In the second grand slam tennis tournament of the season, the French Open (Roland Garros), men’s world number 3 Novak Djokovic reached the third round.
The 2nd round matches played on the 4th day of the tournament held in the capital Paris have been completed.
In the tournament, Serbian Djokovic, the champion of 2016 and 2021, faced the world number 83 Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. Djokovic, who won 3-0 with 7-6, 6-0 and 6-3 sets in the match, which lasted two hours and 44 minutes, became the opponent of Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29 seeded) in the 3rd round.
Russia’s Andrey Rublev (7) defeated world 61st France’s Corentin Moutet 3-1 (6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3) and matched with Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the 3rd round.
Polish Hubert Hurkacz (13), Dutch Tallon Griekspoor 3-2 (6-3, 5-7, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti (17) Russian Alexander Shevchenko 3 -0 (6-1, 6-1, 6-2) advanced to the 3rd round.
94th place in the world, Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas defeated Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut (19) 3-2 (1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1) and got one of the surprises of the day in the 2nd round. he signed.
In the third round, where Varillas is paired with Hurkacz, Musetti will face Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie (14).