Roland-Garros: Medvedev moves into third round thanks to Kecmanovic’s retirement

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, reached the third round of Roland-Garros when Serb Miomir Kecmanovic retired on Thursday at Roland-Garros in Paris.

Medvedev, ranked No 5, led 6-1, 5-0 when Kecmanovic, ranked No 57, pulled out at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.

The Russian will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 31 seed, and Tomas Machac next.

Ahead of his victory, Daniil Medvedev beat German Dominik Koepfer (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3). The Serb edged out Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro (6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud
• Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Alexander Zverev vs. David Goffin
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic
• Ben Shelton vs. Kei Nishikori
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac
• Luciano Darderi vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Sebastian Baez: thursday
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Zizou Bergs vs. Maximilian Marterer: thursday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Brandon Nakashima: thursday
• Sebastian Korda vs. SoonWoo Kwon: thursday
• Henri Squire vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Alexandre Muller vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4