Roland-Garros: Etcheverry takes on seed de Minaur, advances to third round
Tomas Martin Etcheverry defeated Alex De Minaur 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, and Argentinian Pedro Cachin in the next round
Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 18 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in Paris on Thursday.
Etcheverry, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, and Argentinian Pedro Cachin next.
The Argentinian benefited from the abandonment of Jack Draper (6-4, 1-0) in the previous round.
In the first round, De Minaur, ranked No 19, beat Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
- Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: thursday
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell: thursday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin: thursday
- 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