Jesper de Jong can forget about the main tournament of Roland Garros. The 21-year-old tennis player from Hoofddorp narrowly lost to Daniel Masur in the second round of the qualifying tournament: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
De Jong, the number 137 in the world, won his match yesterday easily from Vit Kopriva (6-2, 6-3)† De Jong also started his match against the German well by winning the first set of 4-6. He had to leave the second set to Masur, after which De Jong saw the victory pass after an intense last set: 7-6. To get through to the main tournament, De Jong, who has never played at a Grand Slam, also had to win the third preliminary round.
Greek track
Tallon Greek track has already been qualified for the clay tournament in Paris. De Nieuw-Venneper won his match in the eighth finals in Geneva today and is therefore in the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament. The global number 64 did that at the expense of the Swiss qualifier Johan Nikles: 6-3, 7-5.