Griekspoor through to second round in Paris, beating Monte-Carlo finalist Davidovich Fokina
Tallon Griekspoor won against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the next match between American Brandon Nakashima and Pole Kamil Majchrzak in the next round.
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor moved into the second round of the French Open by defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, seed number 25, and quarter finalist in 2021, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Griekspoor, ranked No 64, will play the winner of the next match between American Brandon Nakashima and Pole Kamil Majchrzak next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, most recent results first):
- Pablo Cuevas beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio: 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- John Isner beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 [3], 4-6, 7-6 [1], 7-6 [6]
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Pavel Kotov: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman beat Andrey Kuznetsov: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Hugo Dellien beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Carlos Taberner: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
- Aljaz Bedene beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-1
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