Felix Auger-Aliassime came from a set down to book his place in the third round of the French Open as he was put through his paces by Roman Andres Burruchaga. 

In a match that lasted just over three hours, Auger-Aliassime earned a hard-fought 4-6 6-0 7-5 6-1 victory in the sweltering Paris sun on Court Simonne Mathieu on Thursday. 

The Canadian is the highest-ranked player left on his side of the draw at Roland-Garros after top seed Jannik Sinner was stunned by Juan Manuel Cerundolo earlier in the day. 

Auger-Aliassime traded blows with his opponent in the opening set, but it was Burruchaga who claimed the decisive break in the seventh game to put himself in front. 

However, the fourth seed bounced back in the second set as he bageled the Argentine to level things up, but the competitive nature of the match returned in the third. 

Both players had breaks of serve late in the set. However, Auger-Aliassime produced a love game against the serve to go one away, and from there has remained in control. 

He reeled off the final five games of the final set with the minimum of fuss to reach the next round, where he will face Brandon Nakashima after his win over Luca Van Assche. 

But there was yet another shock in the French capital, with fifth seed Ben Shelton dumped out in the second round by Raphael Collignon in straight sets. 

Shelton, who has never gone beyond the fourth round at Roland-Garros, suffered yet another early exit this time around as Collignon emerged a 6-4 7-5 6-4 victor. 

Collignon became just the fourth Belgian since 1973 to claim an ATP top five win at a grand slam event, after Johan van Herck, Olivier Rochus and the last to achieve the feat at Wimbledon in 2013, Steve Darcis.

Data Debrief: Auger-Aliassime overcomes South American hoodoo

In what was the first career meeting between Auger-Aliassime and Burruchaga, the former may not have felt confident, given he had lost his last three ATP-level matches on clay against opponents from South America coming into the match. 

However, he put that to the side and claimed consecutive match wins at ATP level for the first time since Monte Carlo last month, and in doing so, reached the third round at Roland-Garros for the third time in his seven main draw appearances at the event. 

It was also Auger-Aliassime's 42nd victory at a grand slam. Among players born since 2000, only Sinner (93) and Carlos Alcaraz (91), have managed more.