Roland Garros: Rooney forced to do rude idleness

It took Holger Rune about 3 hours but also 4 sets to break the resistance of USA’s and world No. 74 Christopher Eubanks and win with him 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 Qualification for the 2nd round of Roland Garros.

The world No. 6 recorded 5 wins (5-1) in his second appearance at the event this year on clay, but also 15 in 18 games.

The 20-year-old Dane finished the game with 9 double faults (2 aces) and won 80% of the points after the first serve, but also struggled on the second serve where he had 44% (22/50). At the same time, he had 35 winners and 21 unforced errors, with Eubanks having 44 winners but also 37 errors.

A break (2-1) but also a difficult serve (3-1) were enough for Roone to win the first set, whereupon Eubanks immediately responded with an equally quick break (2-0) in the second set 1-1.

In the 3rd set, the American answered both of Roone’s breaks (3-1, 4-2), shortening to 3-2 and 4-3 and then to 4-4 immediately after that, the set resulting in a tie-breaker in which Rooney dominated, giving up just 2 points and taking a 2-1 lead again.

With the momentum from the 3rd set, Rooney managed two breaks in the 4th set (1:0, 4:1) and from there he safely qualified for the next phase, in which he will meet one of Gael Monfils and Sebastian Baez.

Rude idlers

Kasper Rud easily qualified for the 2nd round of Roland Garros when he defeated Elias Imer with 6-4, 6-3, 6-2in 2 hours and 18 minutes competition, and had an ideal start to his competition duties in Paris.

The world No. 4 deservedly won the first set after holding his perfect serve. In the second game he broke his Swedish opponent three times, while in the third and final set he had to break his serve four more times. Imer, at the end of the direct victory.

For the 24-year-old Norwegian, it’s his sixth consecutive Grand Slam appearance in the French capital after being a finalist at last year’s event, and he’s certainly keen to score as many points as possible defend to keep his score place in the world rankings.

The ticket for the “64” of the 2nd major of the year went to Nicolas Jarry, who was also imposed on Hugo Delien 6-4, 6-4, 6-2while Tommy Paul also made a winning debut after comfortably clearing Dominic Stefan Stricker’s obstacle 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

SOURCE: Tennis24.