Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso, left, honors writer Mario Vargas Llosa with the medal of “merit in the Order of the Grand Cross” in recognition of the writer’s contribution to world literature, in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
Associated Press journalist Simina Mistreanu in Taipei, Taiwan, and news researcher Shihuan Chen in Beijing contributed to this report.PARIS (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas went out in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday, losing 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to unseeded Matteo Gigante for his earliest exit at Roland-Garros since 2018.
The big-serving Greek reached the French Open final in 2021,after winning the first two sets. He got into the quarterfinals here last year and the year before, and also made the semifinals at Roland-Garros in 2020, where he lost to Djokovic.“I expected bigger things from myself these two weeks,” said Tsitsipas, who also lost in the second round in 2018. “I seemed to be playing immature sometimes during the match.”
The 26-year-old Greek berated himself for gifting Gigante some points. The 20th-seeded Tsitsipas hit 49 unforced errors on Court Simonne-Mathieu.“I wasn’t fully present in the moment,” he said. “So I would describe that (as) immaturity, not knowing how to handle those situations.”
Tsitsipas was troubled throughout by the No. 167-ranked Gigante’s drop shot and athleticism.
Gigante sealed the victory with an ace, and the unheralded Italian received a friendly hug at the net from Tsitsipas.The court fight seemed preordained, given that the heads of NPR and PBS
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