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South Korean player Kwon Soon-woo couldn't get past the third round of the French Open against a top-10 opponent.
Kwon, world No. 91, dropped a straight-set decision against the ninth-ranked Matteo Berrettini, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-4, in their men's singles match at Court Simonne-Mathieu inside Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday (local time).
This was Kwon's first appearance at the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. The 23-year-old is expected to crack the top 80 in the next world rankings.
Kwon played Berrettini tough in the opening set, each trading games until they got to 5-5. In the tiebreak, Kwon rallied from 6-3 down to make it a 6-6 duel.
But then Kwon hit a forehand into the net, and Berrettini got the set-closing point on the next serve.
In the second set, Kwon got broken when trailing 4-3 in games, and Berrettini took the set 6-3.
The Italian player broke Kwon en route to building a 3-1 lead, and finished off Kwon in two hours and 11 minutes.
Berrettini had 23 aces to just one by Kwon, who didn't have one break point in the loss. (Yonhap)
Kwon, world No. 91, dropped a straight-set decision against the ninth-ranked Matteo Berrettini, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-4, in their men's singles match at Court Simonne-Mathieu inside Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday (local time).
This was Kwon's first appearance at the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. The 23-year-old is expected to crack the top 80 in the next world rankings.
Kwon played Berrettini tough in the opening set, each trading games until they got to 5-5. In the tiebreak, Kwon rallied from 6-3 down to make it a 6-6 duel.
But then Kwon hit a forehand into the net, and Berrettini got the set-closing point on the next serve.
In the second set, Kwon got broken when trailing 4-3 in games, and Berrettini took the set 6-3.
The Italian player broke Kwon en route to building a 3-1 lead, and finished off Kwon in two hours and 11 minutes.
Berrettini had 23 aces to just one by Kwon, who didn't have one break point in the loss. (Yonhap)
