Lucas Pouille vs. Jurij Rodionov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Mikael Ymer
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Emilio Nava

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