Roland-Garros: Arnaldi books spot in third round against Rublev

Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against French wildcard Alexandre Muller 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in Paris on Thursday.

The Italian, ranked No 35, will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, next. The Russian has defeated Arnaldi in their only previous clash on the ATP Tour.

The Italian beat Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 29 seed (6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2) ahead of his win today.

In the previous round of Roland-Garros 2024, Muller, ranked No 90, defeated Italian Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-1, 6-3).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000):

• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 5-0 ret.
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
• Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud
• Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Ben Shelton vs. Kei Nishikori
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac
• Alexander Zverev vs. David Goffin
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic
• Luciano Darderi vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Sebastian Baez
• Zizou Bergs vs. Maximilian Marterer
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Sebastian Korda vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Henri Squire vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime