Fabbiano, Trocki Advance In Roland Garros Qualifying
The Roland Garros qualifying draw got underway on a rainy Monday in Paris with surprises and upsets aplenty.
Thomas Fabbiano ended Chris Eubanks’ Parisian campaign 6-4, 7-5. The 31-year-old Italian will take on No. 22 seed Carlos Taberner next.
Andrey Kuznetsov pulled off the biggest upset of the day by taking out top seed Ilya Ivashka 6-4, 7-6(1). Ivaskha wasn’t the only high seed to fall as Borna Gojo moved past fourth seed Pedro Sousa when Sousa retired at 4-6, 7-6(6), 1-1.
Viktor Troicki closed out a comeback win over No. 13 seed Thiago Seyboth Wild 0-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(5). Troicki, a former World No. 12, is currently ranked No. 205.
French wild card Manuel Guinard made good use of his opportunity by topping No. 28 seed Tomas Machac 6-3, 6-3. Another local wild card, 16-year-old Arthur Fils took out former World No. 17 Bernard Tomic 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-3. Fils is ranked No. 1,034 in the FedEx ATP Rankings and had previously only played at the ITF level.
Elsewhere, Bjorn Fratangelo was a winner over Go Soeda 6-2, 6-3, and in an all-American battle Ernesto Escobedo beat Maxime Cressy 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.