Altmaier upsets Sinner at Roland Garros second round

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

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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.