French Open 2013 Results: Analyzing Most Exciting 3rd-Round Matches

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Published: June 1, 2013

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Most of the top seeds at the French Open have advanced comfortably through the first couple rounds, but there were a number of exciting third-round matches on Friday involved middling players in terms of rankings and even some unseeded players.

It remains to be seen if these players will be able to get past higher seeds as the tournament progresses, but they did everything in their power to remain at Roland Garros. Some of them unfortunately fell short of their desired result, but they should not hang their respective heads about.

Here are three of the most entertaining third-round matches that took place at Roland Garros on Friday, including analysis of what made the tilts so thrilling.

 

Gael Monfils vs. Tommy Robredo

After knocking off No. 5 Tomas Berdych in the first round and managing to slip into the third round, Frenchman Gael Monfils was a sentimental favorite among the Roland Garros faithful. His surprising run came to an end on Friday, however, as No. 32 Tommy Robredo outlasted him in a five-set thriller that left the Spaniard exhausted, according to Beyond The Baseline.



Monfils stormed out to a 2-0 advantage in terms of sets and had the crowd firmly behind him. It would have been very easy for Robredo to fold, but he continued to battle and won a fourth-set tiebreak to force a decisive fifth set. Monfils wasn't moving as well by that point and simply couldn't hold up any longer as Robredo had seized the momentum.

Both men were actually quite aggressive as they each eclipsed 50 winners and 50 unforced errors over the course of the five-set marathon. Monfils had 11 more winners than Robredo, but he also had 16 more unforced errors, which was probably the difference. Monfils had a chance to put it away in the fourth set, but once Robredo broke through, the exciting French star was dead to rights.

 

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