After a first round full of surprises, the second of this Roland Garros it returned to relative normality. And it is that several of the players who suffered a lot to overcome their premiere, this Thursday turned their commitments into procedures. Was the case of Stefanos Tsitsipas, who notably raised his level with respect to his first match against Jaume Munar (he came back two adverse sets) to comfortably beat the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas: 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2 in 1 hour and 31 minutes of play.
The Greek was reunited with his best version from the start and hardly gave his rival options, conceding only one break in the entire match. In addition to getting five direct aces, he was practically immaculate with service: 88% of points earned with firsts. If to that we add their precision to the lines, with 26 winners for only 18 unforced errors, the result cannot be other than that of a resounding victory. In third round The Slovenian Bedene awaits you, who resolved his match in four sets against Milojevic.
Another of the important names of the day, Karen Khachanov, met the predictions with a new victory that leads him to the third round, although he is still subscribed to long and hard duels. Czech Vesely raised tough battle and the Russian had to sweat to close the match in four sets, with three tie-breaks included: 6-1, 6-7, 7-6 and 7-6. And in the next round, more of the same awaits him against a tough nut to crack on clay like the Chilean Christian Garin, who got rid of Polmans with a comeback: 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 and 6-4.
We saw one of the little surprises of the day in the German duel between Struff and Altmaier. The cat to the water was taken by the executioner of Feliciano López in the first round, who surprised his compatriot with forcefulness in three sets: 6-3, 7-6 and 6-3. The German awaits the Italian in the third round Matteo Berrettini, who beat Lloyd Harris with some ups and downs: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3.
Results and schedule.