“Stan the man” is eternal. The Swiss joins the second round of Roland-Garros at 38, after a fight of four hours and thirty-five minutes against the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (35) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 , 6-7(7/2), 1-6, 6-4. He will be opposed in the next round to the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, ranked 108th player in the world.
The winner of the 2015 edition did not crack in this duel of experienced players on court n°14, even after being pushed into the fifth set, he who was nevertheless leading two sets to nothing. More fear than harm in the end, against another Spanish clay court specialist.
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Former world No.3, three-time Grand Slam winner, Wawrinka is trying to regain his best level after two seasons marred by injuries. After his elimination in the second round of the Australian Open in 2021, he had missed the next four Majors. He returned to a Grand Slam at Roland Garros last year to string together first-round defeats at Paris, Wimbledon, US Open and this year at the Australian Open.
Results of the 2nd day of Roland-Garros played on Monday:
1st round (men’s singles):
Taro Daniel (JPN) beat Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (CAN/N.26) beat Brandon Nakashima (USA) 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.14) defeats Benoît Paire (FRA) 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Fabio Fognini (ITA) beat Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/N.10) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) beat Bernabe Zapata (ESP/N.32) 1-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (SRB/N.3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/1)
Roberto Bautista (ESP/N.19) bat Wu Yibing (CHN) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, 6-1
Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) beat Shang Juncheng (CHN) 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Marcos Giron (USA) beat Hamad Medkedovic (SRB) 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
Thiago Tirante (ARG) bat Botic van de Zandschulp (NED/N.25) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Aslan Karatsev (RUS) bat Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-2
Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) bat Jack Draper (GBR) 6-4, 1-0 (abandoned)
Alex De Minaur (AUS/N.18) bat Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
1st round (women’s singles):
Aliona Bolsova (ESP) beat Kristína Kucová (SVK) 6-2, 6-1
Kayla Day (USA) beat Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-5, 6-1
Madison Keys (USA/N.20) beat Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Diana Shnaider (RUS) beat Rebecca Marino (CAN) 6-3, 7-5
Bernarda Pera (USA) beat Anett Kontaveit (EST) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2
Donna Vekic (CRO/N.22) bat Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 6-2, 7-5
Elina Avanesyan (RUS) bat Belinda Bencic (SUI/N.12) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) beat Linda Fruhvirtová (CZE) 6-2, 6-2
Maria Camila Osorio (COL) bat Ana Bogdan (ROM) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Elina Svitolina (UKR) beat Martina Trevisan (ITA/N.26) 6-2, 6-2
Markéta Vondrousová (CZE) beat Alycia Parks (USA) 6-4, 6-0
Sloane Stephens (USA) beat Karolína Plísková (CZE/N.16) 6-0, 6-4
Varvara Gracheva (RUS) beat Dalma Gálfi (HUN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) beat Maryna Zanevska (BEL) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3)
