2023-05-29 15:53:54
The “Roland point” of the end of the day
You didn’t follow anything from this second day of the fortnight of the Parisian Grand Slam? We thought of you with this summary.
Djokovic and Alcaraz successfully enter
Novak Djokovic, 36, 22 Grand Slam victories, needed just three sets to beat American Aleksandar Kovacevic on Philippe Chatrier court, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1) . A generally quiet match, more hung in the third set: this is also the scenario in favor of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, world number 1, against the Italian Flavio Cobolli, 6-0, 6-2, 7- 5.
Caroline Garcia’s victory…
The Lyonnaise, seeded n°5 in the women’s draw, had to fight to overcome the Chinese Wang Xiyu, without complex from the height of her 22 years, on the Philippe Chatrier court. Final score: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 after more than two hours and forty minutes of play.
…And the defeat of all the other Frenchmen
Earlier in the day, Benoît Paire delivered a strong performance against Briton Cameron Norrie, seeded n°14. The Avignonnais honored the invitation of the organizers: he led two sets to one, before being brought up and giving up during the fifth and last set, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6 -4.
For her part, Kristina Mladenovic lost sharply (7-5, 6-1) against the American Kayla Day, who qualified. Hot, Mladenovic said at a press conference that she is currently going through “the most difficult period of his career”.
It is also over for Arthur Fils. The 18-year-old tennis player was defeated by the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, seeded n°29, despite the support of the spectators at the Simonne Mathieu court: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Two Frenchmen are on the program this evening: Luca van Assche against the Italian Marco Cecchinato and Alexandre Muller against the Italian Jannik Sinner, 9th in the world.
Elina Svitolina makes a strong impression
Last season, the Ukrainian had put her career on hold last year during her pregnancy. Back on the circuit a few weeks ago, Elina Svitolina, ex-world number 3, sharply dominated the Italian Martina Trevisan, seeded n ° 26, in two sets (6-2, 6-2).
The grandpas are resisting
At 36 and 38, the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka are approaching retirement on the men’s circuit. Yes, but they are still dashing in this Roland-Garros 2023. The first dominated the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, seeded number 10, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. The second won a great battle of 4:35 against the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 1-6, 6-4.
“Kosovo is the heart of Serbia,” wrote Djokovic
At the end of his match, Novak Djokovic expressed a political message by writing: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the Violence » on the camera of broadcaster France TV. Populated by a large majority of Albanian speakers, Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, which has been recognized so far by more than half of the members of the United Nations, but not by Serbia. This Monday, incidents are taking place in northern Kosovo where 40,000 Serbs live.
We will make a point later in the evening. Thank you all for your loyalty!
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