Roland-Garros: In-form Karatsev into second round, defeating Popyrin
Aslan Karatsev beat Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 on Monday and will play the winner of the match between Serb Filip Krajinovic and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, in the next round
(Laurent Layris / Panoramic)
Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by winning against Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 in Paris on Monday.
Karatsev, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Serb Filip Krajinovic and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, 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
- Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
- Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
- Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
- Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
- Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
- Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron: monday
- Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin: monday
- Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria: monday
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante: monday
- Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: monday
- Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas: monday
- 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
- 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
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