Roland-Garros: Lajovic retires, Zhang through to second round

Zhizhen Zhang benefited from the abandonment of Dusan Lajovic (6-1, 4-1) on Monday evening. He’ll play Argentinian Thiago Agustin Tirante in the next round

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French Open 2023 Men's Singles •First round • completed
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Chinese Zhizhen Zhang reached the second round of Roland-Garros when Serb Dusan Lajovic retired on Monday evening at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris.

Zhang, ranked No 71, led 6-1, 4-1 when Lajovic, ranked No 53, pulled out on Monday evening.

The Chinese will face Argentinian Thiago Agustin Tirante next.

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

  • Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
  • Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
  • Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
  • Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
  • Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
  • Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
  • Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
  • Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
  • Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
  • Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
  • Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
  • Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
  • Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler: monday
  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli: monday
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: monday
  • Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: monday
  • Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
  • Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin: monday
  • Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria: monday
  • Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
  • Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
  • Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
  • Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
  • Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
  • Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
  • Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
  • Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
  • Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
  • Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
  • Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
  • Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  • Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
  • Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
  • Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
  • Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
  • Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
  • Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
  • Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
  • Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
  • Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
  • Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
  • Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  • Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
  • Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2

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