Roland-Garros: Paul thrashes Fognini to book spot in third round

American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed dismantled Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros in Paris.

Paul, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, and Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic next.

The American beat Argentinian Pedro Cachin (6-2, 6-3, 6-1) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024, Fognini, ranked No 93, defeated Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (6-1, 6-1, 7-5).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti: thursday
• Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic: thursday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic: thursday
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik: thursday
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik: thursday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri: thursday
• Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac: thursday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune: thursday
• Ben Shelton (15) beat Kei Nishikori: 7-6 (7), 6-4 ret.
• Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko: thursday
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor (26) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner beat Sebastian Baez (20): 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Maximilian Marterer: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Frances Tiafoe (25): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Korda (27) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Henri Squire (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 5-0 ret.
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4