Carreño starts at full speed and Bautista eliminates Vilella

One more year, and seven in a row, Pablo Carreño failed in the first round at Roland Garros. The man from Gijón went to second place, and with very good feelings, after beating the 30-year-old Slovakian and 87th in the world Norbert Gombos in three sets in less than two hours: 6-3, 6-4 and 6-3. In the second phase, he will face an unknown rival, the 26-year-old Frenchman, on Wednesday. Couacaud, who plays with invitation and He beat Lithuanian Gerasimov 7-6 (3), 6-4 and 6-3.

The most remarkable thing about Carreño's performance is that he only gave his rival a break option and, in addition, he saved it without problems. For the rest, with 30 winning strokes and 20 unforced errors, he dominated a match in which he lost very few points with his serve (19). If you respect your physique, you have a promising future in the tournament, for a part of the table in which he should not fear any rival, because he is capable of winning anyone.

“Winning in three sets in the first round is always a satisfaction and it comes in handy to avoid attrition,” said Pablo., who affirms that he is recovered from the back problems that forced him to leave in Rome: “It is an area in which I have surgery, but I have recovered well, although I have not had time to prepare a Grand Slam as well I would have liked, but the first rounds are good for me to improve. The training sessions with Evans, Rafa (Nadal) and Rober (Bautista) have been good because they are people who give you a lot of rhythm. The sensations have been good, without pain and with a fairly high level of play “.

Bautista wins the Valencian derby

Roberto Bautista, seed number 11, was not lost in his debut and successfully beat Mario Vilella in the Valencian derby of the first round in Paris. The Castellón, began his career in a tournament in which he has room for improvement with a victory for 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2 against the Elche, who had been in the main draw since the previous one. Mario, who played very aggressively, missed the game due to unforced errors (47) against one of the most consistent rivals on the circuit, who only committed 10 and took 81% of the points he started with first services. Bautista will face another qualifying opponent in the second round, the Swiss Hanri Laaksonen, who beat German Hanfmann 6-1, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2.

“It is very important to start the tournament well. I entered very concentrated on the court because of the respect he had for Mario, who serves well and has powerful shots ”, explained Bautista, very happy to play with the public in the stands and for the facilities: “How good it has been to feel the love they have here for tennis again. The energy you have when you play with the public. I had a good time on the track. Roland Garros has done better important ones at the club, with looser tracks, that is appreciated ”.

Davidovich sweeps Kuksuhkin

Alejandro Davidovich gave hardly any options to the 33-year-old and 105th Kazakh man in the world Mikhail Kukushkin, whom he beat 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3 in 1h: 57 and he expects a rival for a second round that he also reached last year. In it they will be seen with the Polish Hurkacz or the Dutch Van de Zandschulp. It was a fairly placid match for the man from Malaga, who placed 35 winners and he broke six times the serve of a rival who made him two breaks due to some mistake too many. “Seeing the public and being cheered on is something new, because we haven't played with applause for a while. So I am very happy that this is normalizing “Davidovich said.

Taberner stalls before Safiullin

Carlos Tarberner couldn't get past the first round in his second participation at Roland Garros, as happened in 2018. The Valencian fell to the 23-year-old and 181st Russian Roman Safiullin, who won 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-0 and 6-2 in 2:45. The first set was key. Taberner escaped in a tiebreaker that came to dominate 4-2. Despite the fact that he later rebuilt and equalized, the wear and tear of the match was carried better by his rival, who will face Alexander Zverev.

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