Tsitsipas, the first favorite had a bad time at Roland Garros

the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas He was called to play one of the hot matches of Roland Garros 2023 against Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals. This is the forecast since the main draw that opened this Sunday.

Although the Greek, 24 years old and world number 5, a finalist of the tournament in 2021, became the first of the group of favorites to struggle to win a round. First of all, first suffering.

Time was saved as Tsitsipas avoided a bigger upset against the Czech Jiri Vesely, 29 years old and world number 455, raised four set points in the tiebreak of the fourth. He avoided fifth in a laborious comeback.

It ended at the start as in the first set they overcame a 2-4 adverse against a Novak who knew how dangerous it was. And his ranking, 455, has nothing to do with his level, a bit irregular at the moment as he has just recovered from a serious injury that kept him out of competition for months.

Vesely He has not played a top-level tournament since the US Open 2022. He reappeared in April after a hamstring tear in his left leg, entering this Grand Slam on clay with a protected ranking (94th).

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Tsitsipas worked hard at the Paris headquarters, winning 7-5, 6-3, 4-6 and 7-6 (9) in 3h.13′. He is already waiting for the next rival of the Spanish clash Roberto Carballes and the american Emilio Nava.