Kamil Majchrzak was the first of Polish tennis players to join this year's Main Tournament Roland Garros. On Sunday, his rival was Serb Hamad Mediević. For a Pole, it was the first performance in a great shelter without the need to start in the qualifying rounds from the US Open 2022. Shortly after that start in New York, he began to fight to prove his innocence in the doping case.
Majchrzak's first such tournament in three years
Majchrzak returned to the game at the beginning of last season. He arduously rebuilt the position in the ranking, won smaller tournaments. He also had to mentally deal with what he had gone through. – Now any anti -doping control is associated with high stress. During the first suspension it was extremely terrible. I almost fainted – He told Agnieszka Niedziak from Sport.pl in an interview.
The beginning of the Sunday match He was very even with Medyvic. The Pole and Serb broke each other, then 20 minutes passed before the fans saw a 2: 2 result on the board. Unfortunately, at 3: 3, Majchrzak was surprised again. Playing very regularly from the depths of the Medjowić court took the initiative, and made fewer mistakes. He broke our tennis player twice and won the 6: 3 set.
Occasional rain has appeared in Paris from the morning. At the end of the first game, it started to rain harder, but the referee did not stop the game, and Serb managed to play the last game. He looked confidently, aggressively pressed the Pole on the return, he also wounded after the next mistakes of Majchrzak.
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21-year-old with Serbia He was a minimal favorite of this meeting. Medejović is a great talent – two years ago it turned out to be the best in the event Next Gen ATP Finals, the competition ending the season in which the most talented tennis players of the world up to 21 years old perform. His legendary compatriot Novak Djoković, who for years supported Hamad Medjovic, also appreciated the unique possibilities. – Novak is something like a mentor for him, and Hamad looks like his student – Serbian journalists told us.
In the court stands number eight at Roland Garros did not lack Poles. They vigorously supported Majchrzak after losing a set. After returning to the court, the representative of our country corrected the service, moved faster, the meeting was leveled, but again only until. At 3: 3, Majchrzak was broken again and lost Seta 3: 6.
Kamil Majchrzak quickly finishes his adventure with Roland Garros
After the second batch of Medivić, he went for a toilet break, and the Pole sat staring ahead for a few minutes. He probably felt that he was out of the opportunity for promotion to the second round. He was not a favorite, but let's arrange – both with Serb are not set up in this year's Roland Garros and could hit worse in the first round. Meanwhile, in this situation, both Majchrzak (88. ATP) and his rival (77) could be aware that promotion to the next stage of the tournament is quite real.
The third set began for Kamil Majchrzak the worst as he could – from losing the website. Hamad Medjowić broke him after a great form. Serb raised high down high, he was very close to winning. However, he quickly lost the advantage and it got after 4: 4. The Pole played patiently, he could count on more opponent's mistakes. He even got a set ball at 6: 5, but Serba defended himself after a great action. Everything was decided by Tie-Break, in which Medjović played bolder, stopped confusing and deservedly won 3: 0.
The Polish-Serbian meeting lasted 136 minutes. Our player is waiting from the Australian Open 2022 to go to the second Grand Slam round. In Paris he was eliminated this year as the first in a men's ladder, because the other Sunday meetings of the men's ladder have not yet ended. It is a pity Majchrzak's chance, but remember that a year ago he was just coming back after a few months.
Serba's rival in the second round in Paris will be better from the couple Alex Michelsen (33. ATP, USA) – Juan Manuel Cerundolo (109, Argentina). Another Pole will perform in Roland Garros' Single Main Tournament – Hubert Hurkacz. On Tuesday, his rival in the first match will be the Brazilian Joao Fonseca.