Roland Garros: Strong Kwon pulls Seppi's tooth

In contrast to the duel with the Canadian Auger-Aliassime (ATP 21), Seppi was not the blatant outsider against Kwon. The South Korean is ranked 91st in the world and is therefore roughly on a par with the Kalterer, who is number 98 in the world. Kwon won the only duel between the two so far, in August of last year at the master tournament in Cincinnati. The Asian also had the upper hand on Thursday (6:4, 7:5, 7:5).

Seppi started the match focused and with the momentum of the opening victory. Both players were particularly concerned about making few mistakes. This was successful because it took until the ninth game before there was the first break. Kwon secured it and thus laid the foundation for the 1-0 lead, which he made clear after 48 minutes with the second set point. Kwon almost flawless Seppi also served very well in the second set. But because the South Korean did the same, the 37-year-old South Tyrolean didn't get a single break point in the first two sets. Seppi also gave Kwon few break chances, but he finally took advantage of one of them to pull away to 6:5. Just like in the first set, the only break was the key to winning the set. Kwon showed no weakness at all in the crucial moments and pulled away to 2-0. Soonwoo Kwon showed an extremely strong performance. © APA/afp / MARTIN BUREAU

Seppi didn't let the deficit get her down, but had to accept the third break at the beginning of the third set. The Kalterer already proved that he is in good mental condition against Auger-Aliassime. After Kwon made it 2-0 in the third set, Seppi hit back and secured three games in a row - including his first break in the match. But Kwon was undeterred, showed strong tennis and ultimately secured promotion to the round of XNUMX with the first match point.

For Andreas Seppi, Roland Garros 2021 ends with a good performance and the knowledge that he can still keep up with the world's best even on clay. Kwon, on the other hand, also won his second duel with the South Tyrolean and can now compete with the next Azzurro, Matteo Berrettini.

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Roland Garros: Strong Kwon pulls Seppi's tooth

After the first round win against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Andreas Seppi faced the South Korean Soonwoo Kwon in Paris on Thursday. The 23-year-old Asian proved to be a stubborn opponent, winning the duel in three sets - despite a decent performance from Seppi.

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