Roland-Garros: Halys scores Machac upset, advances to second round

Frenchman Quentin Halys moved into the second round of Roland-Garros when No 21 seed Tomas Machac retired at Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday evening.

Halys, ranked No 50, led 7-6 (4), 4-1 when Machac, ranked No 21, retired on Sunday evening at Roland-Garros in Paris due to a lower back injury.

“I was playing well, and unfortunately I got injured during the tiebreak,” admitted Mahac.

“Afterwards, I could not play and it was getting worse and worse, so it is what it is. I think the whole body is connected, so if you get [another] injury, it’s always connected, and showing me that my body is not healthy right now.

“It’s a different injury. In Geneva, I got pain in my left leg and I was cramping. This time, I wasn’t cramping, I just blocked my back, so the whole body is connected and I need to take care of my whole body now, and let’s see how it goes now.

“I need to go and do some kind of tests to check the details all around my body, and some back tests. I need to take care of my situation, everything that is going on in my body now, so let’s see, this is my plan. Right now, my focus is on Wimbledon and no other tournaments right now – let’s see.”

The Frenchman will face the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Argentinian Sebastian Baez next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
• Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
• Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
• Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
• Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
• Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
• Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
• Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
• Jannik Sinner vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Jaume Munar
• Terence Atmane vs. Richard Gasquet
• Filip Misolic vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jordan Thompson
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Hugo Gaston vs. Ugo Blanchet
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Casper Ruud vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Luciano Darderi vs. Sebastian Korda
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Sebastian Baez
• Kyrian Jacquet vs. Nuno Borges: sunday
• Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego: sunday
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Jaime Faria: sunday
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
• Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2