2023-05-30 22:01:53
Everything you need to know about the fourth day of the Roland-Garros tournament this Wednesday with the start of the second round.
Who are the favorites in the running?
The third in the world Novak Djokovic has the honors of the third night assignment against Marton Fucsovics. The world number one Carlos Alcaraz, also scheduled on the Philippe Chatrier should continue its rise against the Japanese Taro Daniel. And Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded 5, will seek reassurance against the Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena. To follow in the female table, the delivery ofAryna Sabalenkathe announced rival of Iga Swiatek, opposed to her compatriot Iryna Shymanovich.
What are the Blues on the courts?
Six Blues will be on track this Tuesday. The leader of the Blues Caroline Garciahope Luca Van Asschethe number one tricolor Ugo Humbert, the boiling Corentin Moutet or the ghost Lucas Pouille. After a delicate start, the 5e world player will try to reassure herself on the central against the Russian Anna Blinkova, recent finalist in Strasbourg. Facing another Russian Elina Avanesyanthe guest Leolia Jeanjean has a good card to play to find the third round like last season. Not on the 14, but on the Suzanne-Lenglen, Lucas Pouille dreams of continuing his great adventure. He will have to discard Cameron Norrie, seeded 14 which released Benoît Paire. Corentin Moutet will aim for the feat against Andrey Rublev, underdog of the tournament. Just like Luca Van Assche against 29 seed Davidovich Fokina. And Ugo Humbert will try to take his revenge on Lorenzo Sonego who beat him in the first round of Monte-Carlo, after a big fight.
The program of the day
Court Philippe-Chatrier, from 11:45 a.m.
Camilia Giorgi (ITA) – Jessica Pegula (USA, 3)
Caroline Garcia (FRA,5) – Anna Blinkova (RUS)
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 1) –Taro Daniel (JAP)
Not before 8:15 p.m.
Novak Djokovic (SER, 3) – Marton Fucsovics (HON)
Court Suzanne-Lenglen, from 11:00 a.m.
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE,5)
Marketa Vondrousova (RTC) – Daria Kasatkina (RUS, 9)
Iryna Shymanovich (BIE) – Aryna Sabalenka (BIE, 2)
Lucas Pouille (FRA) – Cameron Norrie (GBR,14)
Court Simonne-Mathieu, from 11 a.m.
Storm Hunter (AUS) – Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
Corentin Moutet (FRA) – Andrey Rublev (RUS,7)
Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) – Elina Avanesyan (RUS)
Court n°14, from 11:00 a.m.
Jelena Ostapenko (LET, 17) – Peyton Stearns (USA)
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) – Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Sloan Stephens (USA) – Varvara Gracheva (RUS)
Luca Van Assche (FRA) – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP, 29)
Court n°7, from 11:00 a.m.
Elise Mertens (BEL, 28) – Camila Osorio (COL)
Liudmila Samsonova (RUS, 15) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
Tallon Greek track (PBS) – Hubert Hurkacz (POL,13)
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) – Alexander Shevchenko (RUS)
Court n°6, from 11:00 a.m.
Fabio Fognini (ITA) – Jason Kubler (AUS)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) – Qinwen Zheng (CHN, 8)
Karen Khachanov (RUS, 11) – Radu Albot (MOL)
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) – Clara Tauson (DAN)
Court n°9, from 11:00 a.m.
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) – Nuno Borges (POR)
Sara Errani (ITA) – Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU, 27)
Court n°12, from 11:00 a.m.
Mayar Sherif (EGY) – Anastasia Potapova (RUS, 24)
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN, 26)
Court n°13, from 11:00 a.m.
Sebastian Ofner (AUT) – Sebastian Korda (USA, 24)
Karolina Muchova (RTC) – Nadia Podoroska (ARG)
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP, 19) – Juan Pablo Varillas (PER)
Magdalena Frech (POL) – Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)
The player who will be worth a look
After 38 years, Stan Wawrinka always short. Not spared by injuries in recent years, the Lausanne resident lost in five sets d’Albert Ramos Vinolashis first Grand Slam victory in two and a half years and the Australian Open 2021. If he can physically follow up against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakishe has the means to continue the adventure in a tournament which has often been successful for him, with a coronation in 2015 and a final in 2017.
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Stanislas Wawrinka. Federico Pestellini / PANORAMIC
The number
28. They were 28 French men and women involved in the men’s and women’s tables at Roland-Garros. After the first round, there are only nine left, waiting for the end of the match between Gaël Monfils and Sebastian Baez.
Story of the day
The name given to the Parisian stadium has nothing to do with the world of the little yellow ball. Roland Garros was a French aviator who covered himself with glory by making the first aerial crossing of the Mediterranean on September 23, 1913. He had taken seven hours and fifty-three minutes to complete his journey. Hero of the First World War who died in combat in 1918, the native of Réunion was more interested in football, rugby and cycling than in tennis, which nevertheless immortalized his name with the construction of one of the most prestigious in the world in 1928 when the stadium rose from the ground.
The expression of the day: “Play like a crocodile”
The crocodile is the name attributed to René Lacoste who had a particular style of play on the courts. His main quality was to fight on all points from the baseline by returning the ball. “We are talking about athletes with a wait-and-see game, baseline and a rather derogatory term. Crocodiles are not offensive players. We can also use the word filer or rat“, explains Valerio Emanuele, author of the “Dictionary of tennis” (Honoré Champion Editions).
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