Australian No. 18 seed Nick Kyrgios fired into the Roland Garros second round on Tuesday by firing down 20 aces in a 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory over the experienced Philipp Kohlschreiber, who remains two match wins shy of 150 career clay-court victories. The 22-year-old Kyrgios, who is now 19-6 on the year, has advanced to three ATP World Tour semi-finals at Marseille (l. to Tsonga), Acapulco (l. to Querrey) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Federer). “There was a lot of question marks on how I would perform today,” admitted Kyrgios. “I haven't had that many matches on the clay. Obviously, [I’ve] been struggling physically… and not feeling that confident. I saw the draw and I thought...
Juan Martin del Potro made a winning return on his first appearance at Roland Garros in five years on Tuesday. The popular No. 29 seed hit 33 winners, including 13 aces, past fellow Argentine Guido Pella in a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory. “It's never easy when you have to play a friend, a guy like Guido... We have a great relationship... Of course I would like to play another player, for sure, but that's the draw. I got lucky because I played a very good match today,” del Potro said. “[Roland Garros] is an amazing tournament for Argentinian people, and I love to be playing this tournament again after five years.” We ️ you too, @delpotrojuan.#RG17 pic.twitter.com/6NjqeCXMln — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros)...