Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic progress to third round, Denis Shapovalov out

ByJen Offord

Updated 31/05/2018 at 20:49 GMT

Dominc Thiem held off a challenge by Stefanos Tsitsipas to progress to the third round of the French Open in Paris, on Thursday.

The seventh seed took the first set 6-2 but the Greek no.1 fought back to claim the second 6-2.

Thiem avoided an upset by the 19-year-old, ranked 39th in the world, to win the next two sets 6-4 each.

Highlights: Thiem beats Tsitsipas

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Tsitsipas had beaten Thiem in Barcelona in the build-up to Roland Garros and was bidding to become the first Greek man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since 1969.

Thiem, beaten by Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals last year, will face Italian Matteo Berrettini on Friday.

Elsewhere third seed Marin Cilic was not able to beat world no.188 Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets, losing the third on a tie-break after initially taking a 6-2 6-2 lead.

Winning the fourth set 7-5, it was CIlic who ultimately progressed to the next round.

Highlights: Cilic beats Hurkacz

There was a shock result as exciting Canadian Denis Shapovalov lost in four sets to world No. 70 Maximilian Marterer.

Shapovalov went down 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 6-4 to the German.

ROLAND GARROS RESULTS

[1] Rafael Nadal beat Guido Pella 6-2, 6-1, 6-1

[31] Albert Ramos Vinolas beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

[6] Kevin Anderson beat Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4

Mischa Zverev beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-7 (0), 7-6 (2), 6-1

Kyle Edmund beat Marton Fucsovics 6-0, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

[29] Richard Gasquet beat Malek Jaziri 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0

[24] Denis Shapovalov beat Maximilian Marterer 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4

[18] Fabio Fognini beat Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

[3] Marin Cilic beat Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-5

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