Argentina’s Etcheverry downs Coric to reach last 16 of a slam for first time

Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry continued his best-ever Grand Slam event as he upset Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.

Etcheverry, ranked No 49, will play Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 27 seed, next.

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Until this year, Etcheverry had never even won a Grand Slam match but after progressing when Jack Draper got injured (6-4, 1-0) he followed up his win over Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 18 seed (6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3) with another fine victory.

The second set proved crucial as Etcheverry doubled his lead and Coric, who was appearing in the third round for the first time since 2019, could not find an answer.

Coric, ranked No 16, beat Argentinian Federico Coria (7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3) and Argentinian Pedro Cachin (6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Alexander Zverev vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Taylor Fritz
• Nicolas Jarry beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3
• Holger Rune (6) beat Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Denis Shapovalov (26): 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Hubert Hurkacz (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Cameron Norrie (14): 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Andrey Rublev (7): 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)