Tennis-Tsitsipas survives first-round scare to progress in Paris


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 24, 2022 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during his first round match against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Last year's runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a first-round scare at the French Open, beating Italian Lorenzo Musetti 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 to advance into the second round on Tuesday.

The Greek fourth seed was out of sorts in the first two sets before finding his range to set up a meeting against Czech Zdenek Kolar.

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