Hurkacz finishes off Shapovalov in Roland-Garros third round

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz powered his way into the last 16 at Roland-Garros by beating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (0), 4-6, 6-1 on Saturday evening.

The match was suspended from Friday with Hurkacz holding a two-set advantage. Shapovalov briefly seized momentum upon the resumption of play, but Hurkacz was quick to get it back on his side in the fourth set. The world No 8 needed a total of two hours and 41 minutes to advance.

Hurkacz will next face the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 10 seed. He preceded Saturday’s result with victories over Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki (4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3) and American Brandon Nakashima (6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5)).

Shapovalov, ranked No 118, advanced by taking out Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 25 seed (6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4).

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results:

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Casper Ruud
• Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: saturday
• Jozef Kovalik vs. Holger Rune: saturday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tommy Paul: saturday
• Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor: saturday
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Tomas Machac: 7-6 (4), 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Ben Shelton (15): 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Sebastian Ofner: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Sebastian Korda (27): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4

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