Roland-Garros: Khachanov beats Albot in straight sets to ease into third round

Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed, won against qualifier Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros.

Khachanov, ranked No 11, will play Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian overturned the situation against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3).

Albot, ranked No 113, defeated American wildcard Patrick Kypson (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round.

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

• Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
• Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
• Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
• Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
• Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
• Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
• Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie: wednesday
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: wednesday
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Fabio Fognini beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4