TOBY SAMUEL’S French Open adventure ended with a first-round loss to eighth seed Alex De Minaur today.Samuel made it through qualifying on his first attempt at Roland Garros but this was a huge step up given the 23-year-old had never faced a top-100 player before.He acquitted himself well in hot conditions on his grand slam debut but De Minaur was a class above in a 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory.Samuel, who was another British player to choose to hone his game at US college, had the biggest ranking rise of any male player last year, leaping from 1,867 in the world to 266.

TOBY SAMUEL’S French Open adventure ended with a first-round loss to eighth seed Alex De Minaur today.

Samuel made it through qualifying on his first attempt at Roland Garros but this was a huge step up given the 23-year-old had never faced a top-100 player before.

He acquitted himself well in hot conditions on his grand slam debut but De Minaur was a class above in a 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory.

Samuel, who was another British player to choose to hone his game at US college, had the biggest ranking rise of any male player last year, leaping from 1,867 in the world to 266.

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