Genaro Olivieri's fairy tale continues to add chapters at Roland Garros. The 24-year-old Argentine, who until this week had not played any match on the major circuit of world tennis, reached the third round of the second Grand Slam of the season after defeating Italian Andrea Vavassori 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (3) in three hours and 19 minutes of action on Court 13.
Olivieri, a native of Bragado and of the same generation as Francisco Cerúndolo and Tomás Martín Etcheverry, will not have it easy in his next presentation on the brick dust of Bois de Boulogne. It is that the Danish Holger Rune, sixth seed, who also comes from advancing without playing after the Frenchman Gael Monfils decided to retire after the dramatic triumph over the Argentine Sebastián Báez.
"I have to stop the ball and sleep inside the court. I can't believe it. The match was very complicated. It played very high and complicated me a lot. I had to start moving my legs and start hitting him. Because if I wasn't always going backwards. With that mobility, I started to get better. I started to vary more. The serve costs me a lot because of the height. It's not bad, but I have to be calm and focused on the serve," said Olivieri, with a smile from ear to ear, after consummating an unforgettable triumph.
He continued: "I arrived with margin to close the game. Anyway, your hand and legs always tremble. Luckily I closed it well. And I don't even remember the last point. We humbly continue well. There are a lot of cabals and events that have been happening in terms of numbers so we keep it up."
Far from being daunted, Olivieri has all the confidence for what is coming without noticing that on the other side of the net will be a top ten. "Rune is coming, but it's just another game. It's going to be my first time playing on a court. But it has the same measure so you have to concentrate and move forward, "he emphasized.
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