Clement Tabur, Jannik Sinner's opponent in the first round at Roland Garros, proved to be no... taboo. Puns aside, the South Tyrolean easily qualified for the second round of the Parisian Grand Slam, defeating the 26-year-old Frenchman in three sets: 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. Tabur had entered the draw with a wild card and had only 4 matches in the ATP circuit He has played 2 wins and 2 losses, with a best result of reaching the quarterfinals at the 2025 Metz tournament (ATP 250, hard court). Last year, he entered the Roland Garros draw, losing in three sets to his compatriot Corentin Moutet after qualifying.
Jannik aims to win Roland Garros 50 years after Panatta
Sinner, for his part, after having just reached 73 weeks as world number 1, today won his thirtieth consecutive match this season, with five Masters 1000 titles won one after the other on American hard courts and clay, including the triumph in Rome 50 years after Adriano Panatta. Among other things, It's been 50 years since an Italian tennis player won the Roland Garros and even in this case the last one to do so was Adriano Panatta, in 1976., the year in which he also won the Rome International.
His next opponent is 24-year-old Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
In the second round, scheduled for Thursday, May 28, at a time to be determined, Jannik Sinner will face Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 24, ranked world number 56, who defeated Britain's Fearnley in three sets in the first round. There is only one precedent between the Italian world number 1 and the Argentine left-handed player: in 2023 the two faced each other in the first round at Wimbledon., and Sinner won in three sets with the score of 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
