Roland-Garros: Kokkinakis wins all-Australian epic
Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. He’ll play Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri in the next round
Kokkinakis RG 2024 Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Thanasi Kokkinakis reached the second round of Roland-Garros by defeating Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday evening.
Kokkinakis, ranked No 100, will play Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik: tuesday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor (26) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
- Giulio Zeppieri beat Adrian Mannarino (22): 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
- Holger Rune (13) beat Daniel Evans: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Luciano Darderi beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- David Goffin beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Federico Coria: 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Mariano Navone (31) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
- Jaume Munar beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Valentin Vacherot (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Adam Walton (WC): 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
- Tomas Machac beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (11) beat Alex Michelsen: 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
- Casper Ruud (7) beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (28) beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Fabio Fognini beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
- Gael Monfils beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Dusan Lajovic beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Frances Tiafoe (25) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (30) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
- Filip Misolic (Q) beat Otto Virtanen (LL): 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Pavel Kotov beat Cameron Norrie (32): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Rafael Nadal: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (18) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Sebastian Baez (20) beat Gustavo Heide (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Fils (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Jozef Kovalik (LL) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Ben Shelton (15) beat Hugo Gaston: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Henri Squire (Q) beat Max Purcell: 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner beat Terence Atmane (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 7-5
- Corentin Moutet beat Nicolas Jarry (16): 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
- Daniel Altmaier beat Laslo Djere: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Sebastian Korda (27) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Kei Nishikori beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5
- Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (24): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Maximilian Marterer beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert (17): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Pedro Martinez beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
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