Giulio Zeppieri, it’s called. A guy with a lot of will, there is no doubt. And it is appreciated by the public of the Suzanne Lenglen, who dedicates Palmas for the effort and that eagerness to stretch and try to balance a party that, speaking in silver, only has an unforeseen address. There is no. Straight line this morning in which the emotional hangover of the previous day is still crawling in Roland Garros, monopolized by. The Italian, another left -handed, fights with the good intention and direct tennis that he possesses, but reaches him as far as he reaches him. Spider 11 games, which are not little. And he leans with dignity against Carlos Alcaraz, firm in the premiere: 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2, after 1h 56m.
Biorritos to point, say the numbers. Also the sensations. Again, as in the recent final, the Murcia safeguard the service and unleashed 31 winning blows, 16 of them with the drive. “It has been a very solid game,” he appreciates. “I have started very well and I have kept the rhythm all the time, so great,” continues the Murcian, who defends the title and is known again closely, having won two of the four tournaments of the preparatory tour. He could only with him Holger Rune in Barcelona – he could not compete in Madrid following the injury suffered in the Godó final – and the long setting up the good moment.
Happy for victory, little or nothing cares about not having acted in the central in this presentation. “The Philippe Chatrier is very special, but you have to adapt and the language is also wonderful. You have to enjoy all the tracks,” he replies, knowing that Wednesday will be found on the other side of the network to Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the same one who defeated him. “I have to be very well prepared because it attacks a lot, many left. It will be interesting, a duel left …”, warns in the early afternoon, after Jessica Bouzas (6-0 and 6-1 to Emma Navarro) has made his own again. Another frontline adversary to the canvas.
“I think there is practically nothing impossible,” he replies when they consider him if he is seen coming in Paris. “In scenarios like these game good games, it’s true. I feel very comfortable. Little by little I am believing it, although every game is a world; here they all have a level and they will make you have to be one hundred percent, so a game like today’s do not expect it. I have been solid, I have failed little and have taken a good frequency,” the Galician continues, in progression. He was close to crossing the threshold of the 50 best and today is the 68th, gradually uncovering as an aguerrida and Espinosa competitor. Navarro verifies it in 57 minutes.
How Serena and Graf
The American, a ninth in the list, only manages to score a game and falls against the Spanish, as did the Czech in her day. It is his first triumph in the main team of Roland Garros, so that Bouzas (22 years) has already tried honey in the four greats and continues to settle. It also appears a powerful fact, since only two other players had lost a single game against one of the top ten of the ranking In the tournament: Serena Williams, against Sara Errani in 2013 and the German Steffi Graf, against Gabriela Sabatini in 1995.
“Ah, yes?” She is surprised, cited in the next station with another American, Robin Montgomery. He will not be alone, because he accompanies him a few hours later Paula Badosa, superior to Naomi Osaka: 7-6 (1), 1-6 and 6-4. “I have lost the first set, but I think it has been of a very high level. At that time I have looked at the Rafa plate [Nadal, inaugurada el domingo]because he has always been my example, and leave I have been consistent. I have said: if you want to win, that you are three hours on the track, although I gave me a little respect for me, because I did not know if I was going to be able to endure the three hours … although the mentality was that, ”explains the Catalan.
Good exam for that back that, he says ,. “I have been responding very well for two weeks. Today I was surprised, because I endured a very high intensity, but let’s see how I get up tomorrow …”, prolongs. And round: “Everything is a heart.” It will be measured in the second round with Elena-Gabriela Ruse or McCartney Kessler and will be at least three, in the absence of Cristina Bucsa-programs for this Tuesday in front of Mirra Andreeva-, the Spanish who have managed to overcome the always difficult premiere. Leyre Romero, for the first time in a big one, takes note from the stands of how Alcaraz competes to try to apply it in the coming pulse against Liudmila Samsonova.
