2023-06-01 16:50:12
After the Russian Daniil Medvedev (2nd), the young Italian (21), eighth finalist of the last two editions of the Parisian tournament, is the second serious outsider to be eliminated prematurely from the Parisian Grand Slam, despite two match points in the fourth. sleeve.
The German, eighth-finalist at Roland-Garros in 2020, will face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29th) for a place in the round of 16.
For Sinner, who embodies with world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz and No.6 Holger Rune, both 20 years old, the next generation of world tennis, it is a bitter failure.
Sinner had two match points in the fourth set, when serving 5 games to 4, but failed to convert them. Altmaier then managed to overturn the match, benefiting from the support of part of the public at the Suzanne-Lenglen court. The latter gave him a very long ovation and chanted his name after his marathon victory.
Roland-Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament in which Altmaier has managed to win a single match. In 2020, he was invited there in the round of 16 after getting out of qualifying.
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