Parisian sand was already surprised by the two finalist in the second round

On the fourth day of the France Tennis Open, he brought a great surprise. In the second round, Norwegian said goodbye to his left knee problems Casper Ruudtwo -time finalist Rolanda Garros (2022, 2023) and a specialist in sandy tournaments.

Ruud reliably got the first set against Portugal Nun to Borges with 6: 2, and in the second he then felt pain in the left knee, which made him later demanded medical attention.

The Portuguese has used the physical problems in recent years one of the best players on a sandy basis, celebrated with 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 0 and qualified for the first time in the third round of France. For a breakthrough among the top 16, the 28-year-old will compete with the Australian Alexei Popyrin. The latter was better than Chilean in three sets Alejandra Tabila.

« I fought very much, he completely overwhelmed me in the first set. He played very intensively, but I did not deal well with the situation. He began to give up later, he saw that he was not 100 %, otherwise the result would be completely different. I am proud of how I fought from the very beginning and gave myself the opportunity.

It was easily advanced by Italian in the third round of men Lorenzo Musetti. Toward the Colombian Daniel Galan one hidden favorites for the final celebration won 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 4. The next showdown will play against Argentinac Marian Pravone. The string was on the way to the third round of the Spaniard Carlos Alcarazbut nevertheless relatively reliably advanced against Hungarian Fabiano Marozsan. He celebrated with 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2.

« It was a very good duel, I was confident in the first set, played well, and in the second he also played much better and very aggressive. He did not sin much, so I found myself in a complicated position in the second set. But in the end it was important that I stayed collected.