18:49
Cerundolo – Hanfmann 1:0
Let’s go, Hanfmann opens with his own serve. It also gets a bit tricky right away, as the Argentine quickly leads 30-0 and, as a result of his opponent’s forehand being too long, has a first break ball a little later. He uses this in a spectacular way: Hanfmann plays a weak stop, but somehow completes the backhand Cerundolos hit on the body back. For his part, the man from Buenos Aires gets the forehand volley from the half field using the edge of the net over the pitch separation. Not a good start for the Karlsruher.
18:43
warm up
Both players are on the field and warming up. It’s about to start!
18:28
Ascending form
The clay court season is going very well for the South American. After solid performances in Barcelona (quarter-finals, where he beat Casper Ruud) and in Madrid (losing to Pedro Cachin at the start), things got better and better. At the Masters in Rome, after a triumph over Jannik Sinner, among other things, he only had to admit defeat to Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals. In Lyon it was even enough for the final, where he lost to Arthur Fils from France. So far there has only been one small flaw at the French Open: he won his only match against the Spaniard Jaume Munar in four sets 6: 1, 2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 1.
18:25
Exciting start
For the German, the French Open started with a real emotional roller coaster ride. First he failed in the last qualifying round at Swede Mikael Ymer, but still moved up into the main draw due to the withdrawal of Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi. There he already led 2-0 in sets in his first round match against Thiago Monteiro, but ultimately had to go the full distance. Since he won the final round, he made it through to the second round thanks to the 6:3, 7:5, 6:7, 6:7, 6:4. Cerundolo is now waiting there.
18:21
We’ll be there soon
Frances Tiafoe defeats Aslan Karatsev in four sets on Court Simonne Mathieu. This will soon free up space for our match. So it won’t be long now.
16:47
Hello!
Hello and welcome to the second round of the French Open! With Yannick Hanfmann, a German intervenes in the action today. He meets the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo. The serve does not take place before 5:10 p.m., delays backwards are possible due to previous games.