By ranking, the biggest victory of Roberto Carballés’ career came at Roland Garros 2020, in the second round, against Denis Shapovalov, who was seeded number 11 at the time. Today, by chance, Carballés faced the tournament’s 11th seed, the Italian Jannik Sinner, in the second round of Roland Garros. And, after the first set, Roberto was once again close to a victory similar to the first.
The Tenerife native, who for the third time in his career had won his first match on the Parisian clay, He started the match very aggressively, which he accompanied with a great success with his right. This surprised the Italian, who entered the match with a record of seven wins and two losses at Roland Garros. Carballés took the first, spurred on by Sinner’s three double faults that made him lose confidence in his serve. However, the World No. 12 regained that touch on serve in the second set, where he hit five aces and won the set.
In the third round, from the first moment the Italian was ahead, and Carballés did not find any opportunity. He did have them in the fourth round, where he finally managed to break his rival’s serve and placed at 2-0. Although Sinner turned him around, Roberto never lowered his arms, but it was not enough and the victory went to the Italian. With this defeat from Tenerife, Nadal, Alcaraz and Zapata are the only three Spaniards who have won their first two matches at this Roland Garros. In the third round, Sinner will face American Mackenzie McDonald, who today beat Basilashvili in three sets.
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