Berrettini Powers Into Roland Garros Second Round

Matteo Berrettini opened his Roland Garros campaign with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 win over Vasek Pospisil in one hour and 48 minutes on Tuesday at Roland Garros.

The seventh-seeded Italian broke serve twice in each set, winning 49 of his 64 service points and hitting 22 winners for his eighth win of the season. Two weeks ago he made a quarter-final exit at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome (l. to Ruud). Pospisil, who created one break point chance at 1-0 in the third set, has never won a match at the clay-court major in seven visits.

Berrettini will now face Lloyd Harris, who struck 17 aces among 45 winners to beat Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(7) in two hours for a place in the second round for the second consecutive year.

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