Tsitsipas, the first favorite who has a bad time at Roland Garros

the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas He is called to play one of the hot matches of Roland Garros 2023 against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals. It is the forecast since the main draw that opened this Sunday was drawn.

Although the Greek, 24 years old and world number 5, finalist of the tournament in 2021, has become the first of the group of favorites who has had a hard time to overcome a round. First of all, first difficulties.

Saved in time because Tsitsipas avoided a bigger mess against the Czech Jiri Vesely, 29 years old and world number 455, raising four set balls in the tiebreak of the fourth. He dodged the fifth with a labored comeback.

It ended as it began since in the first set they overcame a 2-4 adverse against a Novak whose dangerousness is known. And her ranking, 455, has nothing to do with her level, somewhat irregular at the moment because he has just come out of a serious injury that has kept her out of competition for many months.

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Vesely He had not played a top-level tournament since the US Open 2022. He reappeared in April after a hamstring tear in his left leg, entering this Grand Slam on clay with a protected ranking (94th).

Tsitsipas worked hard at the Paris headquarters, winning 7-5, 6-3, 4-6 and 7-6 (9) in 3h.13′. He is already waiting for the next rival of the clash between the Spanish Roberto Carballés and the american Emilio Nava.