French Open 2017: Kyle Edmund joins Andy Murray in third round
Thursday 1 June 2017 20:31, UK
Britain's Kyle Edmund reached the French Open third round with a comfortable straight sets victory over Renzo Olivo 7-5 6-3 6-1.
Edmund, the British No 2, beat Olivo shortly after Andy Murray confirmed his own progression against Martin Klizan in four sets.
Edmund will play South Africa's Kevin Anderson who produced a shock in defeating world No 19 Nick Kyrgios in four sets. The big-serving world No 56 prevailed 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-2 making the most of the Australian's 42 unforced errors.
Edmund said: "It was a good match today. It felt good. I felt in control of my game. I did what I wanted to do for the most part of the match.
"And it went really well today under hot conditions, so the ball was really flying about. But I think it really suited me."
Elsewhere, third seed Stan Wawrinka defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4 7-6 7-5. Wawrinka will next meet Italian 28th seed Fabio Fognini who defeated countryman Andreas Seppi 6-4 7-5 6-3.
Marin Cilic, the seventh seed, won 6-3 6-2 6-2 against Konstantin Kravchuk to book a third round meeting with Spain's Feliciano Lopez who was involved in a five set contest with David Ferrer, the 30th seed, and progressed 7-5 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-4.
Eighth seed Kei Nishikori defeated Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-0 7-6, but 13th seed Tomas Berdych was eliminated after losing 7-5 6-4 6-4 to Karen Khachanov.
French home favourite Gael Monfils was another winner on Thursday with a comprehensive 6-1 6-4 6-1 victory over Thiago Monteiro of Brazil.
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