Roland-Garros: Shelton edges out Sonego in five-set thriller, advances to second round

American Ben Shelton, the No 13 seed, beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday evening.

The American had previously lost to the Italian at the Parisian Grand Slam in 2023, but was determined not to let lightning strike twice.

The first night session on Philippe Chatrier was a thriller for all who remained, lasting 3h31 – with Shelton extending his head-to-head lead to 3-1.

Shelton, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between Hugo Gaston and qualifier Ugo Blanchet next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
• Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
• Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
• Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
• Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
• Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
• Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
• Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
• Jannik Sinner vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Jaume Munar
• Terence Atmane vs. Richard Gasquet
• Filip Misolic vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Hugo Gaston vs. Ugo Blanchet
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Casper Ruud vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Luciano Darderi vs. Sebastian Korda
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Sebastian Baez
• Nuno Borges beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Quentin Halys beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (4), 4-1 ret.
• Jenson Brooksby beat Jaime Faria: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
• Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2