Roland-Garros: Another top 10 seed tumbles as Fritz knocked out by Cerundolo

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)