The Spaniard, Serbian and Greek, along with Russia’s Karen Khachanov, easily won their round of 16, confirming their bids to win the second major of the season. This Monday, the Chilean Nicolás Jarry will seek to qualify for the fourth round of the tournament against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4th).
A day full of tennis was experienced this Sunday in Paris, with the start of the dispute of the round of 16 of Roland-Garros second Grand Slam of the season.
Four parties considered programming. The first, between the Russians Karen Khachanov (11th) and Italian Lorenzo Sonego (48th) I find that finally he tipped for the Muscovite by partials of 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) and 6-1 after 3 hours and 29 minutes of engagement.
With the victory, the eleventh best player on the planet matched his best performance in Paris, achieved in 2019 .
For his part, during the second match of the day, the former world number one Novak Djokovic (3rd) He had no trouble dispatching one of the tournament’s South American revelations, the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (94th) .
The Serbian, winner of the competition twice (2016 and 2021), exhibited the best of his repertoire and without major complications He left his rival on the road after beating him in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2 in 1h59.
Later, the current best tennis player on the planet – the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (1st) – He also responded to his favoritism, replicating the dose of Djokovic, in his case against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (18th) .
In this direction, the Murcian won with partials of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2 in 2 hours and 11 minutes, in a match in which the Carrara-born man could do almost nothing against the obvious superiority of the Hispanic.
The El Palmar native, who is aiming for his first trophy in the French capital and the second major of his career after that achieved at the US Open last year, equaled his best performance in history after also reaching the quarter-finals during the 2022 edition. .
Finally, the duel that closed the day on Sunday in the men’s singles draw was that led by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) and the Austrian Sebastien Ofner (118°) .
The Athenian had no problem getting rid of his rival either, using just 1 hour and 50 minutes to win 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 .
The 24-year-old’s big challenge is to get the first Grand Slam of his career after having to settle for runners-up at Australia 2023 and Roland Garros 2021.
In the quarter-finals, and in search of a place in the round of the best four, Khachanov will face Djokovic (8-1 advantage for the Serb), while Alcaraz will face Tsitsipas (series in favor of the Spaniards 4-0) . Both matches will be played on Tuesday, June 6.
For his part, this Monday, the national tennis player Nicolás Jarry (35th) will seek to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Paris tournament against Casper Ruud (4th) meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Chile.
But the Santiago man won’t be the only South American to see action: the Argentinians Francisco Cerundolo (23rd) And Tomás Martin Etcheverry (49th) will be measured with Danish Holger Rune (6th) and the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (33rd) respectively.
The last game of the day will be cheered on by the German Alexander Zverev (27th) and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29°).
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