This Friday, May 27 marks the start of the 16es final (the third round) at Roland-Garros. On the program in particular: Diane Parry, one of the French surprises at the start of the tournament. She will face the American Sloane Stephens on the Philippe-Chatrier court. Among the men, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, or even Carlos Alcaraz will be in the running, the latter having the “honors” of the night session.
In the meantime, it was Diego Schwartzman who was the first to win his ticket for the knockout stages. In a duel of outsiders, the small Argentine, world No. 15, dominated without too much difficulty (6-3, 6-1, 6-2) the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, world No. 18.
Diego Schwartzman, 29, had recently been beaten at the Masters 1000 in Madrid by his opponent of the day, whom he was facing for the 5th time and who, before this meeting, led 3 successes to 1.
The Argentinian can still hope to repeat his career from the last two editions at Roland-Garros: in 2020, he played his first Grand Slam semi-final, beaten by Rafael Nadal; the same Nadal had dominated him in the quarter-finals in 2021.