PARIS, May 27. /TASS/. Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev advanced to the third round of the 2026 French Open on Wednesday, defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli from Argentina.
The 11th-seeded Rublev, who is playing under a neutral status at the tournament, took the opening set with relative ease, but had to pull himself together after losing the following set to take down his unseeded Argentinian opponent 6-1; 1-6; 6-3; 7-6 (7-5). The Russian will play against Portugal’s Nuno Borges in the next round.
Argentina’s Carabelli, 26, is 59th in the ATP Rankings, has never won a title on the ATP circuit and has never made it past the second round at any Grand Slam.
Rublev, 28, is currently the 13th-ranked player in the world. He has won 17 career ATP singles tournament titles and four more in men’s doubles. Rublev has never made it past the quarterfinals in any Grand Slam.
The Russian tennis player took home the gold at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in mixed doubles (with teammate Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova) and also won the 2021 Davis Cup as part of the Russian national team.
