Former Roland Garros semi-finalist Diego Schwartzman moved into the second round of qualifying at this year’s event on Tuesday when he overcame Austrian Lukas Neumayer 6-2, 6-3.
Schwartzman, who reached the last four in Paris in 2020, will make his final appearance at the clay-court major if he qualifies after he announced last month that he will retire in February 2025. The former No. 8 in the PIF ATP Rankings won 81 per cent (22/27) of his first-serve points against Neumayer to advance after 70 minutes.
Frenchmen Gregoire Barrere, Maxime Janvier and Titouan Droguet also advanced. Barrere, who reached the second round in 2019 and 2022, cruised past countryman Theo Papamalamis 6-3, 6-1. Janvier defeated Australian James Duckworth 6-3, 6-1, while Droguet defeated YouTube star Jules Marie 7-6(4), 6-3.
Belgian Zizou Bergs, who won a set against Rafael Nadal in Rome earlier this month, cruised past Frenchman Clement Chidekh 6-1, 6-1. #NextGenATP star Shang Juncheng was unable to advance, losing to Roman Andres Burruchaga. The Argentine defeated the Chinese lefty 6-4, 7-6(5).
American Patrick Kypson beat #NextGenATP Hong Kong star Coleman Wong 7-5, 6-4, while Swiss Alexander Ritschard defeated Sweden's Elias Ymer 6-2, 6-1. Italian Andrea Pellegrino won a thriller against American Maxime Cressy, triumphing 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(13-11) and Frenchman Hugo Grenier beat American Tristan Boyer 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(10-3). J.J. Wolf downed Briton Ryan Peniston 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2.
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