“Incredible Italian qualifiers Vavassori and Zeppieri advance to second round at Roland Garros”

Due first career Grand Slam victories a a few minutes away from each othera more beautiful and amazing of the other. Andrew vavassors and Julius Zeppieri they access the second round of Roland Garros after authentication marathonsthe one of Vavassori lasted more than five hours against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, beaten 5-7 2-6 7-6 7-6 7-6 (9) after disallowing five match points. For Vavassori, now, a second round within reach considering that it is a Grand Slam, given that he will find the Argentine Genaro Alberto Olivieri, number 231 in the worldalmost 100 positions less than “Wave” (148).

Vavassori’s comeback

After the first two sets lost, the match seemed compromised

for Vavassori, who however in the tiebreak of the third set started to build his own incredible comeback: first four match points rejected and closing 10-8 thanks to a forehand error by Kecmanovic. In the fourth set, five more break points defusedbefore the intervention of the physiotherapist, after which Vavassori has put the turbo. Twelve points to deuces, but two failed set points in two different games.

The last act

In the end, another tiebreak, where the blue found himself down 4-1 but won again

. In the fifth, Kecmanovic had the opportunity to serve for the match: fifth match point (the first of the fifth set), that too was canceled. In the twelfth game, here is also the first for the Italian, wasted: inevitable, and crazy, the epilogue to the 10-point super tiebreak. Vavassori needed 11, with a serve and volley to close before lying down on the clay of Roland Garros, the scene of the greatest victory of his life.

The qualified Zeppieri gives away Ruud

A little further, another qualifier —Zeppieri — scored a similar masterpiece (6-0 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 in three hours and 20′), against the Kazakh Aleksandr Bublikwho had enthused the Roman public for his game that was never dull and sometimes folkloric. Zeppieri dominated the first set, however giving up the next two after having, in the fifth game of the third, three balls to stretch. Well done Zeppieri – who has been working with Massimo Sartori since December – for not giving up and putting them in difficulty the Kazakh, who broke a racket in the fourth and immediately broke in the eighth game which brought the match to the fifth. Zeppieri nullified three break points overall in the first two rounds of service, then took the chance to serve for the match, without fail. Now, Casper Ruud awaits himworld number four and finalist last year.

Excellent Paolini, seven men and four women ahead

In the women’s field, Lucia Bronzes resisted for 71′ against Tunisia Our Jabeur, n. 7 of the world, swept 6-4, 6-1, while Jasmine Paolini beat the Romanian Sorana Cirstea hitting the 11th victory out of 15 for the Azzurri. 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in 2h14′ struggled. In the second round, the Italian will face the qualified Serbian Olga Danilovic, No. 105 WTA, who defeated the Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl 6-3 6-2. Next, then seven males and four females.

The big surprise: Medvedev ko with Seyboth Wild

The surprise of the day is the elimination of the fresh winner of the Internazionali d’Italia. Daniel Medvedevwho had confessed right at the Foro Italico that he liked clay – something that hadn’t happened in the past – was beaten by the number 172 in the world, the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wildat the end of a game that lasted four hours and 15′ and finished 7-6 (5) 6-7 (6) 2-6 6-3 6-4 in which the Russian paid a non-continuous performance and above all 15 double faults. Seyboth Wild, rather than for his career results (only one title, in Santiago in 2020), until today he had been remembered for being the first covid-positive tennis player, a few days after the outbreak of the pandemic.

Other first round results —men

Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Tommy Paul (USA, 16) beat Dominic Stricker (ALL) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Nicolas Jarry (CIL) beat Hugo Dellien (BOL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Casper Ruud (NOR, n. 4) beat Elias Ymer (SVE) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Alexander Zverev (GER, n. 22) batte Lloyd Harris (RSA) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/0), 6-1
Alex Molcan (SLV) beat Hugo Gaston (FRA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Yoshihito Nishioka (JAP, n. 27) beat JJ Wolf (USA) 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Max Purcell (AUS) defeated Jordan Thompson (AUS) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Andrea vavassors (Ita) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (SER) 5-7, 7-6(10/8), 7-6(7/3), 7-6 (11/9)
Giulio Zeppieri (Ita) defeated Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
thyago Seyboth Wild (BRA) eliminated Daniil Medvedev (RUS, n. 2) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7(6/8), 2-6,6-3, 6-4

Other first round results —women

Rebecca Peterson (SVE) beat Fiona Ferro (FRA) 6-2, 6-0
Wang Xinyu (CIN) defeats Marie Bouzkova (CZE, n. 31) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)
Diane Parry (FRA) beat Anhelina Kalinina (UKR, n. 25) 6-2, 6-3
Myrrh Andreeva (RUS) beat Alison Riske (USA) 6-2, 6-1
Julia Grabher (AUT) beat Arantxa Rus (OLA) 6-2, 6-3
Coco Gauff (USA, n. 6) beat Rebeka Masarova (SPA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Linda Noskova (CZE) beat Danka Kovinic (MNE) 6-3, 2-1 – retire
Olga Danilovic (SER) beat Kateryna Baindl (UKR) 6-3, 6-2
oceans Rocking (FRA) beat Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 0-6, 6-2, 6-1
Ons Jaber (TUN, n. 7) beat Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 6-4, 6-1
Jasmine Paulines (ITA) beats Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
Sara you smile (Spa) defeats Clara Burel (FRA) 7-6, 6-2.