Roland-Garros: Sonego knocks out in-form home hope Humbert to book spot in third round
Lorenzo Sonego defeated Ugo Humbert 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchman Corentin Moutet and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, in the next 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