Gael Monfils, the best asset in French tennis, said with a small mouth because he is not to shoot rockets, said goodbye this Thursday from Roland Garros, a tournament that has eluded one of the most powerful Federations in the world since Yannick Noah won it in 1983 and Mary Pierce in 2000. Mikael Ymer got off the Parisian in the second round this Thursday, who had already suffered a lot to beat Albert Ramos in four sets in the first.
The 22-year-old Swede, 105th in the world, was not intimidated by the local public that populated the Suzanne Lenglen nor by the rival's fiancée, Elina Svitolina, who cheered him on from the stands. She had just qualified for the third phase of the tournament. Monfils, fourteenth seed, was left at the gates after losing by 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in 2h: 24. Ymer is already further away than he ever was in Paris and will face the Italian Jannik Sinner (18th), who got rid with some difficulties of his compatriot Gianluca Mager (6-1, 7-5, 3-6 and 6-3 in 2:19). Another of the transalpinos who played this Thursday in the second round, Matteo Berrettini, passed without problems before the Argentine Federico Coria, whom he beat 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2 in 1h: 58. The Roman player will meet South Korean Kwon, who surprised 37-year-old Italian veteran Seppi (6-4, 7-5 and 7-5).
Argentina will continue to count on the hope of Diego Schwartzman, who is firmly in the championship and beat the Slovenian in three sets Bedene (6-4, 6-2 and 6-4 in 2:21). The Small will run into the german Kohlschreiber, who appealed to the revelation of the Australian Open, the Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-1 in 2:59).
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