Update
Who is on, who’s out? All news from day 2 at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris Current and compact.
Altmaier triumphed
Daniel Altmaier – Taylor Fritz 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
“This is my favorite tournament forever”said Daniel Altmaier after the spectacular victory against the American Taylor Fritz with a mixture of relief and great joy. After all, it was one of the biggest victories for the 26 -year -old Kempener in his entire career. Fritz had nothing to counter the second best German tennis player at the end of the match. Altmaier’s forehand struck the side of the world ranking fourth, as well as his otherwise rather shaky, one-handed backhand. With his game, Altmaier managed to favor the spectators on the court Simonne-Mathieu to pull itself in the course of the match. It was a game that Altmaier will probably remember in a few years.
Bitter pill for corpatsch
Tamara Korpatsch – Yuliia Starodububtseva 6: 2, 1: 6, 4: 6
The disappointment, the frustration, stood on her face: Tamara Korpatsch was excreted in the 1st round after over two hours of hard fight. A request broke after the 30-year-old fought nervously through the qualification. Corpatsch was actually on the rising branch – after worries about injury and athletically weaker times. She has now slipped on the world ranking place 148. But: Korpatsch even had one last week Challenger-Tournament won in Slovakia, which had given her new self -confidence. The recent successes were initially noticeable. With her aggressive and courageous playing style, the native of Hamburg dominated the Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva (No. 81) in sentence one, but then lost the (tactical) thread and still gave the extremely narrow game out of her hand.
Raven -black morning for Navarro
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – Emma Navarro 6: 0, 6: 1
If the number 9 of the seed list only gains one game in the first round and says goodbye to the tournament with such a crashing defeat, a small sensation is perfect: it was probably one of these days for the American Emma Navarro, which she would like to paint out of the calendar. It should be the 24 year old New Yorker Nothing, but nothing at all – a raven -black morning. The world ranking 68. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro from Spain could hardly believe her luck and is surprisingly in the 2nd round.
Loose Alcaraz victory and party criticism
Carlos Alcaraz – Giulio Zeppieri 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 2
The defending champion meets a qualifier: for Carlos Alcaraz the match was against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri Not much more than a two -hour training session. The match was then rather pleasure than real effort for the 22 -year -old Spaniard. But one thing is currently overflowing over the exceptional player: Alcaraz is exposed to allegations that he would spend too much time with parties and long nights. “Of course I’m a professional. For me, tennis comes first, but I also try to have my moments of pleasure”said Alcaraz in front of the match. After his semi -final defeat in Paris in 2023 against Novak Djokovic, he flown to Ibiza to make a party there. “I want to be honest, I went there to celebrate properly. I took advantage of it because I knew that I might never experience three days like this again.“As long as the young man wins his games, the criticism will quickly fall silent again.