Fran Cerúndolo and Etcheverry superior at Roland Garros; Mariano Navone was eradicated

Francisco Cerúndolo and Tomás Etcheverry entered the third spherical of Roland Garros, whereas Mariano Navone fell by the wayside, who joined Sebastián Báez among the many Argentines eradicated on the day.

Fran Cerúndolo clearly defeated the Austrian Filip Misolic 6-2, 7-6 (2) and 6-0. The Argentine, twenty third favourite, made clear on the Parisian clay the distinction within the rating together with his rival, who got here from qualifying and is ranked 241 within the ATP.

The winner solely had some issues within the second set, which ended up being determined within the tie break, which he overcame with out issues.

Cerúndolo, 25, could have as his opponent within the third spherical of the French Open the American Tommy Paul, who simply removed the Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2. If he wins, Cerúndulo will attain the spherical of 16 and can equal his finest participation at Roland Garros, the most effective rating achieved in a Grand Slam.

Etcheverry (29) beat native Arthur Rinderkech (69) 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-1, 5-0, 40-15 and abandonment. Within the third spherical of the French Open he’ll face the Norwegian Casper Ruud.

Whereas Navone fell to Czech Tomas Machac (44) 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 1-6 and 6-1.

The Argentine, quantity 31 favourite, had made historical past by being the primary debutant at Roland Garros to be seeded. He achieved the privilege by being a finalist this 12 months within the tournaments in Cagliari, Bucharest, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, and a semi-finalist in Marrakech, all of them on clay.

Within the fifth and ultimate set, Machac dispatched Navone in simply 32 minutes.