Tennis player Rublev reached the second round of the French Open

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev on Tuesday, May 27, beat the representative of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) Lloyd Harris in the first round match of the French Open Tennis Championship. The tournament takes place in Paris.

The meeting ended with a score 6:4, 4:6, 6:3, 6:1. His opponent had previously qualified for the main draw. In the second round, Rublev will play with Adam Walton, the representative of Australia, who does not have a number at the tournament, reports Sport-Express.

The French Open is the second Grand Slam tournament of the season. The current men's singles champion is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Evgeny Kafelnikov, who won in 1996, remains the only Russian to have won this tournament.

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Rublev beat Dutch Jesper de Jong in the first round match of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament in Barcelona on April 14. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes and ended with the score 6:1, 6:3.