Daniil Medvedev began his participation in Roland Garros, a tournament in which his balance until 2021 was 0-4, with a comfortable victory (triple 6-2 in 1h38) against Facundo Bagnis32-year-old Argentine and 103rd in the world, who played diminished, with a cumbersome bandage on his right thigh.
The Russian had only played one match this season on clay, in Lyon, and lost it against Frenchman Gasquet. With this victory he levels that balance that started so badly in the Parisian Grand Slam and that improved when last year the number two reached the quarterfinals (5-5 now). Medvedev, who He had just undergone surgery to undergo surgery for a hernia, he added 12 aces for a total of 35 winners. In the second round, he will face Serbian Djere on Thursday.
Shapovalov se estrella
Among the favorites, the firecracker was given by Denis Shapovalov (seeded 14th), who after beating Rafa Nadal in Rome, stamped in Paris against the young Norwegian Holger Vitus Nodskov Runewho also beat him in two sleeves (6-3, 6-1 and 7-6 (4) in two hours). The Canadian is not good at Roland Garros. In fact, he has not yet passed the second round in four appearances, so there is no talk of a morrocotuda surprise either. His 53 unforced errors, as opposed to Rune’s 19, tipped the scales. The boy is waiting for the Italian Zeppieri or the Polish Hurkacz.
Rublev comes back and Tsonga says goodbye
Andrey Rublev, 7th favorite, came from behind against South Korean Soonwoo Kwon (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 in 2h56) and qualified for the second round in Paris for the second time (last year he fell in the first), in which the French Mannarino or the Argentine Delbonis await him. The Muscovite dispatched 15 aces for a total of 52 winners. Later, in the center, the local Jo-Wilfried Tsonga said goodbye to tennis at the age of 37, after falling in four sets (6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2 and 7-6 ( 0) at 2h49) against the number eight seed, the Norwegian Casper Ruud. A good tribute for a tennis player who ended the match injured (right shoulder) and in tears before his last serve, in the presence of his wife, children and parents.
Tsonga retires after 18 professional careers, in which he won 18 titles and became number five in the world. This was his 14th Roland Garros, a tournament in which he was a semi-finalist twice (2013 and 2015). At the Australian Open she reached the final in 2008. And she was also a semifinalist twice at Wimbledon (2011 and 2012). And he won the Davis Cup in 2017 and Olympic silver in London 2012. Injuries, especially since 2019, when he won his last two trophies (Metz and Montpellier), have prevented him from finishing his career in good condition. Roland Garros paid him a heartfelt tribute with the participation of the most important people in his personal and sporting life, including some of his fellow tennis players, wearing t-shirts that read ‘Thank you, Jo’: Gasquet, Pair, Simon, Monfils y Herbert. On the giant screens, a commemorative video of his past as a player and another with congratulations from Murray, Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. Finally, they gave him a trophy with his name on it, while he held back his tears before speaking and letting them out hopelessly, thanking everyone. “The adventure of tennis is formidable.” And you say it, Tsonga.
Gaston inflames the Parisians by throwing out De Miñaur
The sadness for the defeat and the farewell of Tsonga for the French was attenuated with the triumph of Hugo Gaston, that peculiar tennis player who came back 5-1 against Alcaraz in Paris-Bercyagainst the Australian Alex de Miñaur, in an exciting match resolved in the fifth set: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 0-6 y 7-6 (4). Gastón overcame the wedged donut in the fourth set and will play the second round of Roland Garros for the second time (in 2020 he reached the second round). His rival will be the Argentine Cachín. Who was not confused as De Miñaur was the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, who easily got rid of the Italian from the previous Zeppieri (7-5, 6-2 and 7-5). He will face the Spanish Andújar or the Italian Cecchinato.