Roland-Garros: Shapovalov beats Arnaldi in four sets to move into third round
Denis Shapovalov won against Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Japanese Taro Daniel in the next round
Denis Shapovalov in Barcelona (Action Plus/Panoramic)
Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by winning against Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Shapovalov, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Japanese Taro Daniel next.
The Canadian defeated American Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Arnaldi, ranked No 106, beat Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Taylor Fritz
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Marcos Giron vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Genaro Alberto Olivieri vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Guido Pella vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Max Purcell
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Casper Ruud
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alex De Minaur
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Cachin
- Novak Djokovic vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Corentin Moutet vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
- Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
- Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie: wednesday
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
- Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel: wednesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: wednesday
- Diego Schwartzman beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- 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
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-4
