Roberto Carballés qualified for the second round of Roland Garros after beating German Oscar Otte in a resolved drama in the fifth set, which ended the party cramped. The native of Tenerife, but from Granada by adoption and by heart, prevailed 7-6 (5), 6-1, 3-6, 2-6 and 6-3 in 3h44 and He will face Italian Jannik Sinner on Thursday, who swept the American Fratangelo qualifier 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in 1h49.
Carballés survived Otte’s 88 winners, 11 of them from direct serve, mainly because he made less than half of the errors that the 28-year-old Teutonic and 59th in the world added (22-51). It is the third time that Roberto has surpassed the debut at the French Grand Slam, where his best result was reaching the third round in 2020.
Martínez, Andújar and Carreño say goodbyen
Pedro Martínez was left out at the first change after losing this Tuesday against Henri Laaksonen (2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 7-6 (1) in 3h45) in a game that began on Monday and ended on Tuesday after being postponed due to rain. The Valencian did not use the night to analyze the dangerous situation he was in when the match was suspended (2-6, 6-4 and 2-0)because it was the 30-year-old Swiss and 96th in the world who continued his comeback and reacted when Martínez tried to erase the disadvantage they had in the third set and when they took the lead in the fourth (3-1).
The results of both in the tournament had been identical in their three previous appearances (second round, first and third). Pedro was unable to take advantage of Laaksonen’s 58 unforced errors, partly because the Swiss had 66 winners, only eight of them from direct serve. The Norwegian Rune will be measured on Thursday.
Pablo Andújar squandered a two-set lead and lost to Italian Marco Cecchinato 4-6, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, 6-0 in 3h43. The man from Cuenca who lives in Valencia had a break advantage in the fifth set against a rival he had won in his only previous match, in a Challenger played in Alicante four years ago. Pablo made 10 double faults against Cecchinato, who played very aggressively (74 winners).
Worse still was Pablo Carreno, because he was the 16th seed to begin with and was up against a 37-year-old who is on the verge of retirement, Gilles Simon. Supported by the public in the Simonne Mathieu, the Frenchman used his weakness to prevent the Asturian comeback, who was up a break in the fifth round, and beat him 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4 in the three hours and 54 minutes of a game that ended after one in the early morning. Excited, Simon thanked the spectators for their help: “Between what I have been able to do and the pressure that you have put on him, we have achieved it.”
Carreño’s dynamics have been terrible in recent months, except for his arrival at the Barcelona final, in which he lost to Carlos Alcaraz. ANDn Rio fell to the first change, as in Indian Wells, Madrid and Lyon, a few days ago. Along the way, bloody defeats, wasting match points against Sinner in Miami and against Van de Zandschulp in Madrid. He needs to reflect and rediscover himself in the face of Wimbledon and, above all, the American tour, which he is usually good at.