Roland-Garros: Goffin beats Lehecka to seal second-round place

David Goffin edged out Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to set up a second-round clash with an American rival

Belgium’s David Goffin in action during his first round match against Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka (Panoramic)

May 24, 2022

Belgian David Goffin reached the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in Paris on Tuesday.

Goffin, ranked No 48, will next play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 24 seed.

Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):

Lorenzo Sonego (32) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
Cristian Garin beat Tommy Paul (30): 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Henri Laaksonen beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 [1]
Richard Gasquet beat Lloyd George Harris: 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
Alexander Bublik beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Sebastian Korda (27) beat John Millman: 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 [6]
Alex Molcan beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Ilya Ivashka beat Benoit Paire: 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
Laslo Djere beat Ricardas Berankis: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune beat Denis Shapovalov (14): 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 [4]
João Sousa beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 6-7 [5], 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert: 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 [4], 6-4, 6-2
Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Facundo Bagnis: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Novak Djokovic (1) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 6-1, 6-0
Marin Čilić (20) beat Attila Balazs: 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
Mikael Ymer beat James Duckworth: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Marton Fucsovics beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Pedro Cachin (LL) beat Norbert Gombos (Q): 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Miomir Kecmanovic (28) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
Mackenzie McDonald beat Franco Agamenone (LL): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 [3]
Rafael Nadal (5) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Daniel Evans (29) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 [3], 6-4, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (10) beat Manuel Guinard (WC): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
Corentin Moutet (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 [2], 6-3
Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) beat Maxime Cressy: 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 [8], 6-4, 6-4
Brandon Nakashima beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6 [3], 6-2
Sebastian Baez beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Taylor Harry Fritz (13) beat Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna (Q): 7-6 [2], 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Filip Krajinovic beat Reilly Opelka (17): 7-6 [5], 6-2, 6-3
Borna Gojo (Q) beat Alessandro Giannessi (LL): 6-4, 6-7 [3], 6-7 [4], 7-6 [4], 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz (6) beat Juan Ignacio Londero (LL): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Q) beat Michael Mmoh (WC): 7-6 [7], 6-3, 7-5
Jason Murray Kubler (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 [5], 7-6 [2], 7-6 [3]
Alexander Zverev (3) beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 [5]
Albert Ramos Vinolas beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [5]
Karen Khachanov (21) beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Fabio Fognini beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25): 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
Pablo Cuevas beat Jenson Brooksby (31): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) beat Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (Q): 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
John Isner (23) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 [3], 4-6, 7-6 [1], 7-6 [6]
Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Gregoire Barrere (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
Diego Schwartzman (15) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Hugo Dellien beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Jaume Munar beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Borna Coric beat Carlos Taberner: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Grigor Dimitrov (18) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
Aljaz Bedene beat Christopher O’Connell (WC): 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [5], 6-1