ATP Roland Garros / French Open, Paris, France, 2019

[herios]

I'm not giving him a hard time for playing in Lyon. I'm just saying that he's on the cusp of playing 250s for the points, and ruining his chances at Majors. He is a superstar in the making. Different choices will be made for him, and very soon.

I do not think he is chasing points at this stage. He is chasing his first title and exactly these are the type of events where he has better chances to clinch a title, like Lyon.
He should not expect much yet in a slam, where I reiterate, gas no experience whatsoever. Thus he ruinns nothing because he should not expect to go too far in a slam yet. .
Those who expect more than a R3 pr R4 from him are unrealistic IMO.
Best of 5 is a different ball game than best of 3, needs a lot of insurance and experience.

 

[herios]

One of the first matches which has started will be quite interesting. Berrettini who had a good spring season meets Andujar, who's best results were on clay. Andujar is ranked a lot lower, but due to his record in the past, this could be a very even match.

 

[herios]

Cilic and Ruud through.

 

[Carol]

Querrey withdraws because an abdominal pain

 

[herios]

Popyrin the Aussie WC through. He may be the next teenager to get to the top 100.

 

[herios]

Stefanos progressed in 3 sets.

 

[kskate2]

On top of his bad play, big fashion faux pas for Dimi. That shirt is awful. After going up 2 sets to love, he profoundly drops 2 sets to Tipsy and we're heading for a decider.

 

[herios]

On top of his bad play, big fashion faux pas for Dimi. That shirt is awful. After going up 2 sets to love, he profoundly drops 2 sets to Tipsy and we're heading for a decider.

Tipsy with 7 surgeries on board...

 

[kskate2]

Tipsy with 7 surgeries on board...

Well that long layoff has given him a lot of fight. It's admirable.

 

[herios]

Well that long layoff has given him a lot of fight. It's admirable.

He was pretty sturdy when he was at his best. I remember him reaching the top 10 and staying in the 8-10 range for more than a year.

 

[herios]

In the mean time, Berrettini beats Andujar in 4 sets.

 

[kskate2]

Sadly, FAA withdraws citing the adductor injury he aggravated yesterday

 

[herios]

Felix withdraws. Groin injuries take a few weeks to get healed. Hopefully by grass season he could be recovered completely.

 

[Carol]

What a shame playing a small tournament now he can't play RG . Meanwhile Tipsarevic giving a hard work to Dimitrov, which means how bad this last one is playing

 

[tented]

Roger’s racing through his match, up 6-2, 4-1 in under 50 minutes.

EDIT: The second I posted that, he got broken. Sonego serving at 2-4 in the second.

 

[herios]

Roger’s racing through his match, up 6-2, 4-1 in under 50 minutes.

EDIT: The second I posted that, he got broken. Sonego serving at 2-4 in the second.

It took sometime for Sonego to wake up.
Roger won the first 10 games, now Lorenzo won 3 in a row.

 

[herios]

In the end, Grigor won in 5 sets.

 

[tented]

Yannick Warns Rafa: “I Can Do Some Damage"

Favorite part: “... in the opening round, he had just been drawn to challenge Rafael Nadal, 11-time Roland-Garros champion, in his Court Philippe-Chatrier kingdom, sport’s equivalent of scaling Mount Everest in a pair of flip-flops.”

 

[tented]

The Roland Garros website is terrible. I don’t see a section for live scores, and the order of play schedules aren’t updated with the scores for completed matches.

 

[atttomole]

Roger’s attire is ugly. Looking at this match, I can see why Roger is one of the very few players in tennis history who are true all-court players. I fear, however, that his physicality will not be enough to take him to the quarterfinals of this tournament.