Roland-Garros: Kokkinakis rallies from 0-2 to defeat Zeppieri

Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by pulling off a miraculous comeback to beat Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.

This was Kokkinakis’ first time winning back-to-back five-set matches in his career.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 100, will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, next.

The Australian defeated Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024, Zeppieri, ranked No 148, won against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 22 seed (4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech: thursday
• Lorenzo Musetti (30) beat Gael Monfils: 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (7) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Filip Misolic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Alexander Bublik (19): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Jozef Kovalik (LL) beat Karen Khachanov (18): 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Tomas Machac beat Mariano Navone (31): 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 1-6, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
• Holger Rune (13) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
• Ben Shelton (15) beat Kei Nishikori: 7-6 (7), 6-4 ret.
• Corentin Moutet beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor (26) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner beat Sebastian Baez (20): 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Maximilian Marterer: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Frances Tiafoe (25): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Korda (27) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Henri Squire (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 5-0 ret.
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4