Roland-Garros: Dimitrov books spot in third round

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.

Dimitrov, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, and German Daniel Altmaier next.

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In the previous round, the Bulgarian beat Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov (6-0, 6-3, 6-2).

Ruusuvuori, ranked No 46, won against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (6-2, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4) in the first round.

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

• Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
• Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry: thursday
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori: thursday
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe: thursday
• Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang: thursday
• Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: thursday
• Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier: thursday
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Alex De Minaur (18): 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Borna Coric (15) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (2), 6-0, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Cameron Norrie (14) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (13), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Roberto Bautista Agut (19): 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• 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 (WC) 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