The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz qualified this Wednesday (31) for the third round of Roland Garros, the second grand slam of the season.

Alcaraz, seeded number 1, faced Japan’s Taro Daniel, ranked 112th in the world, and won 3-1, partials of 6-1, 3-6, 61 and 62 in 147 minutes of play.

In the next round, Alcaraz will face Canadian Dennis Shapovalov, ranked 32nd.

Another top-10 won this Wednesday. Serbian Novak Djokovic (3) beat Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (7-6, 6-0 and 6-3) 3-0, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Spaniard Roberto Baena 3-0 ( 6-3, 7-6 and 6-2) and Russian Andrey Rublev beat Frenchman Corentin Moutet 3-1 (6-4, 6-2 3-6 and 6-3).

On the women’s side, the 2nd seed, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, beat her compatriot Iryna Shymanovich by 2-0 (7-5 ​​and 6-2). She will face Russian Kamilla Rakhimova in the next round.

American Jessica Pegula (3) passed by Italian Camila Giorgi, who gave up after the first set. abandonment. Russian Anna Blinkova surprised and beat French Caroline Garcia (5) 2-1 (4-6, 6-3 and 7-5) and Russian Daria Kasatkina (9) made it 2-0 to Czech Marketa Vondrousova, with partial of 6-3 and 6-4.

The Brazilians play on Thursday

Four Brazilians are playing at Roland Garros on Thursday. In the women’s singles, Bia Haddad Maia will face the Russian Diana Shnaider and in the men’s, Thiago Wild will face the Argentinian Guido Pella.

In women’s doubles, Ingrid Martins plays alongside the Russian Iryna Shymanovich against the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and the Romanian Irina Begu. In men’s doubles, Thiago Monteiro, alongside the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, faces the Finnish duo Emil Ruusuvuori and Patrik Niklas-Saiminen.