The American also committed 24 more unforced errors than Barty.īarty could face more difficult challenges in the coming rounds since the other three seeds in her section advanced on Tuesday.
1 seed was much more efficient for the duration of the match, as she had the better percentage on first serve and on second-serve points. Venus Williams, 6-3, 6-1īarty had a bit of trouble putting away Bernarda Pera, but she staved off any concern about her status in the match by winning the third set in commanding fashion. The 2019 French Open champion converted on two of her three break-point opportunities and won 50 percent of her 28 receiving points in the final frame. He suffered first-round exits in each of the last two years. Rublev finished with an edge in a majority of the top stat categories, but his mistakes in the final set doomed his potential to advance.Īuger-Aliassime did not have a chance to get back into his match in the fifth set because he lost in four to Andreas Seppi. The 20th-seeded Canadian has struggled on the clay more than any other surface. 7 seed unraveled in the fifth set by committing nine unforced errors and losing both of his break-point opportunities. Rublev lost the first two sets to Jan-Lennard Struff and then appeared to recover with victories in the third and fourth frames. However, the No. Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime were not as lucky as the top seeds, as both of them were ousted in the most shocking results of Tuesday's play. The top-seeded Serbian breezed through the three-set contest. In the first four rounds of the 2020 tournament, Nadal outscored his opponents by a combined score of 72-23.ĭjokovic faced far less of a test from American Tennys Sandgren in the tournament's last first-round match.
Nadal was pushed to a tiebreak twice during his 2020 title run, but both of those instances occurred in the second week of the tournament. Nadal broke Popyrin's serve at 4-5 and then went on to force a tiebreak, which he controlled through a 7-3 victory. The combination of him succumbing to the pressure of winning a set against Nadal and the Spaniard's skill on the clay took that opportunity away from Popryin. Popyrin took a 5-2 lead in the third set. 29 Ugo Humbert, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4įor a few minutes, Nadal had the potential to look mortal on a surface he has dominated for most of his career.
The women's draw does not have Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova or Bianca Andreescu anymore, but eight of the top 10 seeds made it into the second round, which starts Wednesday. Tuesday was a calm day on the women's singles side, as Ashleigh Barty led a collection of 10 seeded players to move into the second round.
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