Seeds Khachanov and Hurkacz both need five sets to reach second round
Karen Khachanov eventually overcame Constant Lestienne 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday and will play qualifier Radu Albot in the next round
Karen Khachanov at Roland-Garros (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed, moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by eventually overcoming Frenchman Constant Lestienne 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Khachanov, ranked No 11, will play qualifier Radu Albot next as he continues his streak in French Open first rounds, now at 7-0.
Another seed also needed five sets to get past a lower-ranked opponent – 13th seed Hubert Hurkacz, who eventually beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
- Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
- Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
- Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
- Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
- Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
- Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
- Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
- Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
- Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin
- Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Jack Draper vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Yibing Wu
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Taro Daniel
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Alex De Minaur
- Juncheng Shang vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Benoit Paire vs. Cameron Norrie
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ugo Humbert
- Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Corentin Moutet
- Lucas Pouille vs. Jurij Rodionov
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Oscar Otte
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Mikael Ymer
- Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Emilio Nava
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Sebastian Korda: sunday
- John Isner vs. Nuno Borges: sunday
- Jason Kubler vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta: sunday
- Jiri Vesely vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: sunday
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Hugo Grenier: sunday
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Radu Albot beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- 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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