Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Reaches No. 67 After Roland Garros Win
adolfo daniel vallejo moved into a live No. 67 ranking after winning his Roland Garros first-round match, a result that came when Cameron abandoned the contest with Vallejo leading 2-0 in the second set. The win ended a 28-year wait for a Paraguayan victory in the Paris main draw.
Vallejo’s first-set escape
Vallejo had to work for it before the match turned. He saved a first-set break point in the seventh game, then recovered from a 1-5 hole and another 3-6 deficit to take the tiebreak 9-7.
That set gave him the opening he needed. He broke serve again and was up 2-0 in the second set when Cameron stopped the match.
Paraguay’s long wait ends
The result carried a rare weight for Paraguayan tennis. No Paraguayan had won a match in the Roland Garros main draw since Ramón Delgado in 1998, and no Paraguayan had won a Grand Slam match since August 25, 2003.
Delgado’s last Grand Slam victory came at the 2003 US Open, where he beat Sébastien Grosjean in the main draw in five sets. He then lost to Jonas Björkman 4-6, 4-6, 3-6 in the second round.
Vallejo and Kouame next
Vallejo’s ranking jump to No. 67 gives his run an immediate reward beyond the scoreline. The next match was set for the following day against Moise Kouame, the 17-year-old French player ranked No. 318 who had beaten Marin Čilić in the first round.
That matchup carries the same kind of pressure Vallejo just handled. After a long Paraguayan drought in Paris, he now enters the next round with the ranking boost, the breakthrough result, and a chance to extend it one match further.
