French Open results 2017: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal advance to 3rd round

The defending champions for the 2017 French Open are still in the fray after two rounds. Men’s second seed Novak Djokovic took down Joao Sousa while women’s fourth seed Garbine Muguruza bested Anett Kontaveit.

Of the two, Djokovic had the easier time, dropping Sousa in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Muguruza needed three sets to beat Kontaveit, but she got her win, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2.

On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal, the favorite in this year’s tournament, also advanced on Wednesday. He made short work of Robin Haase in his second-round match, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Dominic Thiem, the sixth seed, is another popular pick by experts and he breezed through Simone Bolelli, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3, on Wednesday.

Milos Raonic, the fifth seed, needed four sets but bested Rogerio Dutra Silva. David Goffin, the other top-10 seed for the men, needed four sets but also advanced against Sergiy Stakhovsky.

On the women’s side, competition at the top got a little less intense as sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova was beaten by the unseeded Ons Jabeur. Jabeur won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.

American Venus Williams made it into the third round after a straight sets win over Kurumi Nara, 6-3, 6-1.

Below is the list of completed matches at the time of writing for singles matches with seeded competition involved. Further results from Sunday can be found in the men’s singles bracket here and women’s singles bracket here.

No. 2 Novak Djokovic def. Joao Sousa, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Rafael Nadal def. Robin Haase, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Milos Raonic def. Rogerio Dutra Silva, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Dominic Thiem def. Simone Bolelli, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
No. 10 David Goffin def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov def. Tommy Robredo, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Renzo Olivo def. No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
No. 16 Lucas Pouille def. Thomaz Bellucci, 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-2
No. 19 Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Benjamin Bonzi, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
No. 20 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Taro Daniel, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Horacio Zeballos def. No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, 7-5(5), 7-6(5), 6-3
No. 25 Steve Johnson def. Borna Coric, 6-2, 7-6(8), 3-6, 7-6(6)

No. 4 Garbine Muguruza def. Anett Kontaveit, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2
Ons Jabeur def. No. 6 Dominika Cibulkova, 6-4, 6-3
No. 10 Venus Williams def. Kurumi Nara, 6-3, 6-1
No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki def. Francoise Abanda, 6-0, 6-0
No. 13 Kristina Mladenovic def. Sara Errani, 6-2, 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. No. 15 Petra Kvitova, 7-6(5), 7-6(5)
Catherine Bellis def. No. 18 Kiki Bertens, 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 23 Samantha Stosur def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2, 7-6(6)
No. 27 Yulia Putintseva def. Johanna Larsson, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
No. 30 Timea Bacsinszky def. Madison Brengle, 6-0, 6-2
No. 32 Shuai Zhang def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3