German Daniel Altmaier qualified for the third round of Roland Garros as he served up one of the sensations of the day, knocking out No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner.
The two had an outstanding match that lasted about 5 and a half hours. Of course, the outcome came after five sets and many twists and turns.
BATTLE ROYALE 👏
5 hours and 26 mins later, @daniel_altmaier outlasts Sinner in an epic 7-6(0), 7-6(7), 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-5 to make the #RolandGarros third round. pic.twitter.com/v6EeOd1WFk
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 1, 2023
With his resounding victory No.79 in the ATP rankings, Altmaier secured a match with Grigor Dimitrov. Earlier in the day, the Bulgarian teliminated Emil Ruusuvuori after a clean 3:0 set win.