French teenager Moïse Kouamé has thrilled home fans by beating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3 7-5 3-6 2-6 7-6 (10-8) to reach the third round of the French Open..
The 17-year-old Kouamé held firm in a contest lasting just under five hours on a sun-drenched Court Suzanne-Lenglen. He clawed back from 5-3 down in the fifth set to force a decisive tiebreaker and rallied again from 8-7 down in the tiebreaker.
He won with a drop shot that his Paraguayan opponent got his racket to but could only pat into the net.
