Roland-Garros: Kovalik reaches second round, meets Khachanov next

Slovak lucky loser Jozef Kovalik moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out American Marcos Giron 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.

Kovalik, ranked No 145, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 18 seed, next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000):

• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Rafael Nadal: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov beat Sumit Nagal: 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
• Gustavo Heide vs. Sebastian Baez: monday
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Fils (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• 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
• Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
• Daniel Evans vs. Holger Rune
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Constant Lestienne
• Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Casper Ruud
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Taylor Fritz vs. Federico Coria
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Luciano Darderi
• David Goffin vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Nuno Borges vs. Tomas Machac
• Mariano Navone vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Alex De Minaur vs. Alex Michelsen
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Adam Walton
• Gael Monfils vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Roman Safiullin
• Fabio Fognini vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Pedro Cachin vs. Tommy Paul
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Filip Misolic vs. Otto Virtanen
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov