the program, the French in the running, the anecdote and the figure for Thursday June 1

2023-05-31 22:08:43

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End of the second round this Thursday at Roland-Garros. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

Everything you need to know about the fifth day of the Roland-Garros tournament this Thursday with the continuation and end of the second round.

Who are the favorites in the running?

After the surprise elimination of Daniil Medvedev, the bottom of the men’s table suddenly opened up. Casper Ruud (n°4) opposed to the young Italian Giulio Zeppieri (21 years old; 129^e), as Holger Rune (n°6) which stands on the road to Gaël Monfils or Jannik Sinner (n°8) opposed to the German Daniel Altmaier (79^e) can move forward serenely but must be wary of not seeing themselves too beautiful, too soon. Scarecrow’s private tableau parties sharpen ambitions. In the women’s draw, the Polonaise Every Swiatek (n°1) started on the right foot after the alert following her retirement in the quarter-finals in Rome attacks the second step against the American Claire Liu (102^e). Elena Rybakina (n°4), titled in Rome, will be opposed to the Czech Linda Noskova (50^e).

What are the Blues on the courts?

Most of the French players competing this Thursday will all wear the costume of “underdogs” (outsiders). Gael Monfils again has the honors of the night session. Facing him, the formidable Dane Holger Rune who is ready to face a stadium and a player ready to throw his last strength into the showdown. Arthur Rinderknechwho beat Richard Gasquet, will face the American Taylor Fritz (n°9). Oceane Dodin will be opposed to Ons Jabeur. She announces: “It is not by retaining my game that I will be able to win. I will try to have fun, to enjoy and in the spirit of winning, you never know what can happen. It will be a very complicated match but I can’t wait.” Diane Parryshe will see the Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva tumble.

The program of the day

Court Philippe Chatrier (from 11:45 a.m.)
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) – Casper Ruud (NOR/n°4)
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Océane Dodin (FRA) – Ons Jabeur (TUN/n°7)

(not before 8:15 p.m.)
Holger Rune (DAN/n°6) – Gael Monfils (FRA)

Court Suzanne-Lenglen, (from 11 a.m.)

Elena Rybakina (KAZ/n°4) – Linda Noskova (RTC)
Jannik Sinner (ITA/n°8) – Daniel Altmaier (ALL)
Julia Grabher (AUT) – Coco Gauff (USA/n°6)
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) – Taylor Fritz (USA/n°9)

Court Simonne-Mathieu (from 11 a.m.)
Kayla Day (USA) – Madison Keys (USA/n°20)
Diane Parry (FRA) – Mirra Andreeva (RUS)
Aslan Karatsev (RUS) – Frances Tiafoe (USA/n°12)
(not before 5 p.m.)
Alexander Zverev (GER/n°22) – Alex Molcan (SLQ)

Court n°14 (from 11 a.m.)
Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) – Alex De Minaur (AUS/n°18)
Bernarda Pera (USA) – Donna Vekic (CRO/n°22)
Tommy Paul (USA/n°16) – Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – Emma Navarro (USA)

Court n°7, (from 11 a.m.)
Diana Shnaider (RUS) – Beatriz Haddad Maria (BRE/n°14)
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) – Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/n°28)
Marcos Giron (USA) – Jiri Lehecka (RTC)
Lauren Davis (USA) – Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

Court n°6 (from 11 a.m.)
Borna Coric (CRO/n°15) – Pedro Cachin (ARG)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/n°23) – Anna-Lena Friedsam (ALL)
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – Olga Danilovic (SER)
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/n°23) – Yannick Hanfmann (ALL)

Court n°9 (from 11 a.m.)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) – Simona Waltert (SUI)
Guido Pella (ARG) – Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRE)

Court n°12 (from 11 a.m.)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) – Petra Martic (CRO)
Rebecca Peterson (SUE) – Xiyu Wang (CHI)
Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) – Zhizhen Zhang (CHI)

Court n°13 (from 11 a.m.)
Anna Karilona Schmieldova (SVQ) – Aliona Bolsova (ESP)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JAP/n°27) – Max Purcell (AUS)
Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) – Andrea Vavassori (ITA)

The player who will be worth a look

Spectators will have every interest in rushing to the Simonne-Mathieu court in the middle of the day. Firstly because there will be Diane Parry on the court but also because the Frenchwoman will be opposed to one of the many rough diamonds of Russian tennis: the very young Mirra Andreeva. The 16-year-old qualifying player (ranked 143rd in the WTA) plays in the south of France. She has a record of 21 wins and 2 losses this season. She saw her first appearance in a large painting, with freshness and ambition. His first goal was to enter the Top 150 (143^e). Then: “maybe it would be to win a Grand Slam tournament, the US Open. We’ll see…”

Mirra Andreeva ISABEL INFANTES

The number

38.291. This is the number of seats available at the Roland-Garros stadium, which has 18 courts in total. 613,586 visitors were recorded last year over the three weeks of the event.

Story of the day

The longest clay-court match played at Roland Garros lasted 6 hours and 33 minutes at the 2004 French Open. Fabrice Santoro beat Arnaud Clément in the first round over two days: 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 3-6, 16-14. It was the longest match in history until Wimbledon 2010 where John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut after 11 hours.

The expression of the day: “to take a bagle”

Cashing in a bagel is not very glorious, it corresponds to a severe score of 6-0. This expression was coined by Bud Collins, an American journalist. It refers to the shape of the bagel, a bun of Polish origin displaying a shape of 0.