Hubert Gurkach was eliminated in the third round of the Roland Garros tournament. The Pole was knocked out in 5 sets by Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 2-6.

Hubert Gurkach was eliminated in the third round of Roland Garros

Juan Pablo Varillas (94 ATP) made another surprise at Roland Garros and knocked out Hubert Gurkac (13 ATP).

The match turned out to be very spectacular, and the eighth place was decided by the results of 5 sets that lasted 3 hours and 44 minutes.

In the 1/8 finals, the player from Peru will meet with Novak Djokovic (3 ATP). The Serbian also advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Alejandro Davydovich Fokina (34 ATP) in 3 sets, 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2.

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.

Today’s Roland Garros results

Alcaraz (1) – Shapovalov (26) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Musetti (17) – Norrie (14) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Fognini – Ofner 7-5, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6

Schwartzman – Tsitsipas (5) 2-6, 2-6, 3-6

Djokovic (3) – Davydovich Fokina (29) 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2

Khachanov (11) – Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Sonego – Rublev (7) 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3