Taylor Fritz will not surpass his 2024 performance at Roland Garros. The American seeded fourth and ranked number four, fell in four sets to Daniel Altmaier. I often wonder how you lose your momentum after coming back to win the second set. However, when it comes to the American men on clay, they could probably lose the match from two sets to none up. Altmaier won 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. The question inquiring minds want to know is will this loss knock Taylor Fritz out of the top ten?

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American Successes On Day Two

[7] Madison Keys made easy work of Daria Saville, 6-2, 6-1. [23] Sebastian Korda fought off a difficult opponent in Luciano Darderi. The European players eat, drink, and sleep clay so it is always a tough ask for the American men to play the game consistently intelligently to get the victory. However, Korda regrouped nicely to win 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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Danielle Collins is still going strong despite the fact she was supposed to be retired. At thirty-one years old, she is still bring quality tennis and when she is on, she is a force to be reckoned with. Jodie Burrage pushed hard in the first set, but Collins would not budge, and she got the 7-6(), 6-4 victory in the end.

Robin Montgomery got a 6-2, 6-1 victory of the French player, Diane Parry. Good work by Bernarda Pera who dispatched the former top ten player, Caroline Garcia, 6-4, 6-4. Garcia has announced that she will retire from tennis at the end of the 2025 season. Another American woman trying to find consistency with her game, Caroline Dolehide, is currently ranked sixty-seven. Dolehide dropped the first set, but battled her way back to defeat Greet Minnen, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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Day Two Roland Garros Fallen Seeds

American [9] Emma Navarro continues to struggle. It is like she did not show up today. She won one game against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Not a good performance for the American, who lost 0-6, 1-6. This was a shocker, Gabriel Diallo defeated [18] Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

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