Roland-Garros: Shapovalov makes third round
Denis Shapovalov edged out Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday and will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Canadian Denis Shapovalov edged out American Frances Tiafoe, the No 25 seed, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to move into the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Shapovalov, ranked No 118, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, next.
The Canadian defeated Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024.
In the first round of the Roland-Garros 2024, Tiafoe, ranked No 26, won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci (6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik
- Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic
- Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar: thursday
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul: thursday
- Ben Shelton vs. Kei Nishikori: thursday
- 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
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Zhizhen Zhang: thursday
- Luciano Darderi vs. Tallon Griekspoor: thursday
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Sebastian Baez: thursday
- 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
- Hubert Hurkacz 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