Roland-Garros: Dimitrov cruises into second round in straight sets

Grigor Dimitrov won against Timofey Skatov 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round

Dimitrov at Roland-Garros 2023 © Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic

Tennis Majors

May 30, 2023

French Open 2023 Men's Singles •First round • completed

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T. SkatovvsG. Dimitrov

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 28 seed, defeated Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday evening.

Dimitrov, ranked No 29, will face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
Taylor Fritz (9) beat Michael Mmoh: 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella: tuesday
Holger Rune (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Alexander Zverev (22) beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (6), 7-6, 6-1
Alex Molcan beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-4
Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (31): 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5

Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4

Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
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