Yannick Sinner (9 ATP) played a grueling match in the second round of Roland Garros, which ended in a surprise defeat to Germany’s Daniel Altmaier (79 ATP), the score 6(0)-7, 7-6(7), 1-6 , 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Yannick Sinner defeated by Daniel Altmaier at Roland Garros

The eighth favorite of Paris Sinner has not yet been able to overcome the quarter-final stage of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The Italian won the first set on a tie-break, and Altmeier decided the next set in the same way.

The most unbalanced was the third set, which was categorically controlled by Yannick Sinner.

After another tiebreak in which the German leveled, the deciding set went on the counterattack and Altmaier missed four match points to claim victory.

The game lasted at least five hours and 28 minutes.

In 2023, Yannick Sinner won the tournament in Montpellier and lost in the finals in Rotterdam and Miami.

In the third round, Daniel Altmaier will play a match with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29 ATP).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.