Etcheverry becomes the first seed out at Roland-Garros, losing in straight sets to Borges

Tomás Martín Etcheverry, the 23rd seed, became the first seeded player to exit Roland-Garros 2026 across either draw on Sunday afternoon, losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to Portugal’s Nuno Borges in a one-sided first-round contest on the second day of the men’s and women’s main draw.

The 26-year-old Argentine, world No. 25 and a quarter-finalist in Paris in 2023, has now lost to Borges three times in their last three meetings, all inside the past eight months. The 28-year-old Portuguese, ranked No. 51 and seeking his first deep run at this tournament, dominated the match-up from the opening exchanges and never gave Etcheverry an opening.

The Argentine could not get his forehand going, struggled to win points behind his serve, and looked like a player whose clay swing had run out of road. He had begun the season well – lifting his first ATP title at the Rio Open in February – but arrives at the season’s main clay-court event in poor form, and on Sunday could find nothing of the level that took him to the last eight here three years ago. It was a flat, dispiriting end to a swing that had begun with promise.

Kecmanovic next

Borges, by contrast, looked the part of a player ready for a move in Paris. The Portuguese has reached the second week of a Grand Slam tournament twice in his career, both at hard-court Slams, but has never been past the third round at Roland-Garros. It was his 10th win of 2026.

He will face Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanović in the second round, who dominated Fabian Maroszan (7-6, 6-3, 6-4). A 26-year-old former top-30 player, Kecmanović opens the door to a third-round meeting against a section of the draw that runs through the No. 16 seed Valentin Vacherot and the bottom half of Sinner’s quarter.