Roland-Garros: Martinez scores first Grand Slam main draw win since January 2022
The Spaniard will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Spain’s Pedro Martinez advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by beating Argentinian Thiago Agustin Tirante 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Martinez, ranked No 49, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, next. The Russian scored a four-set win over Taro Daniel in another first round clash on Sunday.
This was the Spaniard’s first Grand Slam main draw win since the 2022 Australian Open, post which he lost in the opening round of five successive Majors. It was also his 11th ATP level win of the season, having climbed from No 106 in January to his current position of No 48.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000):
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Ugo Humbert (17): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
- Nuno Borges vs. Tomas Machac
- Mariano Navone vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Alexander Bublik
- Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alex Michelsen
- Daniel Evans vs. Holger Rune
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Luciano Darderi
- David Goffin vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Casper Ruud
- Valentin Vacherot vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Adam Walton
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Taylor Fritz vs. Federico Coria
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Constant Lestienne
- Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Gael Monfils vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Roman Safiullin
- Pedro Cachin vs. Tommy Paul
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alexander Zverev vs. Rafael Nadal
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Fabio Fognini vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Filip Misolic vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
- Gustavo Heide vs. Sebastian Baez
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Arthur Fils
- Jozef Kovalik vs. Marcos Giron
- Karen Khachanov vs. Sumit Nagal
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Jannik Sinner
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. SoonWoo Kwon
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Max Purcell vs. Henri Squire
- Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Andy Murray
- Terence Atmane vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Sebastian Korda vs. Harold Mayot
- Laslo Djere vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Corentin Moutet
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Richard Gasquet vs. Borna Coric
- Luca Nardi vs. Alexandre Muller
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Zizou Bergs
- Kei Nishikori vs. Gabriel Diallo
- J.J. Wolf vs. Carlos Alcaraz: sunday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
- Jack Draper vs. Jesper De Jong: sunday