French Open: Bad luck for Andreas Seppi

At the start, the 35-year-old from Kalteren meets the Italian Fabio Fognini, number 9 on the seed list and 11 in the world. For Seppi, the French Open is the 57th Grand Slam tournament, the 56th in a row. The Überetscher has played all Grand Slam tournaments since Wimbledon 2005. Overall, he has a balanced record with 57 wins and 56 defeats.

Seppi is taking part in the world's most famous clay court tournament for the 14th time. He achieved his best result at Roland Garros seven years ago when he was eliminated in the round of 66, only in the fifth set, against the Serbian Novak Djokovic. Last year, Seppi, who is currently ranked XNUMXth in the ATP computer, had to admit defeat to host Richard Gasquet in three sets at the start.

Balanced record against Fognini This year too, Seppi will be put to the test in round 1. Seppi and Fabio Fognini have already played against each other ten times in their careers. The Kalterer won the first five direct encounters, from 2004 to 2010, and the last five were won by the 31-year-old from Liguria. Ironically, the last duel between the two took place in Paris two years ago: Fognini prevailed 2:20, 6:4, 7:5 in the second round after 6:3 hours of play.

In Paris, Seppi is hoping to celebrate his first clay court win of the season after always being eliminated in the starting round in Monte Carlo, Budapest, Munich, Madrid, Rome and this week in Geneva. Seppi has now lost nine matches in a row on the ATP tour; the Überetscher only experienced a longer series of defeats once, more than 12 years ago, when he had to give up 10 games en suite.

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French Open: Bad luck for Andreas Seppi

The main draw of the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, was drawn in Paris on Thursday evening. South Tyrol's tennis ace Andreas Seppi was unlucky.

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