There will be a lot of people on the Philippe Chatrier court with the start of the third round. The women will be honored with Jessica Pegula (3rd player in the world) opposed to Elise Mertens, before Aryna Sabalenka, seeded number 2, who will face Kamilia Rakhimova. Novak Djokovic will have to be wary of Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the first big test of the fortnight on earth. In the night session, Carlos Alcaraz will be opposed to Denis Shapovalov, a great admirer of the Spaniard. On the Suzanne-Lenglen court, Stefanos Tsitsipas (seeded n°5) will end the day against Diego Schwartzman, resurrected on the clay at Porte d’Auteuil after months of wandering on the courts. A return enough to make the Greek tremble? Not sure. Previously, Andrey Rublev will try to dismiss Lorenzo Sonego.
The program of the day
Court Philippe-Chatrier, (à partir de 11h45)Elise Mertens (BEL/n°28) – Jessica Pegula (USA/n°3)Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/n°2)Novak Djokovic (SER/ n°3) – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP/n°29)
(not before 8:15 p.m.) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP / n°1) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN / n°26)
Court Suzanne-Lenglen (à partir de 11 heures) Peyton Stearns (USA) – Daria Kasatkina (RUS/n°9) Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) – Andrey Rublev (RUS/n°7) Sloane Stephens (USA) – Yulia Putintseva ( KAZ) Diego Schwartzman (ARG) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/n°5)
Court Simonne-Mathieu (à partir de 11 heures)Karen Khachanov (RUS/n°11) – Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)Anna Blinkova (RUS) – Elina Svitolina (UKR)Lorenzo Musetti (ITA/n°17) – Cameron Norrie ( GBR/n°14) Karolina Muchova (RTC) – Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU/n°27)
Court 14, (pas avant 12h)Anastasia Pavluychenkova (RUS) – Anastasia Potapova (RUS/n°24)Fabio Fognini (ITA) – Sebastian Ofner (AUT)Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) – Hubert Hurkacz (POL/n°13)
Court 7 (from 11 a.m.)Clara Tauson (DAN) – Elina Avanesyan (RUS)
In two matches in Paris, Juan-Pablo Varillas has already spent seven hours on the courts. The Peruvian ranked 94th at the ATP and who faces the Pole Hurcacz won his first two arm wrestling in five rounds. His second round against Roberto Bautista Agut looks like a comeback. Led two sets to zero, he overthrew the Spaniard to invite himself to the third round when he had never passed the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. This 27-year-old Nadal and Roger Federer fan is also a big fan of football and Real Madrid. In two matches at Roland-Garros, he is guaranteed to receive 142,000 euros, or around 20% of what he has collected on the courts since his professional debut ten years ago.
192. A veritable army of 192 people is responsible for maintaining the tennis courts, spread over Roland-Garros, the Jean-Bouin stadium and the annex throughout the fortnight.
In his book 20 years of Roland-Garros (Ramsay editions), Laurent Luyat the star presenter of tennis on the set of France Télévisions installed in the left corner of the Central court tells the little madness of Teddy Riner, present at his side. While Richard Gasquet was battling on the pitch against Carlos Berlocq, a second ball fell from the stands. “There are two balls on the court!” “Launches Lionel Chamoulaud to the comments. And for good reason, the French judoka had fun throwing a ball in the middle of an exchange from the set! “You could have pissed off one of the players,” Luyat told Riner. “I don’t have any problem with him picking me up,” the tatami colossus replied.
A player serves the lead when he is extremely efficient on his face-off and especially on his services. Excellent servers who collect aces or force their opponents into returns ending in unforced errors are affected by this expression.
