Roland-Garros: Schwartzman looks sharp in straight sets win over Borges, moves into third round
Diego Schwartzman won against Nuno Borges 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Diego Schwartzman of Argentina looks to return a ball against Jannik Sinner of Italy during day three of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell at Real Club De Tenis Barcelona (Imago/Panoramic)
Argentinian Diego Schwartzman defeated Portuguese Nuno Borges 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros.
Schwartzman, ranked No 95, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, next.
The Argentinian overhauled Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 32 seed (1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Borges, ranked No 80, won against American John Isner (6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)).
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
- Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev
- Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel: wednesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: wednesday
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- 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 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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