Roland-Garros: Zhang makes third round
Zhizhen Zhang edged out Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Zhizhen Zhang – Imago/Panoramic
Chinese Zhizhen Zhang moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in Paris.
Zhang, ranked No 44, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 9 seed, next.
The Chinese edged out Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024, Sonego, ranked No 49, won against Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 17 seed (6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti: thursday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic: thursday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic: thursday
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik: thursday
- Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik: thursday
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac: thursday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar: thursday
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul: thursday
- Ben Shelton (15) beat Kei Nishikori: 7-6 (7), 6-4 ret.
- Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko: thursday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor (26) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner beat Sebastian Baez (20): 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
- Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Maximilian Marterer: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov beat Frances Tiafoe (25): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Sebastian Korda (27) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Henri Squire (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 5-0 ret.
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Pavel Kotov beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
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