French Open opening Kei Nishikori advances to the second round with a four-hour heat battle September 28, 0:53
The French Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, opened in Paris on the 27th, and Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round by winning the men's singles first round, which lasted about four hours.
This year's French Open has been postponed from May to September due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the audience is limited to 1000 people a day.
On the first day of the tournament, Nishikori, who ranked 35th in the world ranking in the first round of men's singles on the 27th, played against Daniel Evans of England in 34th place in the world.
For Nishikori, who had surgery on his right elbow last year, he participated in the four major tournaments for the first time in about a year.
The match started in bad conditions where the court was slippery due to rain, and in the first set, Nishikori made mistakes and dropped 1-6.
When I entered the second set, the accuracy of the shot gradually improved, and I caught the flow with shots and volleys that pulled out the side of the opponent who appeared on the net and recovered with 6-1.
In the following 3rd set, the game was interrupted due to rain for about 10 minutes, but Nishikori did not lose focus and won the race 7-6 after a tiebreaker.
The 4th set was robbed 1-6, but in the final 5th set, Nishikori showed his tenacity and surpassed his opponent in the stroke battle to take 6-4.
As a result, Nishikori advanced to the second round by winning a full set of 3 to 2 set counts in a match that lasted about four hours.