Carreño Busta advances to French Open 3rd round

Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreño Busta, tenth-seeded, advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday after defeating Argentina's Federico Delbonis 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4.

In a tough match, Carreño needed a whole three hours and 17 minutes to defeat Delbonis, reports Efe.

Carreño's opponent in the third round is to be Italy's Marco Cecchinato, who beat Argentina's Marco Trungelliti 6-1, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 in one hour and 58 minutes.

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