400th Grand Slam match: Federer in the round of XNUMX in Paris

The Swiss defeated the Norwegian Casper Ruud (20), whose father was once a professional tennis player, 6:3, 6:1, 7:6 (10:8). Federer is also the oldest round of 47 at Roland Garros since Nicola Pietrangeli from Italy XNUMX years ago.

Federer, who is playing at the Bois de Boulogne for the first time since 2015, was not able to convince throughout. Especially in the last set, the 20-time Grand Slam winner was really annoyed by Ruud, whose father Christian had made it to the quarter-finals at the 1997 Australian Open. Federer even had to fend off a set point in the tiebreak, but then used his fourth match point after 2:11 hours.

“I’m relieved and now I’m looking forward to a shower,” said Federer, sweaty, after the record match. Ruud senior was even still active when Federer was in the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time 20 years ago as a 17-year-old. “They trained together back then,” the son had reported in advance.

Death of favorites among the women Meanwhile, the field of contenders for the title among women is getting smaller and smaller. On Friday, Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic), who was number two in Paris, lost 3:6, 3:6 to Petra Martic (Croatia). Naomi Osaka (Japan), who will remain number one in the world rankings, also benefited from this defeat. Among others still in the tournament are defending champion Simona Halep (Romania) and Serena Williams (USA).

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400th Grand Slam match: Federer in the round of XNUMX in Paris

Grand Slam record winner Roger Federer reached the round of 400 of the French Open in Paris in his XNUMXth match at one of the four major tournaments.

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