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The Paghdati beat Muller 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the 2nd round of Roland Garros for the 7th time in his career. The 30-year-old Cypriot champion achieved his 10th victory on the courts of the French Grand Slam (10-10) and his 58th overall in Grand Slam events (58-41).
His best run at a clay major was in 2007, when he reached the 4th round, and he’s only reached the 3rd round once before, in 2010. This year he will attempt to do so for the third time, but he will have a difficult task as his next opponent will come from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s clash with Jan-Lennard Struff.
The game did not start with the best omens for the Cypriot, as Muller… broke his serve twice and took a 5-1 lead! Markos not only did not give up, but won 6 consecutive games and managed to win this set, 7-5.
And the 2nd set was close, but Pagdatis had the last word, who made a very important break at the end and took it 6-4, to completely dominate the 3rd set and win it with an impressive 6- 1, ending the matchup.
Pagdatis played an overall very good match, which he finished with 30 winners and 15 unforced errors. This was the third victory of the Cypriot tennis player against Muller, in as many matches.
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