French Open: Tsitsipas, Rublev and Sinner each move into round 3 in four sets
Stefons Tsitsipas did not have an easy time against Czech qualifier Zdenek Kolar in the second round of the French Open, but ended up in round three. Also further are Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev .
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: May 26, 2022, 10:03 pm
Zdenek Kolar, number 134 in the current ATP ranking, did not make life easy for co-favorite Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. In the end, however, the Greek prevailed after 4:06 hours of play with 6: 3, 7: 6 (8), 6: 7 (3), 7: 6 (7) and is thus in the third round. There the southern European, who was ranked fourth in Paris, meets the Swede Mikael Ymer, who defeated the British Daniel Evans 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3.
The match was really tough, especially from the second sentence. The qualifier from western Moravia showed little respect for the fourth in the world rankings, who, especially in the third sentence, was more concerned with himself than with his opponent. The short decisions in sentences two and four were not for the faint-hearted - in the end Tsitsipas convinced both the audience and himself with a total of four repelled set balls.
Sinner fights back into the match
The Russian Andrey Rublev also had to give up a set in the last game of the day on the Simonne-Mathieu court against the Argentinian Federico Delbonis, but did it much easier overall with the 6:3, 3:6, 6:2, 6:3 number four at Court Suzanne-Lenglen. In round three, the man from Moscow has to deal with the Chilean Cristian Garin, who has since eliminated the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 6:3, 7:6 (5), 4:6, 6:3.
In his second round match against the Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, Jannik Sinner was slow to process the loss of the first set, also had a hard time with the clay court expert from the Iberian Peninsula in round four, but caught up a break and made it finally after an intensive 3:44 hours of play with 3:6, 6:4, 6:4 and 6:3 everything was clear.
The sentimental favorite Gilles Simon had previously extended his stay in the tournament grid at the Philippe-Chatrier court during his last appearance with the clay court major in the French capital. The 37-year-old from Nice defeated the American Steve Johnson 7: 5, 6: 1, 7: 6 (6) and next meets the Croatian Marin Cilic, who is 20th seeded.
Here the single tableau from Paris.
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