Vavrinka ‘French Open’ wins Mareja in the first round; Gofen loses to the NextGen champion

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Vavrinka celebrated the victory with the result 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, closing the duel after one hour and 37 minutes.

Swiss Wavrinka at the moment ATP ranked 17th, but placed 16th in the tournament. He has won three Grand Slam tournaments, including the 2015 French Open.

Meanwhile, Murray is currently number 111 on the rating and is trying to return to big tennis after last year’s hip surgery. He also has three Grand Slam titles in his account, but in Paris the British achieved their best result in 2016, when they played in the final.

German Dennis Kepfer (ATP 66) will face Vavrink in the second round.

In the first round, the 11th issue of the tournament Dāvids Gofēns from Belgium (ATP 12.). He gave way to 19-year-old Italian Jannik Siner (ATP 74) with 5-7, 0-6, 3-6.

Gofen has not excelled in Grand Slam tournaments before, three times, including in 2016 in Paris, entering the top eight.

Meanwhile, Siners is the winner of last year’s ATP new talent tournament or “NextGen”. He also won Gofen in the Rotterdam tournament in February, but he has never gone further than the second round of the previous four Grand Slam tournaments.

Aleksandrs Zverevs, the seventh racket on the planet, went from the top of the rankings to the court on Sunday. The German with the sixth number defeated the Austrian Denis Novak (ATP 91) with 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.

A few weeks ago, Zverev played in his first Grand Slam final in New York, where he lost the lead after two sets and lost to Dominic Tim. In France, he reached the quarterfinals in the previous two years.

The Roland Garros tournament was due to take place this year from May 25 to June 7, but in mid-March it was moved to autumn and is the last Grand Slam of the season. It has already been reported that the Wimbledon Championship was canceled this year.

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