Roland-Garros: Korda sets up all-American clash against Brooksby in second round
Sebastian Korda won against Luciano Darderi 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Monday and will face countryman Jenson Brooksby in the next round
Sebastian Korda – Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
American Sebastian Korda, the No 23 seed, defeated Italian Luciano Darderi 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Korda, ranked No 23, will play fellow American Jenson Brooksby next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56,352,000):
- Alexei Popyrin (25) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-4, 1-2 ret
- Casper Ruud (7) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Sebastian Baez: monday
- Nuno Borges beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Quentin Halys beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (4), 4-1 ret.
- Ben Shelton (13) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Jenson Brooksby beat Jaime Faria: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
- Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
- Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
- Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
- Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
- Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
- Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
- Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
- Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
- Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
- Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
- Jannik Sinner vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Ugo Humbert
- Marcos Giron vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Jaume Munar
- Terence Atmane vs. Richard Gasquet
- Filip Misolic vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz
- Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Hugo Gaston vs. Ugo Blanchet
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Arthur Cazaux
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