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 at Roland-Garros, 2023 AI / Reuters / Panoramic
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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