19:01
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 3:1
In most rallies, Otte’s shots scatter far too much. So he won’t be able to get the re-break. Without problems, Shevchenko brings through his second service game – 3:1.
18:59
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:1
The 22-year-old challenger starts his service game unfavorably with a double fault. Thanks to two strong serves afterwards, Shevchenko quickly put the lead at 30:15.
18:58
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:1
Otte gets ball number two directly – and then it sits. He finds a good length in the baseline shots, so he can provoke his opponent’s forehand mistakes: Shevchenko is a little too far in front, has to correct and then fires a forehand too uncontrollably out of bounds. Otte comes to the scoreboard.
18:56
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:0
He forgives that immediately, gets stuck on the net with his forehand.
18:55
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:0
When the score was 30:30 then a really strong, precise backhand from the German! He pulls it through longline and gets a cue ball with the winning shot.
18:54
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:0
The man from Cologne wins the first more varied rally of the match. Otte nets Shevchenko with a forehand stop and then cross-lobs with the backhand. Shevchenko’s answer is the 15:15 equalizer with a return winner.
18:53
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 2:0
Another unforced error and a return error from Otte then ensure that Shevchenko confirms his break. 2-0 for the Russian.
18:52
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 1:0
Otte gets two chances to re-break. However, Shevchenko fends off the first with the first winner of this match, then Otte returns too far.
18:51
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 1:0
Furthermore, mistakes by both players determine the course of the game. For the protagonists, it is always a rather nervous start to this Grand Slam tournament.
18:48
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 1:0
And after a backhand that was too wide, the man from Cologne gave up his first service game quite easily. That was still too bad. Shevchenko emotionally roars his joy right after the first break.
18:46
Alexander Shevchenko – Oscar Otte 0:0
The first game is initially determined by some unforced errors on both sides. But Otte will have to go over the debut in the first service game.
18:45
Dinner is served
At 25 degrees and sun, the match on court 8 can already begin because Clara Tauson quickly clarified things in her favor in the previous match. Otte will serve first.
18:43
Musetti the next opponent?
In the parallel game, Lorenzo Musetti is currently leading 7: 5, 6: 2 against Swede Mikael Ymer. Otte or Shevchenko will meet the winner of this duel.
18:42
Similar season
In the 2023 calendar year, both players won four matches in individual tournaments at the ATP level. As world number 87. it could be a balanced duel between the Russian and Oscar Otte.
18:36
Won a French Open match
In the career of the Cologne native, which only visibly picked up speed at the ATP level when he was in his late 20s, there has only been one match success in Roland Garros so far: in 2019 he survived the first round and lost in round two against a certain Roger Federer out of. In the other three participations, there was always a first round – including two years ago against Alexander Zverev in the German duel.
18:28
Otte is currently the weakest German
Oscar Otte does not travel to Paris with the broadest chest, as he has played a very weak season so far. Like Zverev, the man from Cologne struggled with an injury last year, but didn’t rest as long as his compatriot – after Wimbledon he had to take a break, but he was back at the US Open. But the injury break brought a kink; To date, the man from Cologne has not been able to really build on the strong spring and summer of 2022. From world number 36 at the end of June last year, he fell back to currently 120th place.
18:20
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the first day of the French Open! Oscar Otte will play the German start in Roland Garros against the Russian Alexander Shevchenko, the match is expected to start at around 7 p.m. on Court 8.