Holger Roon and Kasper Ruud reached the last 16 at Roland Garros on Saturday, while Taylor Fritz and Borna Coric were beaten in the third round by lower-seeded opponents.

Rune of HolgerPhoto: Matthias Schrader/AP/Profimedia

Taylor Fritz and Borna Coric were eliminated in the third round of Roland Garros

Croatian Borna Coric (16 ATP) unexpectedly lost without winning a set to Argentine Thomas Martin Etcheverry.

After three hours and four minutes of play, Etcheverry qualified 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-2 to face Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka (33 ATP) in the quarterfinals.

Another Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (23 ATP) defeated the American Taylor Fritz (8 ATP) after four sets with the score 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

In the 1/8 finals, Serundolo will meet with the sixth favorite Dane Holger Rune.

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.

Results of the day of the third round of Roland Garros

Zhang – Ruud (4) 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 4-6

Nishioka (27) – Seibot Wild 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0

Choir (15) – Etcheverry 3-6, 6-7, 2-6

Jarry – Giron 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

runes (6) – Olivieri 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Serundolo (23) – Fritz (9) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

Altmeier – Dimitrov (28) 4-6, 3-6, 1-6