The Spanish Albert Ramos threatened to return at its premiere in Roland Garros against swiss Stan Wawrinkawho ended up winning 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6 and 6-4.
The battle of the veterans on court 14 lasted four hours and 35 minutes, leading to a strong battle between two tennis players past their best years.
The 38-year-old Swiss, winner of the 2015 edition and finalist two years later, is now relegated to the 89th place in the ranking, which is the winner, as he has done in the seven previous duels against the Spaniard , aged 35 and 67 from the world.
But it was not as simple as the start of the duel made it out to be, when based on his one-handed backhand Wawrinka seemed ready to resolve proceedings on the fast track.
The rivalry is similar to the last one between these two regulars on the circuit, which also took place at Roland Garros, but seven years ago and then in the quarterfinals, the Spanish ceiling in a Grand Slam.
The Catalan became one of the sensations of the tournament and met the defending champion, sending him to three sets without history.
Now, Ramos didn’t want to leave so quickly and forced his game to be hooked in the game in the third where he came 4-2 down, but he was able to take the tiebreaker game that was imposed.
The Spaniard was playing better and the Swiss was beginning to fear defeat, so the fourth set also fell to Ramos’ side.
But Helvetico’s experience appeared on the courts and he found his best level again, where he again took the initiative, to put himself in a big advantage 5-2, when he even had the first match point.
Ramos pressed his game again, coming back and grabbing one of the two serves he lost to his rival, closing the contest on the third match point.
The Swiss, who lost in the first round last year, will face off for a place in the third round against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, who benefited from the organizers’ invitation to overcome his poor ranking and defeat Britain’s Daniel Evans on Sunday , twentieth leader of the series.
Source: La Verdad
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