Cobolli eases past Wu to reach the third round, the highest seed left in a Medvedev’s section
Flavio Cobolli beat Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta and American Learner Tien, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Flavio Cobolli, Roland-Garros 2026 | © Gepa / Psewz
Flavio Cobolli, the 10th seed, beat China’s Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the third round of Roland-Garros for the second year running, equalling his best result at the tournament. It was the Italian’s 20th win of 2026, and it came on a day when the section of the draw around him had quietly emptied of its biggest names.
The 23-year-old Roman has looked sharp in patches across the clay swing, and against Wu, the world No. 92 who had come through American Marcos Giron in the opening round, he did not need to find his ceiling. Three tidy sets and a place in the last 32 booked without alarm. He has been to the third round here once before, in 2025, and now stands level with that mark, with the draw inviting him to better it.
Cobolli, le man to watch
Cobolli sits in the second quarter of the men’s draw, the section behind fourth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, and the seeds around him have tumbled out. Daniil Medvedev, the sixth seed and the highest name in Cobolli’s half of the quarter, was beaten in five sets by Australian Adam Walton on Tuesday.
First he must navigate a third-round match against the winner of American 18th seed Learner Tien against Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta. Tien arrives in Paris off a clay-court title in Geneva the week before the tournament, a result that announced him as a genuine threat on a surface he has only recently learned to handle.
After that, a round-of-16 meeting would likely come against the winner of Cerúndolo (25) or Gaston on one side, and Walton or the Popyrin–Svajda winner on the other. The Italian is a man to watch.
