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Cape Town - Lloyd Harris needed a thrilling comeback to reach a milestone second round appearance in the French Open, beating qualifier Czech Republican Lukas Rosol 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a five set classic match at Roland Garros on Monday.
Harris is South Africa’s only hope in the singles event with world number eight, Kevin Anderson, out of competitive action as he recovers from an elbow injury.
The unseeded Capetonian has now progressed past the first round stages of a major tournament for the first time in his emerging career having previously lost out at Wimbledon and the French Open last year; and with the Australian Open earlier this year.
Harris, who is ranked 90th in the world, showcased a spirited fightback after having dominated the first set before the equally lanky Rosol (149th in the world) returned to convincingly claim the following two rounds.
However, while the 33-year-old was still superior with a first serve rate of 67% - in comparison to Harris’ 62% - the latter proved his class against a tiring Rosol.
Harris will face an even more sterner test in the next round when he faces Croatian 13th seed Borna Coric, who needed to also survive an early scare himself before overcoming unseeded Slovenian, Aljaz Bedene, to win 6-1, 6-7 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4.
Another South African participating in the tournament is Raven Klaasen, who is seeded sixth alongside New Zealander Michael Venus.
The duo will be in action on Tuesday afternoon against the pair of Marius Copil (Belgium) and Rohan Bopanna (India) at 15:00 South African time.
Results from the second day of the French Open on Monday (x denotes seeding):
Men
First round
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) bt Pedro Martinez (ESP) 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (7/4)
Salvatore Caruso (ITA) bt Jaume Munar (ESP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Gilles Simon (FRA x26) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Denis Shapovalov (CAN x20) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-4
Radu Albot (MDA) bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 6-1
Lloyd Harris (RSA) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Borna Coric (CRO x13) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4
Dominic Thiem (AUT x4) bt Tommy Paul (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Rudolf Molleker (GER) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 7-6 (7/2)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Maxime Janvier (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) bt Frances Tiafoe (USA x32) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
Stan Wawrinka (SUI x24) bt Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-3
Cristian Garin (CHI) bt Reilly Opelka (USA) 7-6 (7/0), 7-5, 7-6 (9/7)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Alex De Minaur (AUS x21) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Marius Copil (ROU) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS x12) 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x15) 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Corentin Moutet (FRA) bt Alexey Vatutin (RUS) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Guido Pella (ARG x19) bt Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-0, 6-7 (7/9), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Yannick Maden (GER) bt Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 7-6 (7/0), 7-5, 6-3
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Women
First round
Serena Williams (USA x10) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
Sofia Kenin (USA) bt Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE x25) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Alison Riske (USA) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
Danielle Collins (USA) bt Tatjana Maria (GER) 6-0, 6-2
Ashleigh Barty (AUS x8) bt Jessica Pegula (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU x30) 6-4, 6-4
Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Barbora Strycova (CZE) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-4, 6-2
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt Kaja Juvan (SLO) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Jennifer Brady (USA) bt Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-5
Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR x32) 4-6, 6-2, 8-6
Rebecca Peterson (SWE) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-3, 7-5
Donna Vekic (CRO x23) bt Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 6-2, 6-4
Johanna Konta (GBR x26) bt Antonia Lottner (GER) 6-4, 6-4
Lauren Davis (USA) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-2, 6-4
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4, 6-3
Kiki Bertens (NED x4) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-3, 6-4
Shelby Rogers (USA) bt Astra Sharma (AUS) 6-3, 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x28) bt Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 2-6, 7-6 (7/0), 6-0
Elise Mertens (BEL x20) bt Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Diane Parry (FRA) bt Vera Lapko (BLR) 6-2, 6-4
Mandy Minella (LUX) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-4, 6-2
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x12) bt Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 6-1, 6-4
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x13) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Audrey Albie (FRA) 6-2, 6-2
Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-1, 6-1
Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Julia Goerges (GER x18) 7-5, 6-1
