Roland-Garros: Arnaldi wins first Grand Slam match to reach second round
The Italian will face the winner of the match between American Brandon Nakashima and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, in the next round
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Italian Matteo Arnaldi won his first match at a Grand Slam – beating Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Arnaldi, ranked No 105, will face the winner of the match between American Brandon Nakashima and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)
- Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- 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
- John Isner vs. Nuno Borges
- 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
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Oscar Otte
- Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Corentin Moutet
- Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Lucas Pouille vs. Jurij Rodionov
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Mikael Ymer
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Emilio Nava
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