Roland-Garros: Zhang makes third round

Chinese Zhizhen Zhang moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in Paris.

Zhang, ranked No 44, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 9 seed, next.

The Chinese edged out Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2024, Sonego, ranked No 49, won against Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 17 seed (6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3).

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

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti: thursday
• Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic: thursday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic: thursday
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik: thursday
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik: thursday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac: thursday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune: thursday
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul: thursday
• Ben Shelton (15) beat Kei Nishikori: 7-6 (7), 6-4 ret.
• Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko: thursday
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat David Goffin: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor (26) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner beat Sebastian Baez (20): 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Maximilian Marterer: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Frances Tiafoe (25): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Korda (27) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Henri Squire (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 5-0 ret.
• 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 beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4