Roland-Garros: Ruusuvuori recovers to beat home hope Barrere in five to reach second round

Emil Ruusuvuori reached the second round of Roland-Garros by winning against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-2, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.

Having narrowly lost the second and third sets, the Finn was looking at the real prospect of an upset. However, the world No. 46 showed his clay-court prowess to recover the situation, coming through to win the final two sets and reach the second round.

He will play the winner of the match between Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 28 seed, next.

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

• Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
• Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Michael Mmoh: 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
• Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
• Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella: tuesday
• Holger Rune (6) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (22) beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (6), 7-6, 6-1
• Alex Molcan beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (31): 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
• Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
• Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
• Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
• Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
• Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
• Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
• Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
• Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
• 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