Isner, Nadal's possible opponent in the second round, falls to Korda

John Isner, seeded number 21, is no longer on Rafa Nadal's hypothetical path to the 13th title at Roland Garros. The American, who by ranking could have been the Balearic's rival in the round of 16, fell in the second round to his compatriot Sebastian Korda (6-4, 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4. The 20-year-old and 213rd in the world, son of former Czech player Petr Korda, made his Grand Slams debut at the last US Open, where he lost in the first round, and in Paris he is already in the third, where he will meet the Spanish Pedro Martínez. Korda resisted Isner's serves (13 aces) and attacked with 46 winners and only 28 unforced errors.

Other favorites, such as Stan Wawrinka (16th) and Taylor Fritz (27th), did advance. The Swiss beat German Koepfer in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-1) with 51 winners and five breaks and he closed his serve well, which he only lost once, in the third set. Stanimal It will be measured with the French Gaston. Fritz, for his part, took little time to get rid of Moldovan Albot (6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 in 2h: 02) with 85% of points won with first. They will be seen with the Italian Sonego.

Thiem does not fail and is strong

Dominic Thiem, third favorite of the tournament, dispatched the American John Sock with very little difficulties, whom he won 6-1, 6-3 and 7-6 (6) in 2:22. The Austrian, who goes to the third round for the fifth consecutive year, showed very few cracks in his game, made few errors (28) taking into account that his game is offensive and was good to the rest with six breaks and was somewhat more vulnerable with his serve only in the third set, which he resolved in the tiebreaker. Now he will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud (28th), who did not fail, although he had a hard time beating the American Tommy Paul (6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3). It is the second time in a row that he has reached the third round of the tournament. Benoit Paire (23rd) disappointed the French by losing 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1 to Argentine Fernando Coria, a tennis player who has improved a lot in 2020 and that now he will try to beat another Frenchman, Bonzi, or the Italian Sinner.

Zverev suffers to win in five sets

Alexander Zverev had a terrible time to overcome Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert (29 years old and 78th in the world), who stood up and took the German to the limit, until the fifth set in which David Ferrer's disciple managed to win: 2-6 , 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6 and 6-4 at 3:59. In the first round, Zverev only needed three sets to beat Austrian Novak, although he was down 4-1 and 5-2 in the first set. He had only faced Herbert once, a better doubles player than singles player, and beat him, this year in Hamburg. But this time the Frenchman gave it his all and was about to break the bench against the sixth seed, who added 45 winners but also 56 unforced errors. He will face Italian Marco Cecchinato in the third round, who seems to have recovered his version of himself which led him to be a semifinalist in Paris two years ago.

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