Rafa Nadal saved a black day at Roland Garros for the Spanish, with the defeats of Albert Ramos, Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano López and Roberto Carballés. Also, there were some surprises in the male box. Review the results that the day of this Tuesday, June 1 in the French Grand Slam has left us.Rafa Nadal was the only Spaniard who was victorious in his debut in the men’s team at Roland Garros 2021 on the third day of the Grand Slam competition French. The one from Manacor began the defense of the title against Alexei Popyrin, which he got rid of in three sets (6-3, 6-2 and 7-6) in two hours and 28 minutes of play. The Australian was not a comfortable opponent to debut in a Grand Slam but Nadal was solid and knew how to react when the Aussie pressed. In fact, Popyrin had two set balls in the third quarter (5-3), but the Spaniard neutralized them and ended up forcing the tiebreak, where he asserted his veteranity. Less luck ran his compatriots, also in action in the meeting this Tuesday in Paris. Roberto Carballés yielded to Ymer in five sets (6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-2); Fernando Verdasco could not with Philipp Kohlschreiber (7-6,6-2, 2-6 and 6-4), nor Albert Ramos with Gael Monfils (1-6, 7-6, 6-4 and 6-4). Feliciano López also said goodbye to Roland Garros after adding a new participation in the French Grand Slam to be the tennis player who has played the most times in Paris. The man from Toledo fell to Coria (6-3, 7-6 and 6-2). Richard Gasquet beat Gaston (6-1, 6-4 and 6-2) in the duel between the French and will be Nadal’s next rival in the second round of Roland Garros. In the same part of the table where the Spaniard is, there was a surprise with the elimination of Andrey Rublev, with whom he could have found himself in the second round.The Russian fell in five sets against the German Jean Lennard Struff (6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 3-6 and 6-4) in a match that touched four hours of play. Djokovic, in the night session the day of competition has not ended at Roland Garros this Tuesday, June 1. For the night session of the Philippe Chatrier, Novak Djokovic’s debut against the American Tennys Sandgren is scheduled, starting at 9:00 p.m. In addition, other matches have to be resolved on the rest of the courts of the facilities where the French Grand Slam is played. One of the games to be played is that of Carla Suárez against Sloane Stephens, on her return to the circuit.
