Roland Garros: Seppi meets Giraldo, Knapp meets Barthel

Seppi is playing in Roland Garros for the ninth time this year. He failed to get past the first round in his first three appearances, then was eliminated in the second round three times. In 2012, however, after three wins, he reached the round of 1, where he led the Serbian Novak Djokovic to the brink of defeat. Seppi won the first two sets against the world number 6, but then lost in five sets 4:7, 6:5(3), 6:5, 7:3, 6:30. Last year, the XNUMX-year-old from Kalter was eliminated in the third round by the Spaniard Nicola Almagro.

This year Seppi is seeded number 32 in Paris. He was extremely unlucky in the draw as he met the first unseeded player, 26-year-old Santiago Giraldo. Seppi and the Colombian have never played against each other. Giraldo is currently in impressive form; a month ago in Barcelona he lost in the final against the Japanese Nishikori after eliminating Fognini, Thiem, Kohlschreiber and Almagro. Two weeks ago at the Masters in Madrid, after victories against Hewitt, Tsonga and Murray, he made it to the quarterfinals, where he had to admit defeat to the Spaniard Bautista Agut. He also reached the semifinals of the ATP tournaments in Vina del Mar and Houston in 2014.

Karin Knapp against Deutsche Barthel

Karin Knapp, however, had a little more luck. The 26-year-old from Ahrntal has to play against number 79 in the world, Mona Barthel. Knapp is in 52nd place in the WTA world rankings. The 23-year-old German won both direct duels against the Luttacheri. In 2008 she won 6:1, 3:6, 6:4 in Stuttgart and three years later she won 6:3 and 6:3 in Barnstaple in Great Britain.

Karin Knapp has only played in the main draw three times in Paris, reaching the third round twice, but last year she was eliminated right at the start of the tournament against the American Sloane Stephens. In 2007 she was eliminated by the Swiss Patty Schnyder, and a year later by Maria Sharapova. In 2012, Knapp lost in the first round of qualifying to Coco Vandeweghe in three sets 6:4, 2:6 and 4:6.

Andreas Seppi's record at the French Open (16 games, 8 wins, 8 defeats)

2013 1st round: + Leonardo Mayer (ARG/ATP 62) 6:7(4), 6:4, 6:3, 6:7(2), 6:4 2nd round: + Blaz Kavcic (SLO/ATP 104) 6:0, 7:6 (3), 6:7 (2), 4:6, 6:3 3rd round: - Nicolas Almagro (ESP/ATP 13) 6:7(1), 0:6, 4:6

2012 1st round: + Nikolai Davydenko (RUS/ATO 47) 6:3, 7:6 (5), 7:5 2nd round: + Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ/ATP 53) 6:7, 6:2, 2:6, 6:1, 6:2 3rd round: + Fernando Verdasco (ESP/ATP 16) 7:5, 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 6:2 Round of 1: - Novak Djokovic (SRB(ATP 6) 4:7, 6:5(3), 6:5, 7:3, 6:XNUMX

2011 1st round: + Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS/ATP 85) 6:3, 7:5, 7:5 2nd round: - Tomaz Bellucci (BRA/ATP 25) 1:6, 2:6, 4:6

2010 1st round: + Santiago Ventura (ESP/ATP 119) 7:5, 6:4, 7:5 2nd round: - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER/ATP 35) 6:7(5), 3:6, 5:7

2009: 1st round: + Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP/ATP 50) 6:3, 6:3, 6:1 2nd round: - Maximo Gonzalez (ARG(ATP 71) 6:7(8), 3-:6, 3:6

2008: 1st round: - Mario Ancic (CRO/ATP 46) 2:6, 6:7(1), 2:6

2007: 1st round: - Carlos Moya (ESP/ATP 26) 1:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:2, 0:6

2006: 1st round: - Evgeny Korolev (KAZ/ATP 151) 4:6, 6:2, 6:3, 5:7, 1:6

Karin Knapp's record at the French Open (7 games, 4 wins, 3 defeats)

2013 1st round: - Sloane Stephens (USA/WTA 17) 2:6, 5:7

2008 1st round: + Martina Muller (GER/WTA 84) 6:0, 6:4 2nd round: + Olivia Sanchez (WOMAN/WTA 114) 6:2 7:6(4) 3rd round: - Maria Sharapova (RUS(WTA 1) 6:7(4) 0:6

2007 1st round: + Victoria Azarenka (BLR/48) 6:1, 6:1 2nd round: + Alona Bondarenko (UKR/24) 6:4, 2:6, 6:3 3rd round:- Patty Schnyder (SUI/15) 1:6, 6:4, 5:7

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