Argentina's Trungelliti Plots Return To Roland Garros Main Draw

Argentina’s Marco Trungelliti started making his way back to the Roland Garros main draw on Tuesday, beating 23^rd seed Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of qualifying in Paris.

Trungelliti, No. 161 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, gained the biggest win of his career last year at Roland Garros. After qualifying, the 5’11” right-hander upset then World-No. 10 Marin Cilic in the first round.

Italian Alessandro Giannessi knocked out home hopeful Calvin Hemery of France 7-5, 6-3. German Tobias Kamke converted three of four break points to beat American Rajeev Ram 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic advanced past Australia’s Sam Groth 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2. Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik, who beat Cilic earlier this year in Chennai, moved into the second round of qualifying when Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands retired down 4-6.