Roland-Garros: Hurkacz trounces Goffin advances to last 16
Hubert Hurkacz won against David Goffin 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday and will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 32 seed, in the next round
Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 12 seed, won against Belgian David Goffin 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday afternoon.
Hurkacz, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 32 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the Pole beat Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri (7-5, 6-2, 7-5) and Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-1, 6-4, 6-2).
Goffin, ranked No 48, edged out Czech Jiri Lehecka (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 24 seed (3-6, 7-6 [1], 6-2, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Marin Cilic (20) beat Gilles Simon (WC): 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (28): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (11) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 7-6 [6], 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 [11]
- Carlos Alcaraz (6) beat Sebastian Korda (27): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (21) beat Cameron Norrie (10): 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 [2], 6-3, 7-6 [5]
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Q) beat John Isner (23): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-3
- Rafael Nadal (5) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (26): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Aljaz Bedene: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-6 [3], 7-6 [2], 7-5
- Diego Schwartzman (15) beat Grigor Dimitrov (18): 6-3, 6-1, 6-2