So let's begin here: At the start of the year, my goals for 2018 were to have a breakout season, and to reach the main draw at Roland Garros for the third consecutive time. I wanted to blossom on the court and break into the Top 100 of the ATP rankings. The actual quest to this year's Roland Garros main draw has been a long and winding one and my dream of getting here actually began back in May, when I won the title in Barletta, Italy -- my first ATP Challenger Tour title (d. Simone Bolelli 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4). Winning at Barletta only reinforced my belief that I have what it takes to keep my early year goal of...
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...
Argentina's Marco Trungelliti started making his way back to the Roland Garros main draw on Tuesday, beating 23rd seed Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of qualifying in Paris. Trungelliti, No. 161 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, gained the biggest win of his career last year at Roland Garros. After qualifying, the 5'11” right-hander upset then World-No. 10 Marin Cilic in the first round. [ALSO LIKE] Italian Alessandro Giannessi knocked out home hopeful Calvin Hemery of France 7-5, 6-3. German Tobias Kamke converted three of four break points to beat American Rajeev Ram 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Serbia's Filip Krajinovic advanced past Australia's Sam Groth 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2. Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik, who beat Cilic...