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Patna : Sixth seed Alexander Zverev, 23, Germany, 28th seed Casper Ruud, 21, Norway, and Stefano Yravaglia, 28, Italy, won five-set marathons on September 30, 2020, night, at Roland Garros, Paris, France, to enter the 3rd round at French Open, a Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Zverev, the 2020 US Open finalist, edged past de Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 29, France, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 in 2nd round to set up a third round meeting with Marco Cecchinato, Italy. Zverev fired 10 Aces in the match to 3 by Herbert. But, he also committed 11 double faults to 6 by the Frenchman. Incidentally, Herbert won 7 break points to 6 by the German. Zverev, however, won 5 games in a row to 4 by Herbert. Both the players won 164 points each in the match.
Ruud overcame Tommy Paul, 23, USA, in five-sets 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in 2nd round to set up a 3rd round meeting with 3rd seed and reigning US Open champion Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria. on October 2, 2020. Both Ruud and Paul won 4 break points each in the match. Both of them also won 5 games each in row in the match. Ruud though won 123 points in the match to 115 by Paul, who fired 8 Aces to 3 by the former..
Stefano Travaglia beat 2014 US Open finalist Kei Nishikori, 30, Japan, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 in 2nd round to set up third round clash with 12 time champion and 2nd seed Rafael Nadal, Spain, on October 2, 2020. Both Travaglia and Nishikori won 7 break points each in the match. The Japanese though won 4 games in a row to 3 by Travaglia. Nishikori, in all, won 158 points in the match to 156 by Travaglia, who fired 4 Aces to 1 by the former..