Christian Garin advances to the second round of Roland Garros after an intense duel against Tommy Paul

Christian Garin (37th in the ATP rankings) gave it his all in the second round of Roland Garros after beating American Tommy Paul (33rd) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3 .

The first set, which started yesterday with Garin 3-2 before rain and lack of light forced the match to be suspended, ended this Tuesday and despite the fact that it seemed to start in a positive way for the Chilean , finally it was in the hands of Tommy Paul.

This happened because in the sixth game of the encounter, Gago managed to get ahead of his rival, reaching the first break of the duel at the start, leading 4-2. However, the Chilean could not confirm his performance against the American who snatched his serve.

After that there was a further exchange of breaks in the ninth and tenth Game which left the first quarter tied at 5-5. With this result on the scoreboard, Paul doubled down and got the break which gave him the chance to close the set with his serve, a situation he achieved without much resistance from Garin who saw his rival go up 7-5. .

Already in the second set, and more comfortable on the surface, Garin struck twice. The first was in the fourth game and the next in the sixth Gametaking advantage of the desperation of the American who saw how the score was put 5-1 in favor of the national.

In this way, and with blows that caused great damage to the North American, Garin closed the second set and returned to the game with a resounding 6-1. .

And the pace of the match seemed to continue the same in the third set. After a hard-fought match, the South American tennis player managed to get a break option which he took advantage of with everything to move forward. A break that was much more valued after being confirmed in the Game Following. But Gago didn’t stop there and gave it his all in the third, hitting Paul again and securing his own, leading 4-0.

After that came a brief moment of suffering. Paul managed to snatch Garin’s serve in the sixth Game with a clear superiority, but the effort has become fruitless, because Gago recovered it immediately, leaving the Chilean 5-2 and closing the set with his serve for 6-2 .

The fourth ended up being the definitive set. The partial was only unequal in the seventh game. There Garin got the break which left him 5-3 after confirming it. And then, in the ninth, he broke again and closed everything 6-3 .

From now on, the Chilean will have to face the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (50th) who is responsible for leaving the Frenchman Benoit Paire (78th) on the road 6-3, 7-5, 1-6 and 7-5.