Roland-Garros: Musetti thrashes Shevchenko to cruise into third round

Lorenzo Musetti beat Alexander Shevchenko 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, will play No 14 seed Cameron Norrie in the next round

Musetti, Roland-Garros, 2023 Musetti at Roland-Garros, 2023 AI / Reuters / Panoramic
French Open 2023 Men's Singles •Second round • completed
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 17 seed, won against Russian Alexander Shevchenko 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday evening.

Musetti, ranked No 18, will play No 14 seed Cameron Norrie next.

Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Italian beat Swede Mikael Ymer (7-5, 6-2, 6-4).

Shevchenko, ranked No 87, edged out German Oscar Otte (7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

  • Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
  • Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
  • Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
  • Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
  • Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
  • Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
  • Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
  • Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics: wednesday
  • Andrey Rublev (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
  • Cameron Norrie beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
  • Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
  • Karen Khachanov (11) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
  • Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • Juan Pablo Varillas beat Roberto Bautista Agut (19): 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
  • Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • Fabio Fognini beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2
  • Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4

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