Roland-Garros: Norrie books spot in second round
The British No 1 defeated a French wildcard to set up a meeting with an Australian qualifier
Britain’s Cameron Norrie in action during his first round match against France’s Manuel Guinard (Panoramic)
Tenth seed Cameron Norrie won against French wildcard Manuel Guinard 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Norrie, ranked No 11, will play Australian qualifier Jason Murray Kubler next.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000):
- Sebastian Baez beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Taylor Harry Fritz (13) beat Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna (Q): 7-6 [2], 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Filip Krajinovic beat Reilly Opelka (17): 7-6 [5], 6-2, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (6) beat Juan Ignacio Londero (LL): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Q) beat Michael Mmoh (WC): 7-6 [7], 6-3, 7-5
- Jason Murray Kubler beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 [5], 7-6 [2], 7-6 [3]
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 [5]
- Albert Ramos Vinolas beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [5]
- Karen Khachanov (21) beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25): 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
- Pablo Cuevas beat Jenson Brooksby (31): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) beat Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (Q): 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- John Isner (23) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 [3], 4-6, 7-6 [1], 7-6 [6]
- Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman (15) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Hugo Dellien beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Carlos Taberner: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Grigor Dimitrov (18) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
- Aljaz Bedene beat Christopher O’Connell (WC): 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-1
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