5 Australians have taken to the clay at Roland Garros throughout the opening two days of the French Open. All 5 have misplaced.
After three losses on the opening day in Paris, a double-dose of defeat for Daria Saville and Max Purcell continued the horror begin to the tear’s second Grand Slam.
Saville’s loss to world No.15 Jasmine Paolini created an undesirable piece of Australian historical past following Ajla Tomljanovic’s opening day loss.
It ensured that for the primary time in 27 years, no Australian feminine made it by way of to the second spherical of a event gained by Ash Barty in 2019.
Saville, the Australian No.1, was crushed in straight units, 6-3 6-4.
“I felt like the entire match was really quite a bit nearer than perhaps the scoreline prompt, with a number of deuce video games,” Saville stated.
“Though she was hurting me along with her forehand quite a bit, I nonetheless felt on the baseline rallies, we had been head-to-head.”
“Clearly, I’m not proud of the way in which I served, I gave her a number of free factors. It value me, particularly within the first set.”
Purcell can focus on the doubles after lacking out on six match factors earlier than lastly dropping his first-round match towards qualifier Henri Squire.
The Sydneysider even delivered an underarm serve on one in every of his failed match factors within the five-set loss.
“I’ll go to follow tomorrow, then doubles the following day. The sport retains going, it’s high quality,” Purcell, the world No.94 who will play doubles at Roland Garros alongside compatriot Jordan Thompson, stated.
“I’m happy with the way in which that I fought, I ought to have walked off with the spoils, however that’s tennis, it’s a s*** sport, you don’t at all times win if you’re successful.”
The losses go away Australian males’s No.1 Alex de Minaur to fly the flag with a second spherical spot assured for one in every of his countrymen with Alexei Popyrin taking up Thanasi Kokkinakis, whereas Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton will play their opening spherical clashes on Tuesday night time.
