On the clay courts of Paris continues the Open championship of France on tennis.
The main event of Saturday was a promising match between the first racket of the world Andy Murray and the stellar Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who played Roland Garros for the first time since 2012. The first set was the highlight of the whole tournament – tennis players battled for almost half an hour, and the best was Murray who had to play a few set-Bolov. From painful defeats del Potro has not managed to move on the Argentine gradually wilted, and Murray each game added and won a legitimate victory.
In a similar scenario, there was a match Stan Wawrinka, who met with unpredictable Italian Fabio Fognini. The key was the first set, during which Fognini twice in the decisive moment was not able to protect his serve. In the tiebreak Wawrinka took, and then without problems has finished the opponent.
Until the first serious rain the matches of the third round managed to win Marin Cilic, Fernando Verdasco and Kevin Anderson, and kei nishikori, to gaël Monviso and John Isner will have Sunday to get back on the court.
The results of the matches of the third round:
Andy Murray (UK, 1) – Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina, 29) — 7:6, 7:5, 6:0
Feliciano Lopez (Spain) – Marin Cilic (Croatia, 7) — 1:6, 3:6, 3:6
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland, 3) – Fabio Fonini (Italy, 28) — 7:6, 6:0, 6:2
Kyle Edmund (UK) – Kevin Anderson (South Africa) — 7:6, 6:7, 7:5, 1:6, 4:6
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) – Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay, 22) — 6:2, 6:1, 6:3
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