French Open 2017: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashes out in earliest exit in 12 years

ByEurosport

Updated 31/05/2017 at 19:23 GMT

Twelfth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fell to a shock defeat in front of his home crowd at the French Open, losing 7-5 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 to Renzo Olivo in the first round.

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The match began as a late-evening epic on Tuesday but after resuming on Philippe-Chatrier the Frenchman was quickly dumped out.

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Tsonga, who had just won the Lyon Open on clay, bowed out after saving three match points in the only game played on Wednesday. It is his worst performance at the tournament since his debut in 2005.

"We were back to the hotel around 1 a.m., I had a massage, it was not easy to sleep. I knew the first point today was important," world number 91 Olivo, who trained in France from 2012-2016, said.

Olivo served for the match on Wednesday but a burly Tsonga had broken back to keep his hopes alive. "I just tried to play every point as it was the last," Olivo added.

Highlights: Tsonga knocked out by Olivo

No Frenchman has won the French Open since 1983, let alone a grand slam title.

Later in the day world number two Novak Djokovic easily overcame Joao Sousa in straight sets, winning 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

Grigor Dimitrov overcame Dan Evan's conquerer Tommy Robredo also in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

Results from the French Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday

Round Two

2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-1 6-4 6-3

11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-3 6-4 7-5

Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) beat 23-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-3

25-Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat Borna Coric (Croatia) 6-2 7-6(8) 3-6 7-6(6)

Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Stefano Napolitano (Italy) 6-3 7-5 6-2

10-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3

6-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Simone Bolelli (Italy) 7-5 6-1 6-3

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) beat Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 7-6(3) 7-6(2) 7-6(6)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) 7-5 6-4 7-5

5-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4

19-Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Benjamin Bonzi (France) 6-2 6-1 6-1

4-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-1 6-4 6-3

Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) beat Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 7-6(3) 7-6(2) 7-6(6)

16-Lucas Pouille (France) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2

20-Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat Taro Daniel (Japan) 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-0

17-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)

Round 1

Renzo Olivo (Argentina) beat 12-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-5 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4

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