Simone Bolelli qualifies for French Open with win over compatriot Marco Cecchinato - UBITENNIS

Simone Bolelli qualifies for French Open with win over compatriot Marco Cecchinato

By Alex Burton
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Simone Bolelli will once again feature in the French Open main draw. He last missed out on the main draw in 2006 (Zimbio.com)

Italian veteran Simone Bolelli has qualifier for the French Open. The former Top 40 player defeated compatriot and eighth seed Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4.

Nicolas Jarry will also feature in the main draw. The Chilean won his final round match against Reilly Opelka 7-6, 3-6, 6-3. Greek Next Gen star Stefanos Tsitsipas also stormed through to the main draw. The Greek defeated the in-form German Oscar Otte 6-3, 6-2.

Ninth seed Santiago Giraldo won a match between two South Americans. The Colombian won against twenty-second seeed Guido Andreozzi 6-3, 6-2.

Teymuraz Gabashvili reached the main draw, coming from a set down for the second consecutive round. The Russian outlasted in-form Portuguese Pedro Sousa 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.

Maxime Janvier was surprise final round feature, but the Frenchman finally came undone against thirteenth seed Gudio Pella. Janvier had shocked Casper Ruud a round earlier, but fell to the Argentinean 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.

Stefano Napolitano joined compatriot Bolelli in the main draw after a 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 win over Alexander Bublik.

There are still a number of Men’s qualifying final round matches scheduled to take place on Friday:

(1) Marius Copil vs (31) Peter Gojowcyzk

Daniel Masur vs (29) Arthur de Greef

(4) Taro Daniel vs (18) Andrey Rublev

(5) Norbert Gombos vs Jozef Kovalik

Roberto Quiroz vs Maxime Hamou

Matteo Donati vs Marco Trungelliti

Jan Satral vs (21) Sergiy Stakhovsky

(15) Gerald Melzer vs (32) Bjorn Fratangelo

(16) Paul-Henri Mathieu vs Denis Kudla

 

 

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