Roland-Garros: Sonego knocks out in-form home hope Humbert to book spot in third round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3) at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday afternoon.

Sonego, ranked No 48, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Corentin Moutet and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Italian defeated American Ben Shelton, the No 30 seed (6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3).

Humbert, ranked No 40, won against Adrian Mannarino (6-3, 6-3, 6-1) in the previous round.

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
• Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev
• Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Nuno Borges: wednesday
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
• 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