“Alcaraz vs. Cobolli: A Thrilling Showdown at Roland-Garros”

2023-05-29 22:23:00

Flavio Cobolli was only able to hold a candle to Carlos Alcaraz in the third set on the Suzanne-Lenglen court with cheeky risky shots. However, the audience was well entertained.

The Spaniard, who is dreaming of the title in Roland-Garros, had everything under control for two sets against the inexperienced Cobolli.

It even took nine games to reach the 159th place in the world rankings. at a score of 0:6, 1:2 was allowed to cheer for the first time about something countable (and did that extensively with the audience).

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Alcaraz was very concentrated until the middle of the third set, then mistakes crept in. However, Cobolli also shed his nervousness, played more risky and posed problems for the Spaniard with his powerful basic strokes.

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Alcaraz already had three match points at 5: 3 and served to win the match at 5: 4, but Cobolli managed the celebrated break to equalize. Only with his fifth match point did Alcaraz close the game after 1:57 hours to 7:5.

“It was my first time with Suzanne-Lenglen, I liked it,” said Alcaraz: “It was a good game, a fight at a high level.” He wanted to “quickly forget” that he missed a few chances at the end of the game. At 5:5 he was able to show his best tennis again.

In the second round, the US Open winner meets the world number 112. Taro Daniel (Japan). A round later, it could then go against former top 10 player Denis Shapovalov (Canada / No. 26). In the semifinals, the Spaniard could meet fellow favorite Novak Djokovic (Serbia / No. 3), who also won smoothly on Monday.

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For Sinner it is now in Paris in the second round against the German Daniel Altmaier, who was the only German to win in the men’s tableau on Monday.

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In round one, Sinner showed a splendid performance that underpinned his status as a co-favourite. The eighth-seeded Italian was only on the pitch for an hour and 46 minutes against Alexandre Muller before the 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 win was sealed.

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