The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas He came out of a good situation on another difficult day at Roland Garros. After 2h.43′ of the match on the Suznne Lenglen Court, he announced with relief that he was the first person to reach the second round of the men’s singles of this edition.
It has the wild card of a retractable roof that opens onto the complex’s second stadium for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games It keeps out the rain, a constant protagonist of the tournament since the beginning.
And he also removed an old teammate from his junior days. They became rivals during the under-18s. Now, both 25 years old, the world No. 9 won 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2) and 6-4 in 2h.43′.
The Greek started so well, he was afraid of the fatal reaction of the man who had become the Italian executioner. Jannik Sinner in the second round of 2023. But the attempted German revolution Daniel AltmaierNo. 83, was stopped by Athenian, a finalist in 2021.
Monte Carlo champion, finalist in Godó, Tsitsipas will face the Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Zhizhen Zhangwho watched their classification from the locker room, begging for the rain to stop because there was no cover on their field.
Tsitsipas finished his work well, which can be accumulated because he is registered in doubles with his brother Petros and in the mixed with Paula Badosa.
Source: La Verdad
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