Roland-Garros: Coric advances to third round, meets Etcheverry next

Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Argentinian Pedro Cachin 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Paris on Thursday.

Coric, ranked No 16, came from 1-3 down in the final set to win five games in a row and secure the victory. He will play Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

The Croat defeated Argentinian Federico Coria (7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round, Cachin, ranked No 64, won against Austrian Dominic Thiem (6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2).

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

• Casper Ruud (4) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Alex De Minaur (18): 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (2), 6-0, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Cameron Norrie (14) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (13), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Roberto Bautista Agut (19): 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Fabio Fognini beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
• Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
• Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
• Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
• Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier

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