Seeds Khachanov and Hurkacz both need five sets to reach second round

Karen Khachanov eventually overcame Constant Lestienne 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday and will play qualifier Radu Albot in the next round

Karen Khachanov at Roland-Garros Karen Khachanov at Roland-Garros (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
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Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed, moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by eventually overcoming Frenchman Constant Lestienne 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.

Khachanov, ranked No 11, will play qualifier Radu Albot next as he continues his streak in French Open first rounds, now at 7-0.

Another seed also needed five sets to get past a lower-ranked opponent – 13th seed Hubert Hurkacz, who eventually beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

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

  • Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
  • Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
  • Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
  • Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
  • Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
  • Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
  • Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
  • Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
  • Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
  • Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
  • Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
  • Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
  • Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
  • Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
  • Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  • Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria
  • Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
  • Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron
  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
  • Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
  • Jack Draper vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Aslan Karatsev
  • Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
  • Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Yibing Wu
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini
  • Christopher O’Connell vs. Taro Daniel
  • Ilya Ivashka vs. Alex De Minaur
  • Juncheng Shang vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
  • Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Diego Schwartzman
  • Benoit Paire vs. Cameron Norrie
  • Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov
  • Adrian Mannarino vs. Ugo Humbert
  • Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
  • Arthur Cazaux vs. Corentin Moutet
  • Lucas Pouille vs. Jurij Rodionov
  • Alexander Shevchenko vs. Oscar Otte
  • Lorenzo Musetti vs. Mikael Ymer
  • Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
  • Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Emilio Nava
  • Matteo Arnaldi vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
  • Mackenzie McDonald vs. Sebastian Korda: sunday
  • John Isner vs. Nuno Borges: sunday
  • Jason Kubler vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta: sunday
  • Jiri Vesely vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: sunday
  • Marton Fucsovics vs. Hugo Grenier: sunday
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
  • Radu Albot beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
  • Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  • Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
  • Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2

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