Roland-Garros: Rinderknech knocks out veteran Gasquet in all-French clash, moves into second round
Arthur Rinderknech edged out Richard Gasquet 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday evening and will play No 9 seed Taylor Fritz in the next round
Rinderknech at Roland-Garros, 2023 © Federico Pestellini / Panoramic
Arthur Rinderknech edged out Richard Gasquet 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of Roland-Garros.
Rinderknech, ranked No 78, will face No 9 seed Taylor Fritz next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez: tuesday
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
- Grigor Dimitrov (28) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz beat Michael Mmoh: 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
- Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella: tuesday
- Holger Rune (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (22) beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (6), 7-6, 6-1
- Alex Molcan beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (31): 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
- Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
- Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
- Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
- Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
- 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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