JANNIK Sinner has stunned 11th seed David Goffin in straight sets to send the Belgian packing in the opening round of Roland Garros that got underway today. The 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals winner battled through a tough first set, before winning 14 of the last 17 games – and 11 straight games from last in the first set to early in the third set – to trounce the world number 13.

Sinner hit 23 winners and only 27 unforced errors against Goffin, who totalled 24 and 47 respectively. His serve was consistent, with a 68 per cent efficiency, and then winning 78 per cent of his first serve points, and 46 per cent of his second serve points, compared to Goffin’s 59 and 36 respectively. The 19-year-old’s ability to win 51 per cent of his receiving points was the difference in the end as he piled on the 11 consecutive games from 5-5 in the first set to 3-0 in the last, to take out the match 7-5 6-0 6-3.

“I never expected that,” said Sinner, when asked about the 11-game streak post-match. “I was playing well from the beginning of the second set. I felt comfortable on court trying to go with the backhand a little bit more down the line and to open the court a little bit.”

It was only Sinner’s second Grand Slam victory, and he was on debut at Roland Garros. Now he will take on French qualifier, Benjamin Bonzi who won his second ATP Tour match with a four-set upset over Finn Emil Ruusuvuori. The 24-year-old Frenchman is ranked 227th in the world and Sinner will be highly fancied to advance through to the Round of 32.

Meanwhile another match that was billed as the match of the day turned into a fizzer as Stan Wawrinka completely destroyed fellow Grand Slam winner Andy Murray in straight sets. The Swiss star won 6-1 6-3 6-2 in an hour and 37 minutes, hitting a whopping 42 winners to just 10, whilst only having one more unforced error (27-26), He also dominated on serve dropping just four points off his first serve, and then won 66 per cent of Murray’s second serve points.

“I was expecting a tough match,” Wawrinka said post-match. “I was really focussed with a champion like Andy. “Even if the scoreboard is only one side like today, you have to keep focus. “You never know what can happen. “Today I’m really happy with what I have done on the court. “Great to be back, great to feel that way, and looking forward for the next match.”

Now Wawrinka will take on in-form German Dominik Koepfer in the second round after he defeated Frenchman Antoine Hoang in four sets, 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-1 in two hours and four minutes. In a rain-affected day, French compatriot Benoit Paire moved through in straight sets with a win over Soonwoo Kwon, 7-5 6-4 6-4. He joined fellow seeds, John Isner, Diego Schwartzman and Taylor Fritz all in the second round.

It was not as positive for Australian Alex de Minaur who was bundled out on his least favourite surface, losing to clay court specialist, Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato in straight sets, 7-6 6-4 6-0, whilst Daniel Evans and Borna Coric also lost, going down to Kei Nishikori and Norbert Gombos respectively.

Unlike the Australian Open and US Open, Roland Garros has not implemented the deciding set tiebreakers, which saw two players advance under the more traditional win-by-two-games rule. Juan Ignacio Londero defeated compatriot Federico Delbonis in five after seemingly falling asleep for a couple of sets, 6-4 7-6 2-6 1-6 14-12, while Austrian qualifier Jurlj Rodionov stunned Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in a come-from-behind win, 3-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 10-8.

In other results, Radu Albot defeated Jordan Thompson in straight sets, Federico Coria toppled lucky loser Jason Jung in three but two tiebreakers, while Stefano Travaglia and Andreas Seppi also advanced. In the final match of the day, German sixth seed Alexander Zverev won 7-5 6-2 6-4 to book his place in the Round of 64,.

The rest of the matches were delayed due to rain, but with the weather forecast predicting rain for six of the next seven days, it could be the longest-running Roland Garros on record.

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