Roland-Garros: Fritz outlasts marathon-man Kokkinakis

American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros by beating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday evening.

Fritz, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 28 seed, and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the American won against Argentinian Federico Coria (2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1) and edged out Serb Dusan Lajovic (6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Kokkinakis, ranked No 100, won against Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3) and eventually overcame Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri (1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Roland-Garros 2024.

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti: saturday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Casper Ruud: saturday
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
• Holger Rune (13) beat Jozef Kovalik (LL): 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Tommy Paul (14): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Tallon Griekspoor (26): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Tomas Machac: 7-6 (4), 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Ben Shelton (15): 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Sebastian Ofner: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Sebastian Korda (27): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4