Roland-Garros: Tiafoe defeats Karatsev in four sets to book spot in third round

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, beat Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros.

Tiafoe, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 22 seed, and Slovak Alex Molcan next.

The American won against Serb Filip Krajinovic (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Karatsev, ranked No 62, defeated Australian Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
• Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka: thursday
• Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry: thursday
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori: thursday
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (28) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier beat Jannik Sinner (8): 6-7, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Alex De Minaur (18): 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Borna Coric (15) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (2), 6-0, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Cameron Norrie (14) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (13), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Roberto Bautista Agut (19): 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• 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