Jurij Rodionov could not realize the dream of entering the main competition of a major tournament for the second time!
The world number 134. lost on Thursday evening in the 3rd and final qualifying round for the French Open, which begins on Sunday, against Frenchman Lucas Pouille after exactly two hours 6:1, 5:7, 0:6. The 24-year-old from Lower Austria had kept up well up to 5:5 in the 2nd set, but then completely lost the thread and left the field as a clear loser. Bitter for Rodionov, it was his 12th attempt to secure himself for the 128th place -Major tournament player roster to qualify. It remains the only time this phase has been reached so far, when in 2020 in the first Paris round he also defeated the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in five sets and was only eliminated in round two. Only Sebastian Ofner in qualifying in the race was the last Austrian to try Sebastian Ofner in the qualification on Friday (11 a.m./1st match). The number 14 seeded Styrian competes in round three with Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta. At the French Open he is in a major elimination for the 21st time, the 27-year-old has done it twice so far. The third round in Wimbledon in 2017 was outstanding after five victories en suite. In addition, he was in the main competition in Paris for the first time last year, but was eliminated immediately. For the time being, only Dominic Thiem and Julia Grabher from Austria are still fixed in the “Main Draw” in the individual.
