Roland-Garros: Auger-Aliassime moves into last 16

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by defeating Serb Filip Krajinovic 7-6 [3], 7-6 [2], 7-5 on Friday afternoon.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the next match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 26 seed, and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the No 5 seed, next.

To reach this point, the 21-year-old Canadian overhauled Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3) and won against Argentinian qualifier Camilo Ugo Carabelli (6-0, 6-3, 6-4).

Krajinovic, ranked No 55, won against American Reilly Opelka, the No 17 seed (7-6 [5], 6-2, 6-3) and Croat qualifier Borna Gojo (7-6 [5], 6-2, 5-7, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam): Other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):

• Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune beat Hugo Gaston
• Mikael Ymer beat Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Casper Ruud beat Lorenzo Sonego
• Gilles Simon beat Marin Čilić
• David Goffin beat Hubert Hurkacz
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Daniil Medvedev
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Jannik Sinner
• Andrey Rublev beat Cristian Garin
• Sebastian Korda beat Carlos Alcaraz
• Cameron Norrie beat Karen Khachanov
• Alexander Zverev beat Brandon Nakashima
• John Isner beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: friday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Rafael Nadal: friday
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Aljaz Bedene: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
• Diego Schwartzman (15) beat Grigor Dimitrov (18): 6-3, 6-1, 6-2