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20 games in the fifth set! Hurkacz is out after 4.5 hours of play. Linette also said goodbye to Roland Garros Tenis

Hubert Hurkacz (31st in the world) drew American Tennys Sandgren in the first round. The 48th world tennis player has already played with a Pole at the French Open – in 2018, also in the first round. Hurkacz then won 6: 2, 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3.

From the beginning of the match, both players were watching their pass. It was only in the 12th game that Hurkacz was broken, which made Sandgren won the first set 7: 5. Then, however, the Polish tennis player came to the fore, he began to dominate, which clearly caused huge problems for the American. He loudly commented on his unsuccessful plays, he grimaced, and the Pole from 2: 2 won four more games and led to the equalization.

There was much more in the third set fighting, although Hurkacz started him by breaking his rival. Soon after, however, he gave himself a break, to which he responded with a blitz victory on Sandgren’s pass. Then he probably kept an eye on his own site. With a score of 5: 4 and his own pass, he needed four sets to take the lead 2: 1 in sets.

There was no fight in the fourth set. Servers won their applications confidently. It was only in the 6th game, at the Hurkacz website, that the Pole began to make many more mistakes and gave the American a chance to break. Ultimately, he defended his own website. At the end of the set, Sandgren was getting started with his game, and the tie-break had to be decided about the fate of the 4th game. In it, the American left no illusions and won to 1, leading to a draw throughout the match.

He also maintained his great form at the beginning of the last set, starting with breaking Hurkacz. The Pole looked very bad, but after a while he returned to the meeting. At 2: 2, Hurkacz broke again. Sandgren didn’t keep the lead for long because instead of focusing on game, he was complaining very loudly about the condition of the court. It was necessary to play for the advantage in the last set – in the decisive game it is necessary, with a draw at 6: 6, two games are needed to win the game. The Pole had a chance to end the match in the 16th game when he did not use two match balls. Both tennis players could not find a way to break their rival for a long time. Sandgren did it in the 19th game. Hurkacz was losing in the next 0:40, but managed to bring the balance. In it, the American used the fourth match ball and won promotion to the second round.

In the second round, Tonnys Sandgren will face Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros, who defeated Cameron Norrie in five sets – 4: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 1. For an American, this should theoretically be an easier task – the Colombian is only 153th in the ATP ranking.

Kamil Majchrzak was also eliminated from Roland Garros

Kamil Majchrzak had a very difficult task. In the first round he competed with seeded from “15” Russian Karen Chaczanow. However, he did not make any surprises – he lost in three sets 6: 7 (3), 3: 6, 3: 6. However, it cannot be said that he did not fight, because he was able to break the Russian in each of the parties. Later, however, Khachanov took the initiative, and the Pole made many unforced mistakes.

Magda Linette unexpectedly dropped out in the first round

Magda Linette could not complain about the draw of her opponent in the first round. The Polish woman competed with Leylah Annie Fernandez, who was only 100th in the ATP ranking. Linette confidently won the first set 6: 1 and it seemed that she should not have any difficulties reaching the second round. Then, however, it was broken five times and in the next two sets the Canadian was better, who won the whole game 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2.

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