PARIS — Hosts France secured a place in the quarterfinals of the men’s Olympic football tournament with a 3-0 win over New Zealand that put them top of Group A, while the United States edged Guinea 3-0 to progress on the final day of the group stage on Tuesday.

Argentina, Paraguay, Morocco and Egypt also joined already-qualified Spain and Japan in the last eight.

France, coming off two wins, only needed a draw to go through, but goals by skipper Jean-Philippe Mateta, Desire Doue and Arnaud Kalimuendo made it a perfect first round.

The US advanced in second place after a strike from Djordje Mihailovic and a Kevin Paredes double earned them victory in St Etienne.

The 27-year-old Mateta grabbed the lead for France, taking advantage of New Zealand’s poor defending in the 19^th minute.

Doue added another in the 71^st after a neat passing move, before Mr. Kalimuendo’s low shot sealed the win three minutes later.

Thierry Henry’s side next face Argentina in Lyon on Friday.

At an almost empty Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, US midfielder Mr. Mihailovic opened the scoring in the 14^th minute by sending a brilliant free-kick into the top left corner.

Mr. Paredes made it 2-0 off Paxten Aaronson’s great through ball in the 31^st and got his second 15 minutes from time.

The US will meet Morocco at Parc des Princes in Paris.

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Argentina, who progressed second in Group B, beat Ukraine 2-0 thanks to Thiago Almada’s fine effort just after halftime and Claudio Echeverri’s stoppage-time goal at Lyon Stadium.

Mr. Almada scored two minutes after the break from long range, while Echeverri got on the scoresheet off a rebound from Ukraine goalkeeper Kiril Fesiun a minute into added time.

Morocco reached the quarterfinals as Group B leaders on goal difference with a crushing 3-0 win over Iraq in Nice with all the goals in the first 36 minutes.

They went ahead in the 19^th when Amir Richardson headed in a superb Achraf Hakimi cross before Soufiane Rahimi doubled the advantage in the 28^th for his fourth goal in the tournament.

Former Barcelona forward Abde Ezzalzouli wrapped up the win when his brilliant strike from the edge of the box sailed into the far corner.

Egypt also made the quarters as they claimed top spot in Group C ahead of already-qualified Spain who fielded a much-changed side and lost 2-1 to finish second.

Ibrahim Adel capitalized on poor Spanish defending to score in the 40^th and 62^nd minutes to give the Egyptians an unexpected win. Spain did pull a goal back in the final seconds with Samu Omorodion’s header but it was too little too late.

Also in Group C, the Dominican Republic were eliminated from their first Olympics after a 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan who arrived at Parc des Princes already out of contention.

A sensational Marcelo Fernandez volley after five minutes gave Paraguay a 1-0 win over Mali also in Paris to send them to the last eight. The South Americans will meet Egypt in Lyon.

Israel exited after losing 1-0 to already-qualified Japan in Nantes after a stoppage-time goal by substitute Mao Hosoya. — Reuters

PARIS — Spain’s raging bulls Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz blazed into the quarterfinals of the Olympics men’s doubles but a host of women’s singles medal contenders were knocked out as the heat was turned up at Roland Garros on Tuesday.

Once again the dynamic duo received top billing on the schedule and they did not disappoint a fevered crowd as they fought off Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof to claim a 6-4 6-7(2) 10-2 victory.

Earlier, as the mercury soared into the mid-30s Celsius (90s Fahrenheit) leaving spectators and players wilting, the women’s singles was blown apart as second seed Coco Gauff, fourth seed Jasmine Paolini and seventh seed Maria Sakkari all perished.

Women’s top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland stayed on course for gold though with a 6-3 6-4 win against injury-hampered Chinese player Wang Xiyu to reach the quarterfinals.

Defending men’s singles champion Alexander Zverev of Germany stayed cool in the oven-like heat as the third seed kept on track for a repeat of his Tokyo title with a 6-3 7-5 defeat of Czech player Tomas Machac to reach the third round.

There was only one place to be on a tropical evening alongside the Bois de Boulogne though — the claustrophobic Court Suzanne Lenglen for the latest “Nadalcaraz” show.

Up against a former doubles world number one in Koolhof, the Spaniards found themselves involved in a red-dirt dogfight as the Dutch showed scant regard for reputations and threatened to spoil the party by deservedly leveling the match.

But the 38-year-old Mr. Nadal and Mr. Alcaraz, 21, have 26 Grand Slam singles titles between them for a reason, and they caught fire again in the deciding tiebreak, with some electrifying tennis moving them within three wins of a dream gold medal.

The Spaniard plays a third-round singles against Roman Safiullin on Wednesday before joining Nadal to take on Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the doubles.

Ms. Gauff, like Mr. Alcaraz an Olympic debutant, still has medal hopes but not in the singles after her shock exit to Croatia’s 13^th seed Donna Vekic.

The American was in tears in the second set when an over-ruled line call saw her slip 4-2 behind and became embroiled in an argument with umpire Jaume Campistol and the tournament supervisor in which she was heard to say “I’m being cheated.” — Reuters