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Colombian Daniel Galán achieved this Monday the first victory of his career in a Grand Slam, after beating Briton Cameron Norrie in the first round of Roland Garros, with partials 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-1, after 3 hours and 42 minutes of the game.
The Santander tennis player had lost in the last round of qualifying, but earned a place in the tournament’s main draw as a ‘lucky loser’, after three spots were raffled among the athletes who succumbed in that instance in which the Colombian fell. Luck was on his side as his rival in the first round was not the most complicated he could have.
This was just Galán’s second Grand Slam match in his entire professional career. The number one racket in the country, which is in position 153 of the world rankingHe had barely played a game at this year’s Australian Open and lost back then.
Now the Colombian will face the American Tennys Sandgren in the next instance, who also won in five sets against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz. The winner of that duel in the second round would be measured in the third against Serbian Novak Djokovic, the world number one.
Doubles players Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah will also participate in Roland Garros, who will try to recover from a bad season they have had and defend their first place in the world ranking.
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