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
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