Roland-Garros: Isner beats Frenchman Halys in four sets to reach second round

John Isner edged out Quentin Halys in four sets to set up a second round clash against another Frenchman Gregoire Barrere at the French Open

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Tennis Majors

May 22, 2022

American John Isner is through to the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Frenchman Quentin Halys 7-6 [3], 4-6, 7-6 [1], 7-6 [6] at in Paris on Sunday.

Isner, ranked No 26 and seeded No 23, will play Frenchman Gregoire Barrere next.

Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay)

Pablo Cuevas beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio: 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Botic van de Zandschulp beat Pavel Kotov: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Gregoire Barrere beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
Diego Schwartzman beat Andrey Kuznetsov: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Hugo Dellien beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Jaume Munar beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Borna Coric beat Carlos Taberner: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Grigor Dimitrov beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
Aljaz Bedene beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-1