2023-06-02 23:34:32
Towards a new sunny day at Porte d’Auteuil. Aurélien Morissard
Everything you need to know about the seventh day of the Roland-Garros tournament this Saturday and the end of the third round.
Who are the favorites in the running?
The defending champion and world No. 1 Every Swiatek competing on the Philippe-Chatrier in the third rotation, will leave with the favors of the forecasts against the Chinese Xinyu Wang. Always on the Chatrier, the German Alexander Zverev will be entitled to a second consecutive night session, against the American Frances Tiafoe. The show could be there. On the Lenglen, to follow in particular the clash of teenagers between Coco Gauff et Mirra Andreeva, the 16-year-old prodigy. The outgoing finalist the Norwegian Casper Ruud challenge the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang for a place in the round of 16.
The program of the day
From 11 h 45
Court Philippe Chatrier
Elena Rybakina (KAZ/4) – Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
Holger Rune (DAN/6) – Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG)
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Not before 20 h 15
Alexander Zverev (ALL/22) – Frances Tiafoe (USA/12)
The program of the Suzanne-Lenglen court
From 11 h
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) – Casper Ruud (NOR/4)
Mirra Andreeva (RUS) – Coco Gauff (USA/6)
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/23) – Taylor Fritz (USA/9)
Olga Danilovic (SER) – Ons Jabeur (TUN/7)
The program of the short n° 14
Not before noon
Borna Coric (CRO/n° 15) – Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SLQ) – Kayla Day (USA)
The program of short n° 7
Not before noon
Nicolás Jarry (CHI) – Marcos Giron (USA)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) – Bernarda Pera (EU)
The player who will be worth a look
Cori Gauff, finalist of the Grand Slam in Paris last year, now 19 years old and sixth in the WTA rankings, looks like a “veteran” against the phenomenon Mirra Andreeva, 16 years old: “I haven’t thought about the next game yet, but of course she’s young. But I don’t see that as an important factor. You have to play as if it were any other person. She’s proven that she belongs here, so I’m just going to do my best. When I was his age, I didn’t really think about that. And I’m sure she doesn’t think about it either. And it will be the third time that I play against someone younger than me.»
The number
620.000. The number of tickets that were sold last year for the tournament of which 85,000 were less than 20 euros (including qualifications).
Story of the day
On Sunday June 10, 2012, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic faced each other in the final of the tournament but the match was not completed due to rain. At 7 p.m., the tournament management announces the postponement of the meeting the next day at 1 p.m., a first for the tournament since 1973 when the clash between Nastase and Pilic was played… on Tuesday.
The expression of the day: “take two bubbles”
To take two bubbles means that a player did not exist during a match lost 6-0, 6-0. We can also use a variant, “take two bicycle wheels”.
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