The record-holder of the 20 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer, returned to Roland Garros in an excellent manner after a four-year absence. Most recently, the Swiss played in the Grand Slam tournament advised by
livescore in Paris in 2015, reaching the 1/4-finals, where he lost to his compatriot and triumphed with the title that year, Stan Vavrinka. Today, in a first-round match, the 37-year-old Federer ( 3 in the scheme) recorded a three-set victory against Italian Lorenzo Soneggio ( 73 in the ATP rankings) by 6:2, 6:4, 6:4.
Federer made a breakthrough in the first game of the match and that made his task easier in the first set. The veteran led 4-0, after which the two players exchanged two games and the first set ended with a score of 6-2 for the 2009 champion. The second part looked a lot like the first one - Federer led again with 4-0, but this time he had to work harder to succeed in the set. The Italian took three straight games, but the Swiss put an end to his series, leading by 5:3, not giving a point to his opponent. Interestingly, in the game in which he was punched, Federer initially escaped from 0:40, but ultimately failed to save his submission. At 5:4 Federer zeroed in on the game he set for the set and the second part ended.
In the third set, the game went game-by-game without breakouts, but Federer gave the momentum and broke for 5:4. Then the Swiss finished Sonia with the help of his opening shot and returned to the French Open in the way he wanted.
In the second round, Federer will play with the lucky loser of the qualifications, Oscar Ote. German defeats Tunisian Malek Jazeera with 6:3, 6:1, 4:6, 6:0.
Meanwhile, the number seven spot in the second round also secured No. 7 in the Kay Nishikori scheme. The Japanese did not lose a set against participant with the Wild Card hosts representative Kenten Alice - 6:2, 6:3, 6:4. Nishikori will meet in the next phase of Jo-Wilfred Zong (France) or Peter Goyovchik (Germany). The start of the start was also achieved by 20-year-old Greek talent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The No. 6-ranked Greek finalist from Madrid this year overcame Maximilian Martiner (Germany) 6:2, 6:2, 7:6 (4). Tsicapas will play in the second round with Bolivian Hugo Delian.
Ranked 29 by Italian Mateo Beretini (a potential Federer contender in the third round), he defeated Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6:7 (3), 6:4, 6:4, 6:2.
From the tournamentsurprisingly, last year`s semi-finalist and placed under No. 16 Italian Marco Chekinato were surprised. He wasted a 2-0 set-up against French veteran Nicola Mayu, 6:2, 7:6 (6), 4:6, 2:6, 4:6, with `Wild Card`.
For the second roundCasper Rudd (Norway) and Alexei Poporin, the participant with the wild card, also qualified.
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