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COCOGAUFF eased into the second week for a fourth straight year and Jannik Sinner also powered through in the early matches of the French Open on Friday. Sinner brushed aside Russian Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

$3/#. ) - 4 0 ' 1.0ƥ - shock exit at the hands of unheralded Italian Matteo Arnaldi, losing his cool repeatedly as anger at his performanc­e boiled over.

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The 20-year-old failed to serve out the match when leading 5-2 in the second set, but saved three break points in the 10th game before getting over the line.

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0ƥ 2$'' +' 4 '$. // * $ - //* !*- ' ./Ƕ $"#/ -/#Ǡ Ƥ - /# 0). Italian beat Russian 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets.

ANGRY RUBLEV CRASHES OUT

Rublev became the biggest casualty in the ( )ǭ. - 2 .* ! -Ǡ . # ! '' /* .0-+-$. straight-sets defeat by Italian Matteo Arnal

$ǟ 0 ' 1Ǡ 2#* '$Ƥ /# -$ + ) /$/' last month, repeatedly smashed his racquet in frustratio­n as he made 37 unforced errors in an erratic display.

“Completely disappoint­ed with myself the way I behaved, the way I performed,” admitted the Russian. “The problem is the head, that today .$ ''4 &$'' (4. '!Ǡ ) /# /ǭ. $/ǟǯ Arnaldi will face either former runner0+ / ! )*. .$/.$+ . *- #$) ǭ. # )"

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The Australian Open champion, who will overtake Novak Djokovic as world )0( - *) $! # - # . /# ơ) 'Ǡ 2$'' next take on either home hope Corentin Moutet or Austrian Sebastian Ofner for a +' $) /# ,0 -/ -ơ) '.ǟ

Sinner, who has only lost two matches so far this year, is yet to drop a set in the tournament.

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