Roland-Garros: Qualifier Squire earns epic win over Purcell to make second round
Henri Squire won against Max Purcell 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10) on Monday. He’ll play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 21 seed, in the next round
German qualifier Henri Squire won against Australian Max Purcell 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10) to reach the second round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris.
Squire, ranked No 221, will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 21 seed, next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
- Daniel Evans vs. Holger Rune
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Constant Lestienne
- Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Casper Ruud
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Taylor Fritz vs. Federico Coria
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Luciano Darderi
- David Goffin vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Valentin Vacherot vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Nuno Borges vs. Tomas Machac
- Mariano Navone vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alex Michelsen
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Adam Walton
- Gael Monfils vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Roman Safiullin
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Fabio Fognini vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Pedro Cachin vs. Tommy Paul
- Filip Misolic vs. Otto Virtanen
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov: monday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Rafael Nadal: monday
- Karen Khachanov vs. Sumit Nagal: monday
- Gustavo Heide vs. Sebastian Baez: monday
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Arthur Fils: monday
- Jozef Kovalik vs. Marcos Giron: monday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Ben Shelton (15) beat Hugo Gaston: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner beat Terence Atmane (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 7-5
- Corentin Moutet beat Nicolas Jarry (16): 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
- Daniel Altmaier beat Laslo Djere: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Sebastian Korda (27) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Kei Nishikori beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-5
- Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (24): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Maximilian Marterer beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert (17): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Pedro Martinez beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
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