Roland Garros: Alcarath did their duty, great qualification from Kokkinakis against Wawrinka

He was stressed for a set, but Carlos Alcarath returned to his usual… stormy game and won with 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 via Taro Daniel to reach the 3rd round of Roland Garros.

Despite losing his first set of the year in Paris, the 20-year-old Spaniard found a way to come back strong and secured his third straight appearance in the ’32’ after about two and a half hours of competition. ” of the 2nd major of the year.

There he meets Denis Shapovalov, who recently defeated Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in just under three hours to enter the “16”.

Technically speaking, only the world number 1 was on the pitch in the first set, as he gave the 30-year-old Japanese only one game and rightly took the first step towards victory (6:1).

Things changed in the second part, however, as Daniel surprised Carlito to lead 3-0 in the opening games, suffering his first break in between. He defended this difference until the end and equalized the set (6:3).

In the 3rd set, the well-known Alkarath returned to Philippe Chatrier and secured the lead (5:0) with a series of 5/5 games won. The Japanese won Game 6, temporarily reducing the deficit, but the world No. 1 held him to two points, one step ahead of victory (6-1).

In the 4th and last set, in the first 4 games, the game was a derby as both found a way to break the other’s serve (2:2), but as the game progressed Alkarath gave nothing to his opponent, and with a new decisive series, he successfully completed his efforts (6:2).

Kokkinakis threw Wawrinka out

Great qualification for Thanasis Kokkinakis in the 3rd round of Roland Garros as he won with 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 by Stan Wawrinka, after a match lasting 4(!) hours and 38 minutes, and undoubtedly one of the most spectacular of the day.

The 27-year-old Greek-Australian tennis player will be in the ’32’ of the 2nd Major of the Year for the second time in his career, he is 2/2 so far in Paris and his next opponent is likely to be Karen Khachanov, who currently Radu Albot wins.

As for the game, Stan the Man was better in the first set, breaking just before the final but keeping a slight lead due to his first serve, taking the first step to victory (6-3).

In the 2nd set, Kokkinakis managed to find an answer to Wawrinka’s 2nd break and by breaking the 38-year-old Swiss’ serve again just before the end of the 2nd round of the match, he managed to equalize and get back in the game ( 7-5).

In the 3rd set, Kokkinakis kept the momentum on his side, starting with a crucial run in the early games and then just keeping the distance as it was to turn the game (6-3).

However, Wawrinka didn’t give up his efforts and after keeping his serve intact like Kokkinaki’s in the fourth part of the game, he took the set in the tiebreak after almost 12 minutes and led the game to the decider (7-6(4).

There, the Greek-Australian again had a stronger start (4-0), the Swiss pushed for the turnaround, erasing one of the two new breaks, but it wasn’t enough to salvage elimination, as in the 9th game with one holding great, the Kokkinakis sealed their second victory in the City of Light (6-3).

SOURCE: Tennis24