Roland-Garros: Tsitsipas overcomes Altmaier in four sets to reach third round

The ninth seed will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in the next round

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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 9 seed, advanced to the third round of Roland-Garros by edging out German Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 on Wednesday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and China’s Zhizhen Zhang next.

This is the sixth year in a row that the Greek has reached the third round in Paris – with his best showing being a runner-up finish in 2021.

Ahead of his win today, the Greek defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1).


Altmaier, ranked No 83, outlasted Serbia’s Laslo Djere (7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round.

“I don’t get to play against single backhand guys too often, so it is like I am getting a taste of my own tennis,” Tsitsipas reflected. “It is very identical and a type of ID a single backhand player brings to the court. It can be very effective on court, opening up the court, creating much more topspin. It brings a different challenge playing single backhand guys. I don’t usually play against them.

“My brain operates in a different rotation, to come up with some good shots because they have the advantage of opening up the court more and hitting with extra topspin. This is something I had to deal with and find solutions. Today was great. I was down on the score and then I came back and I thought my tennis was really nice.”

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000):

  • Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
  • Mariano Navone vs. Tomas Machac
  • Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alexander Bublik
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Jaume Munar
  • Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
  • Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik
  • Luciano Darderi vs. Tallon Griekspoor
  • Alexander Zverev vs. David Goffin
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Casper Ruud
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic
  • Fabio Fognini vs. Tommy Paul
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Filip Misolic
  • Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
  • Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
  • Richard Gasquet vs. Jannik Sinner
  • Pavel Kotov vs. Stan Wawrinka
  • Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Shevchenko
  • Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
  • Andrey Rublev vs. Pedro Martinez
  • Sebastian Ofner vs. Sebastian Baez
  • Zizou Bergs vs. Maximilian Marterer
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Jesper De Jong vs. Carlos Alcaraz
  • Henri Squire vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
  • Ben Shelton vs. Kei Nishikori
  • Hubert Hurkacz vs. Brandon Nakashima
  • Sebastian Korda vs. SoonWoo Kwon
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Zhizhen Zhang
  • Alexandre Muller vs. Matteo Arnaldi

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