It is Roland Garros Autumn version generates several curious situations. One of them is what happened to Grigor Dimitrov, who arrived warmly before his match at court Simonne-Mathieu against Slovak Andrej Martin. Everything seemed normal until the Bulgarian began to fight hard to remove his pants.
The seeded No. 18, who seeks to win his first Grand Slam title at age 29, and who reached the third round of the Parisian event in the last three years, spent several minutes to remove his garment, until he resigned and finished participating in the draw with half pants on the right side. Finally there, standing, he was able to get rid of his clothes.
Finally, for Dimitrov it ended up being a very good day, as he won 6-4, 7-6 (-5) and 6-1 against Martin. He will face Spanish Roberto Carballés, who surprised Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
Nadal’s “hunger”
The comfortable triumph in the debut of Rafael Nadal, who at Roland Garros is looking for nothing less than his 13th title in the Bois de Boulogne, was taken advantage of by the French Burger King franchise on social networks. Regarding the resounding 6-1, 6-0 and 6-3 victory over the American Mackenzie McDonald, the fast food chain enraptured the Mallorcan and tweeted: “You are probably still hungry.”
Pella’s final fall
The only Argentine singlist who took the field today, Guido Pella, was eliminated from Roland Garros, losing in the second round with Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3, 6-2 and 6-1 in a match in which it was largely dominated. The Bahiense did not offer much resistance and was overtaken after an hour and a half of play by the Asturian Carreño Busta (18th), who is in a good moment after having reached the semifinals of the US Open 20 days ago.
A celebration of pure euphoria
The Spanish Roberto Carballés Baena (100th in the world ranking) he starred in the battle of the day at Roland Garros by beating the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (10th) in five sets; 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 3-6 and 8-6, and five hours of play. Carballés will now meet Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th) in the third round.
Before one of the pearls of the new generation, Carballés imposed his consistency and claw. Shapovalov, 21, worked in fits and starts, with brilliance at times and desperation at others, such as when he smashed a racket on the ground in the second set.
Puntazo and personal record of Djokovic
The number 1 of the world ranking, Novak Djokovic, he achieved his 70th victory at Roland Garros this Thursday by beating in the second round the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (65th), to whom he did not leave any option; 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2. Nole is then 25 victories behind Rafael Nadal, the absolute leader of matches won in Paris, a tournament that was awarded 12 times. The Serbian, a champion only in 2016, will continue the path to his 18th Grand Slam against Colombian Daniel Galán, who defeated American Tennys Sandgren in three sets.
Pliskova lost and doesn’t trust her winner
One of the big surprises of the day was the fall of the Czech Karolina Pliskova, seeded No. 2, against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko by 6-4 and 6-2 in just one hour and nine minutes. “I can do much better, I was definitely far from my level and that is something that already happened in the first round,” acknowledged Pliskova, who did not give her rival much credit for what follows and showed her doubts. “I don’t see it easy for her to maintain this level for five more games, there are great players in the box.”
Galán: from “lucky loser” to appear in the third round
The Colombian Daniel Galán (152nd), who entered the Roland Garros main draw as a ‘lucky loser’ (qualifying repechage), overcame the second round by beating the American Tennys Sandgren (48th) 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3, and he is already waiting for Novak Djokovic in the round of 32.
Galán, 24, and the number 1 racket in the coffee country, had lost to Swiss Henri Laaksonen (135th) in the third qualifying round, but entered the main draw due to the loss of another tennis player. The peculiarity of the Colombian player is that he is a vegetarian by birth.
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