Roland-Garros: Rune advances to second round, defeating Evans

Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, defeated Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris.

“It was a good start, I think”, Rune said. “Very solid match from start to finish. I think my game is good. My physicality felt great today, so it’s a thing we have really been working on to be able to stay out there and not feel fatigued and feel explosive even after hours of playing, and I definitely felt that today. And mentally just to stay composed.”

“You know, there is always challenges in the matches. You know, today was a call here and there. I thought I stayed composed. Been working on that, as well. I just focus on doing everything to give me a chance to win.”

“I believe, you know, I’m fitter than last year. I’m playing better and improved. I just need to put everything together.” Rune was a quarter-finalist at the French Open in 2022 and 2023.

Rune, ranked No 13, will face Italian Flavio Cobolli next.

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

• Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
• Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert: tuesday
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Tallon Griekspoor: tuesday
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: tuesday
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Constant Lestienne: tuesday
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Luciano Darderi: tuesday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• David Goffin vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: tuesday
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Federico Coria: 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
• Mariano Navone (31) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
• Jaume Munar beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Valentin Vacherot (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Adam Walton (WC): 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
• Tomas Machac beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Alex Michelsen: 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (7) beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (28) beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Fabio Fognini beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
• Gael Monfils beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Dusan Lajovic beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Frances Tiafoe (25) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (30) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
• Filip Misolic (Q) beat Otto Virtanen (LL): 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Cameron Norrie (32): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Rafael Nadal: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (18) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez (20) beat Gustavo Heide (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Fils (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Jozef Kovalik (LL) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Ben Shelton (15) beat Hugo Gaston: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Henri Squire (Q) beat Max Purcell: 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10)
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Sebastian Ofner beat Terence Atmane (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 7-5
• Corentin Moutet beat Nicolas Jarry (16): 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
• Daniel Altmaier beat Laslo Djere: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Sebastian Korda (27) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Kei Nishikori beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (24): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
• Maximilian Marterer beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert (17): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Pedro Martinez beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
• Brandon Nakashima beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2