Roland-Garros: Shapovalov beats Arnaldi in four sets to move into third round
Denis Shapovalov won against Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Japanese Taro Daniel in the next round
Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Shapovalov, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Japanese Taro Daniel next.
The Canadian defeated American Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Arnaldi, ranked No 106, beat Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2).
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
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
- Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
- Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie: wednesday
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
- Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel: wednesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: wednesday
- Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- 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 (5) 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