Seeded n ° 8, Gaël Monfils, semi-finalist in 2008 here at the Porte de St-Cloud, was surprised on Monday at the Suzanne-Lenglen by the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, 49th player in the world.
The latter wins in 2h37 and in four sets: 6/4, 7/5, 3/6 and 6/3.
This is the first time since 2005 that the French, who remained on two defeats entering Rome and Hamburg, does not cross the first round of Roland Garros.
Results of the 1st round (Men):
Thiem (Aut, 3)
- Cilic (Cro) 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Sock (EU, q)
- Opelka (EU) 6-4, 6-4, 6 -3
Herbert (Fra)
- Mmoh (EU) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
P. Martinez (Esp, q)
- Vukic (Aus, q) 7-5, 6-4, 6-0
Gaston ( Fra, wc)
- January (Fra, wc) 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
Nishioka (Jap)
- Auger-Aliassime (Can, 19) 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
Kukushkin (Kaz)
- Fognini (Ita, 14) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-0
Nadal (Esp, 2)
- Gerasimov (Bie) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Giustino (Ita , q)
- Moutet (Fra) 0-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3), 2-6, 18-16
Bublik (Kaz)
- Monfils (Fra, 8) 6-4, 7- 5, 3-6, 6-3
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