Down-the-line.ru will broadcast a live online text program: Tennis. Roland Garros. Second turn. Karatsev – Tiafoe. Direct
Tiafoe, who finished 12th, started the tournament with a three-set victory over Filip Krajinovic, 5-3, 6-4, 6-2. This victory was for the American 22nd in 30 matches this season and only 2nd in 9 matches at Roland Garros.
He lost six times in the first round before winning the French TBSH for the first time last year, but immediately lost in the second round. In 2023, the American is 7-3 on clay, but only three of those wins have come on European clay (Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros). After winning in Houston, he was knocked out twice in the second round of the tournaments in Madrid and Rome.
Meanwhile, world number 62 Karatsev made it to Roland Garros through qualifying and defeated Australian Alexei Popyrin in four sets in the first round. The 29-year-old is now 10-8 this season and 2-2 at Roland Garros. Last year, he lost in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the first round.
Karatsev has won six of his last seven matches on clay and his main recent achievement is the semi-final of the Madrid tournament, where he lost to Germany’s Struff.
Tiafoe and Karatsev have never met before, this is their first match between them.
Tennis. Roland Garros. Second turn. Karatsev – Tiafoe. Direct
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