Roland-Garros: Former world No 8 Schwartzman moves into second round, back from two sets to love

Diego Schwartzman produced a stunning comeback to beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4 on Monday. He’ll play Portuguese Nuno Borges in the next round

Diego Schwartzman Diego Schwartzman of Argentina looks to return a ball against Jannik Sinner of Italy during day three of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell at Real Club De Tenis Barcelona (Imago/Panoramic)
French Open 2023 Men's Singles •First round • completed
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Argentinian Diego Schwartzman overhauled the situation against Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 32 seed, 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.

“It was a tough match,” Schwartzman admitted in his post-match press conference. “At the beginning he was playing much better than me. I think on the second set I had my chances, and I start to improve my tennis, but I was not playing too many matches, I was losing too many matches the last few months. So at the end of the second set with the chances I didn’t take, maybe the confidence, maybe no rhythm, a few things.

“But I have confidence in five sets, and I think at the start of the third he gave me a few opportunities to keep fighting for the match, and I took it.

“When he started to make some mistakes and struggling with his rhythm, with his intensity, I took the chances. And the fifth was very tough, but I think from the final of the second set, my tennis was very good.”

Schwartzman, ranked No 95, will face Portuguese Nuno Borges next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

  • Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
  • Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
  • Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere
  • Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
  • Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
  • Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Hugo Gaston vs. Alex Molcan
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Lloyd Harris
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri
  • Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
  • Yoshihito Nishioka vs. J.J. Wolf
  • Elias Ymer vs. Casper Ruud
  • Nicolas Jarry vs. Hugo Dellien
  • Tommy Paul vs. Dominic Stricker
  • Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
  • Luca Van Assche vs. Marco Cecchinato
  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
  • Daniel Altmaier vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
  • Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dusan Lajovic
  • Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
  • Hamad Medjedovic vs. Marcos Giron
  • Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Borna Coric vs. Federico Coria
  • Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante: monday
  • Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: monday
  • Christopher O’Connell vs. Taro Daniel: monday
  • Stan Wawrinka vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas: monday
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini: monday
  • Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Yibing Wu: monday
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Aslan Karatsev: monday
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
  • Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
  • Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
  • Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov: monday
  • Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
  • Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  • Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
  • Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
  • Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
  • Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
  • Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
  • Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
  • Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
  • Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
  • Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
  • Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
  • Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  • Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
  • Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2

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