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By Erik Gudris | Monday, May 23, 2016

 
Grigor Dimitrov Roland Garros

Marin Cilic became the highest seed to exit Roland Garros as Grigor Dimitrov lost in five sets.

Photo Credit: Getty Images


Monday proved a tough day at the office at Roland Garros for two well-known names on the men’s tour.

Now Marin Cilic and Grigor Dimitrov find themselves exiting Paris after losing their opening round matches.

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No. 10 seed Cilic became the highest seed so far to lose in the men’s draw. Cilic, who reached the Genena Open finals last week, looked ready for his first round despite dealing with a knee injury in earlier lead-up events.

Cilic faced off against Argentinian qualifier and World No. 166 Marco Trungelliti. Though he was making his Roland Garros main draw debut, Trungelliti proved the more solid player.

After winning a first set tiebreak, Trungelliti went on to break Cilic seven times throughout the match. Trungelliti, striking a final ace on match point, eventually completed the upset 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win. Trungelliti will next face Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the second round.


In a match postponed from Sunday’s near washout, unseeded Grigor Dimitrov took on No. 22 seed Viktor Troicki.

The pair met earlier in the year in the Sydney finals that Troicki won in three sets. In the nearly four hour battle, Dimitrov earned a two sets to one lead. The former top ten Bulgarian then led 4-2 in the fourth set before Troicki began his comeback.

Eventually, it was Troicki who posted the 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory.


The loss by Dimitrov continues his recent slump this season. That also includes his bizarre meltdown a few weeks ago in the Istanbul final where he lost by default to Diego Schwartzmann.

Dimitrov admitted in press that he has lost confidence and is a bit concerned about where his tennis is headed.

“I’ve been there before but this time it’s just kind of different. Sometimes it’s scary of course, it’s just really scary. But I’m positive and happy to come out and work and work and work, that never scares me,” Dimitrov said to Sport 360.com.

“What scares me is that I’m really not finding a way and usually I’m pretty good at bouncing back, whether it’s from a loss or something else. A lot of losses have always motivated me. Just right now it’s not happening.”


 

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