Roland-Garros: Dzumhur upsets Mpetshi Perricard in tough four-set battle
Damir Dzumhur edged out Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6 (4), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, in the next round
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Bosnian Damir Dzumhur advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 31 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday afternoon.
Dzumhur, ranked No 69, will play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.
The 33-year-old Bosnian edged out Argentinian lucky loser Thiago Agustin Tirante (3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2025, Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 37, edged out Belgian Zizou Bergs (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Jack Draper
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Filip Misolic
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Ugo Humbert
- Corentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic
- Cameron Norrie vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
- Joao Fonseca vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Ethan Quinn
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Jannik Sinner vs. Richard Gasquet
- Andrey Rublev vs. Adam Walton
- Alexander Zverev vs. Jesper De Jong
- Henrique Rocha vs. Jakub Mensik
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Bublik
- Jaume Munar vs. Arthur Fils
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston
- Emilio Nava vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Sebastian Korda
- Matteo Gigante vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: wednesday
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (24) beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Casper Ruud (7): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
- Quentin Halys beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Mariano Navone beat Reilly Opelka: 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin (25) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier beat Vit Kopriva: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Daniel Elahi Galan (LL): 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
