The victory of the Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov over the British Cameron Norrie ended the first round match of the French Open. This was learned on May 27 at the end of the meeting.
The fifty-sixth racket in the world in a tenacious five-set match broke the resistance of the thirty-third number in the world rankings. The final result is 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 7:6, 6:2. The confrontation lasted four hours and eleven minutes.
Thus, the 25-year-old Muscovite advanced to the second round of the competition. His next rival will be the Swiss Stan Wawrinka, who beat another Briton, Andy Murray, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2.
The French Open men’s singles tennis championship will be played from May 26 to June 9 on the clay courts of Paris. The current winner of the tournament is Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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