NextGen Star Donaldson Moves Into Final Qualifying Round At Roland Garros

Day four of qualifying at Roland Garros saw all remaining second-round qualifying matches and five final-round qualifying matches completed. #NextGen star Jared Donaldson is one of the players who find themselves one match away from the main draw after winning on Thursday.

The American teenager and No. 29 seed advanced with a straight sets win over Axel Michon of France 6-3, 7-5. Donaldson is looking to come through qualifying at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He’ll play No. 14 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia on Friday.

No. 4 seed Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany also moved into the last round of qualifying after surviving a tight second set to prevail over #NextGen star Andrey Rublev of Russia, 6-1, 7-6(1). Struff is looking to make his fourth consecutive appearance in the main draw at Roland Garros. Next up for him is No. 22 seed Andrej Martin of Slovakia.

In final-round qualifying action, No. 7 Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain advanced into the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career by defeating Marius Copil of Romania, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Laslo Djere of Serbia will also make his Grand Slam main draw debut after upsetting No. 21 seed Adam Pavlasek of Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Other players to advance into the main draw include No. 7 seed Tobias Kamke of Germany, No. 27 seed Radu Albot of Romania, and Adrian Ungur of Romania.

All 11 remaining final-round qualifying matches will take place on Friday, with the feature match pitting Former Top 10 player Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic against No. 2 seed and #NextGen star Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan.