Roland-Garros: Korda latest seed to fall as Ofner books spot in third round
Sebastian Ofner won against Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll face Italian Fabio Fognini in the next round
Sebastian Ofner from Austria returns a ball during the Millennium Estoril Open second qualifying round ATP 250 tennis tournament at the Clube de Tenis do Estoril (Zuma/Panoramic)
Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner won against American Sebastian Korda, the No 24 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4 to reach the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Ofner, ranked No 118, will face Italian Fabio Fognini next.
Korda suffered a wrist injury at the Australian Open in January, returning to the court only at Madrid last month. His only win on clay this season was in the Roland-Garros first round, against Mackenzie McDonald.
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
- Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
- Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev
- Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Nuno Borges
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Ugo Humbert: wednesday
- 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
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