Roland-Garros: Fonseca books spot in maiden Grand Slam third round

Brazilian Joao Fonseca defeated French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday afternoon.

The teenager is the youngest male player to reach the third round of Roland-Garros since Andy Roddick in 2001.

Fonseca, ranked No 65, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Gael Monfils and No 5 seed Jack Draper next.

The 18-year-old Brazilian won against Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 30 seed (6-2, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2025.

During the first round of the Roland-Garros 2025, Herbert, ranked No 147, beat Benjamin Bonzi (7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Jack Draper
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Ugo Humbert
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Filip Misolic: thursday
• Corentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic: thursday
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Ethan Quinn: thursday
• Cameron Norrie beat Federico Agustin Gomez (LL): 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-1
• Flavio Cobolli beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (17) beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (1), 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Gabriel Diallo: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (3) beat Jesper De Jong: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
• Henrique Rocha (Q) beat Jakub Mensik (19): 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Alexander Bublik beat Alex De Minaur (9): 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (14) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Holger Rune (10) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston
• Sebastian Korda (23) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (20): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) 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