French Open qualification: Rodionov beats Marterer after Thriller, Kohlschreiber out
Jurij Rodionov narrowly won the Austro-German duel against Maximilian Marterer in the first round of qualifying for the French Open 2022. Philipp Kohlschreiber failed at the start.
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last edit: May 17, 2022, 04:27 pm
After an official playing time of 2:38 hours, Rodionov prevailed 4:6, 6:3 and 7:5. In the twelfth game of the decisive set, however, there were again discussions lasting several minutes at Matchball Rodionov. Namely whether the Austrian stopped the rally in time after an alleged outball by Marterer. The referee awarded the point Marterer, but Rodionov didn't lose his nerve.
In round two, Rodionov, who won the ATP Challenger tournament in Mauthausen a week ago, will face the Russian Pavel Kotov.
Old master Philipp Kohlschreiber was eliminated in round one. The long-standing German number one lost to Enzo Couacaud 4: 6 and 6: 7 (2). One round further is Cedric-Marcel Stebe, who won against Kacper Zuk 3:6, 6:1 and 6:4.
Here is the qualification tableau in Roland Garros
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