First big surprise at Roland Garros

Spanish tennis is losing some of its appeal in the men’s Roland Garros tournament. Between defeat Rafa Nadal vs Zverevconnection between Jaume Munar and Roberto Bautista (with the victory of the first) and an unexpected departure Pablo Carrenonow only Carlos Alcaraz, Davidovic, Roberto Carballes, Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar himself remained.

And it’s in the game Pablo Carreno The first big surprise of the Paris tournament happened. Because the debutant knocked him out Mariano Navone (5-7, 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0). Of course, despite this, he started as a seed at this premiere.

This 23-year-old Argentine tennis player A year and a half ago, he switched from participating in second category tournaments to performing at Roland Garros. And he himself explained at a press conference how he managed to make such a leap: “There are a number of things to get to where I arrived. I end up becoming like the Formula 1 that everyone else is preparing for. “A lot of people think about me 24 hours a day.”

In her speech, the Argentina number four also thanked her sponsor and the rest of the team who gave her the opportunity to improve technically, physically and mentally: “I make the right decisions obviously, but most of everything that happens to me happens because we go with a team, we need an idea and we implement it.”

Born in the Argentine city on July 9 and after achieving five ATP Challenger tournaments Last season’s tour Navone makes the jump to the tennis elite in 2024as he reached the finals in Rio de Janeiro and Bucharest, contributing to a 1,339 points tally (all on clay) that lifted him to 31st in the world.

“Today I’m not crazy about what’s going to happen tomorrow. Of course, I know that I entered as the first seed in history,” said the tennis player, who was accompanied by his family, including his two sisters, one of whom is from Australia.

The player who He has better serving statistics than Novak Djokovic this season. Alex de Minaur and Carlos Alcaraz, will be measured according to Machac who is having a “great year” in his career after becoming a finalist at the Geneva tournament.

“Most Czechs know how to play And they play very well, they play well everywhere, but obviously on powder they are very competitive. It will be a very tough opponent, another battle,” he predicted.

And while he’s competing at Roland Garros, he already has another exciting challenge on his mind. Olympic Games in Paris: “I will be very pleased to go there because I have watched them since I was a child and my whole family was attached to the Olympic Games. This is a very good dream.”