Badosa wins epically, Carreno relives his nightmare… | Relief
It was played in Paris The most Spanish day at Roland Garros after what we experienced this Monday with Rafael Nadal at the Philippe Chatrier stadium. Up to three games at the same time – in the rain – suggested the future of our team in the second Grand Slam of the season.
On the one side, Pablo CarrenoOlympic bronze Rio 2016, back to high competition after a year and a half in dry dock due to elbow tendinitis. The Asturian, whose best results in Paris remain today in the quarter-finals achieved in 2017 and 2020, faced Mariano Navone31st best ATP tennis player.
It cost the man from Gijon his share, who, despite everything, He won the first set 7-5 in a level that was certainly unexpected after his long absence.. However, time shifted the course of the match in favor of the more dynamic team of the Argentine tennis player, who eventually secured victory in three sets in a row (6-1, 6-3, 6-0).
Better news awaited us nearby. Alexander Davidovich Fokinasecond rated Spaniard (32nd) after Carlos Alcaraz– he exclaimed in euphoria after defeating Monaco’s Valentin Vachereau, world number 116, in just two hours and 40 minutes (4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6).
The man from Malaga, whose best result on Parisian clay was the 2021 quarter-finals, when he lost in three sets to Alexander Zverev, He will now face Casper Ruud in the second round.finalist of the last two editions and seventh in the world ranking.
On another track Roberto Bautista and Jaume Munar met in one of the fights with full representation of Spain.. The Mallorcan struck first, Bautista leveled the score, and when Munar once again tipped the scales in his favor, the Castellon native raised the alarm, demanding medical attention.
Bautista recovered, although not his tennis, because Munar pressed the gas pedal and left no options for a comeback. The Spaniard, a pupil of Rafael Nadal at his academy, took a place in the second round, winning 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-1.
At the end of the match he started Roberto Carballes. The Tenerife native, world number 63, faced 91st-ranked Frenchman Constant Lestienne in the first round.
Bad, victory and epic comeback
At noon, marked by constant stoppages due to rain, Paula Badosa He waited until nine in the evening for his long-awaited debut in the individual competition.. The 26-year-old Spaniard, number 139 in the WTA rankings, made her debut against Britain’s Katie Boulter, a tennis player who has never won an elite match on clay.
Badosa, who took advantage in the first set with a score of 4-2 in his favor, fell into a crisis and Leicester allowed – oddly enough, in the same clothes as her – win six games in a row. In sequence.
After losing the first round, the Spaniard tried to reboot her mind, and in a sense, she succeeded. Constantly paddling against the tide, Badosa managed to win the second set to five points. There, Boulter faltered and succumbed to the Spaniard, who looked refreshed and won the second set..
However, the third quarter began with break English Badosa responded with the same result and revived dozens of Spaniards present in the stands. Songs…Yes you can, yes you can!– they supported the Spaniards, who In just over two hours of the match, he achieved a comeback and a cry of liberation (4-6, 7-5, 6-4)..
Badass, what? In the second round she will meet with Kazakhstani Yulia Putintseva.will combine a solo performance with participation in a mixed doubles team, where debuts with Stefanos Tsitsipas against the duo of Japanese Ena Shibahara and American Nathaniel Lammons.