Roland-Garros: Nishioka reaches second round, to meet Purcell next
Yoshihito Nishioka rallied to beat J.J. Wolf 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face Max Purcell in the next round
Lee Jin-man/SIPA
Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 27 seed, reached the second round of Roland-Garros by eventually overcoming American J.J. Wolf 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in Paris on Tuesday.
Nishioka, ranked No 33, will play Australia’s Max Purcell next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)
- Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
- Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
- Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
- Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
- Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
- Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
- Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
- Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
- Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
- Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
People in this post
More tennis news
December 21, 2024
Brazil, 2006, US Open: Everything you always wanted to know about Joao Fonseca (but never had time to find out) – updated during 2024 Next Gen Finals
The Brazilian teen is a former junior world No 1 and Grand Slam...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 21, 2024
Brilliant Fonseca dominates Van Assche to reach final of Next Gen Finals
The 18-year-old Brazilian will meet American Learner Tien in the final on Sunday
Simon Cambers
December 21, 2024
Tien storms back for win over Michelsen to reach final at Next Gen Finals
The 19-year-old left-hander will play either Luca van Assche or Joao Fonseca in...
Simon Cambers
December 21, 2024
Sinner wasn’t built in a day: “It all stems from work that was done much further back, from efforts I made much earlier”
Jannik Sinner became world No 1 in 2024 and won two Grand Slam...
Jérémy Baudu
December 21, 2024
“I wasn’t a King or Navratilova” – Evert claims her impact was “making it ok for young girls to be athletes”
"The culture at that time was that women athletes were frowned upon... I...
Ayush Vashistha
Your comments