World No. 155 Jaume Munar provided a vision of Spain’s tennis future on Monday at Roland Garros, landing the biggest victory of his career in a battle of the generations. The 21-year-old, in only his ninth tour-level match (3-6) and just his second at a Grand Slam championship, knocked out David Ferrer, a Spanish tennis legend of the past 15 years. Munar recovered from an 0-2 sets deficit and 3-5 in the deciding set to beat 2013 finalist Ferrer 3-6, 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 7-5 in four hours and 15 minutes for a place in the second round. "It's the most important victory of my career," said Munar. "Regardless of how the match went, I came back two-sets-to-love down to...
There are three things that are virtually guaranteed on any given day at Roland Garros: the sun will rise, the sun will set, and Rafael Nadal will win. But the 10-time champion was in a battle in the opening round on the terre battue Monday. Play was suspended due to rain with Nadal leading lucky loser Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-3, 0-3, as the Spaniard attempts to extend his best-of-five-set clay-court record to 105-2. The match will be resumed on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Tuesday. Nadal, who already captured his 11th titles at Monte-Carlo and Barcelona this year, seeks his 11th Coupe des Mousquetaires. That would equal Margaret Court’s all-time Grand Slam singles trophy record, which she earned at the Australian Open....
Rio Open presented by Claro champion Diego Schwartzman wasted little time securing his position in the second round at Roland Garros, defeating France's Calvin Hemery 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. The Buenos Aires native won 71 per cent of second-serve return points to notch his fifth win at the event after 87 minutes. Schwartzman, the No. 11 seed, converted six of his 11 break-point opportunities and saved the only break point he faced against the 23-year-old. The 5'7" star, who fell in five sets to Novak Djokovic in the third round last year, will need to beat Czech Adam Pavlasek to return to the Round of 32. The World No. 185 came from a set down to stun Diema Xtra...
Marco Trungelliti lost in the final round of Roland Garros qualifying last Thursday against #NextGenATP Pole Hubert Hurkacz. After reaching the second round of the main draw in Paris for two consecutive years, it was an early trip back to Barcelona, where the Argentine resides. After airport delays, the 28-year-old arrived in Spain in the early hours of Saturday morning. His family made a barbecue later that day, and they rented a car to head to the beach on Sunday. So much for those plans. After Mohamed Safwat stepped in to face Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday as a lucky loser, the only player ahead of Trungelliti on the lucky loser list was Prajnesh Gunneswaran. But the Indian was already in...
Stan Wawrinka lost his first-round match at 2014 Roland Garros against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Since, he had tallied an 18-2 record in Paris, including a triumph in 2015. That was until Monday, when the No. 23 seed lost his opener on the red dirt against Garcia-Lopez for the second time in his five most recent appearances. Wawrinka now faces a harsh reality — with 1,190 ATP Rankings points set to fall off his total, the Swiss will drop outside the Top 250 of the ATP Rankings, his lowest standing since 11 August 2003. [ALSO LIKE] “I say all my career is that the ranking doesn't lie. If you play, you are at the top. If you don't play, you're getting down....