The second Grand Slam of the season has already had its first duels in the round of 16. Another important match was that of Hubert Hurkacz and David Goffin.
Paris turns orange and the city comes to a standstill for the second Grand Slam of the season. Roland Garros began a special edition today: Without Rafael Nadal (15th ATP), with Novak Djokovic (3rd) seeking to be the most successful in history and with the new litter already installed among the best in the world. On the women’s side, the focus is on the fight for world number one between Aryna Sabalenka (2nd WTA) and Iga Swiatek (1st).
Indeed, Sabalenka was one of the protagonists of the day with her victory against the Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk, who after her defeat did not greet the Belarusian in the net. Moment of tension that takes nothing away from what has been done by the brand new champion of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. With total tennis, she easily beat her opponent 6-3, 6-2.
But the surprises were not lacking at Roland-Garros, the most significant being the early elimination of Maria Sakkari, world number eight and semi-finalist in 2021. The Greek fell 6-1, 6-7, 3-6 against the Italian Martina Trevisan (24 °), closing a European clay court tour without many. Despite the semi-finals in Madrid, he only played the second round in Rome and the first in Stuttgart.
In the case of the men, the strong box names clenched their fists. Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) dropped only one set against Jiri Vesely (445th), who entered the tournament with a protected ranking. In this way, the Hellenic starts on the right foot a tournament where it made the final in 2021 and the semi-final in 2020, but where it was eliminated in the fourth round last year.
Andrey Rublev (7th) was another top ten who made his debut on Sunday, managing to beat Laslo Djere (60th) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4. In addition, Hubert Hurkacz (14th) had to force five sets against David Goffin (111th) to be able to say he was present in the second round. 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4 was the Pole’s score.
Source: Latercera
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