Constant Lestienne, 30, ranked 53rd player in the world, suffered despite a solid match the game of the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (31st). He notably lost four games in a row which were fatal to him at the start of the second set, although he benefited from several break points.
The 23-year-old Spaniard, seeded number 7 and Roland-Garros quarter-finalist in 2021, will face the winner of the match between Jordanian nugget Abedallah Shelbayh and Korean Kwon Soon-woo in the second round.
