Roland-Garros: Giron beats Lehecka to make third round

American Marcos Giron won against Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday evening.

Giron, ranked No 75, will face the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 16 seed, and Chilean Nicolas Jarry next.

In the previous round, the American defeated Serb qualifier Hamad Medjedovic (6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0).

Lehecka, ranked No 41, beat German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 21 seed (7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1) during 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: thursday
• Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry: thursday
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori: thursday
• Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Aslan Karatsev (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Thiago Agustin Tirante: 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (28) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier beat Jannik Sinner (8): 6-7, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• 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