Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 28, 2018 Argentina's Marco Trungelliti during his first round match against Australia's Bernard Tomic REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - A 1,000km 10-hour roadtrip dash to Paris, squeezed into a small hire car alongside his 88-year-old grandmother, ended in Grand Slam joy for Marco Trungelliti at Roland Garros on Monday -- and a guaranteed 79,000 euros ($92,000) payday.
"We needed grandma for sure," laughed the Argentine, explaining his madcap journey from Barcelona to Paris to make the deadline for a late spot in the men's singles draw.
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