Arnaldi beats Galan, ahead of Tsitsipas, Khachanov and Korda-Corriere.it

The first smile of Roland Garros 2023 for Italian tennis came from a boy who had never played a main draw match in a Grand Slam tournament before today. Matthew Arnaldihowever, after overcoming the emotion of the first time, he took control of the match against the Colombian Daniel Galanleaving him just five games between the second and fourth sets. finished 2-6 6-3 6-0 6-2 for the 22-year-old from Sanremowho at the Internationals (and before that in Madrid) had left an excellent impression: seven break points transformed out of the 11 he had after the difficulties in starting and qualifying for the second round, where he will find one between the American Nakashima and the Canadian Shapovalov, with a prospect in the third round of meeting Alcaraz, who tomorrow will open his tournament against another young blue, qualified Flavio Cobolli.

Debut success also for Stefanos Tsitsipas: the Greek, seeded number 5 and finalist in Paris in 2021, struggles but beats the Czech Vesely in four sets (7-5 ​​6-3 4-6 7-6). < he was a difficult opponent for me today - said the Greek who recently stopped working with Philippoussis -. I am very happy that I was able to recover and overcome the difficulties that always came to me from the other side of the net. For me, a victory that is worth a lot." They also win Khachanov against Lestienne (1-6 6-2 6-1 6-3 for the Russian) e Kokkinakis, who beats the British Evans with a triple 6-4. After you Hurkacz, Fucsovics and Korda.