Categories: Tennis

Rublev, Nadal's potential rival in the quarterfinals, falls in the first round

Andrey Rublev will not be able to disturb Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros as he did in Monte Carlo when he beat him in three sets, because the Russian fell this Tuesday in the first round against the German Jan-Lennard Struff. The seed number 7, one of the best players of the year with 29 victories, was not able to overcome a game that was put uphill and finally lost by 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 3-6 and 6-4 in 3:46.

Rublev was Rafa Nadal's potential rival in the quarterfinals, the round he reached in 2020. It is the fifth time that the 31-year-old Struff, reaches the second round in Paris and will face the Argentine Facundo Bagnis, who beat the French guest Bonzi 7-5, 6-3 and 6-4. The Muscovite did not take advantage of his best serve or his aggressiveness against an opponent who was not behind him in that sense (63 winning shots). Rublev beat him 2-1 in a particular balance that is now tied.

Auger-Aliassime fails again

Felix Auger-Aliassime (20th seed) does not lift his head in the gravel season. The Canadian, whom Toni Nadal trains from Monte Carlo, he does not find the way to win games on clay and this Tuesday he fell to the first exchange in the French Grand Slam against a veteran like Andrea Seppi. The 37-year-old Italian and 98th in the world won 6-3, 7-6 (8), 4-6 and 6-4 in 3h: 33 and will meet South Korean Kwon in a second round that reaches for the eighth time in Paris. Auger-Aliassime, 20, also fell last year in his debut and as it is his second participation, He still doesn't know what it's like to win at Roland Garros. This year he has a record of four victories and five defeats on clay.

Schwartzman advances steadily

Diego Schwartzman, tenth seed, had no problem getting rid of the Taiwanese (6-2, 6-2 and 6-3 in 1h: 43). The Argentine racked up no more than 10 unforced errors and took revenge for the defeat his rival had endorsed five years ago at Winston-Salem. Thus began the path of Peque, who last year was a semifinalist after defeating Thiem. It is the seventh time he has reached the second round and in them he will run into the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, who could with the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and 6-2).

Berrettini leaves a set against Daniel

Matteo Berrettini (9th) had to fight perhaps more than he expected to overcome the Japanese Taro Daniel 6-0, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4 in 2:22. The Italian entered the second round for the fourth time in as many participations and in them he will meet Federico Coria, Feliciano López's executioner. Berrettini scorched his rival with 47 winners, 14 of them direct service.

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Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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