Roland Garros - Day 3, Tuesday May 26 - Order of Play

[herios]

Sometimes life throws you big obstacles in life and you get a different sense of everything. Sock not only came back after his surgery, his brother had a serious health scare, and their grandfather has Alzheimer's.

This is the link about Jack's brother Eric

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2015/03/10/Indian-Wells-Sock-Brothers.aspx

About Jack's shoes with the tribute to grandpa:

https://twitter.com/jacksock

I read also about his brother's illness. Those adversities will make you take a different perspective and help you become a more mature person. I am fully convinced he will reach his potential, whatever that would be.
He already is a 2 times GS champion in doubles, if he keeps it going, he will be surely the leading US man in singles soon. Isner is not getting any better, nor younger.

 

[herios]

Top quality tennis from Niemenen the first two sets. Novak ran his legs off, and now he's having all kinds of trouble here in the third.

I just watched some highlights. It does look like old Nieminen can still hit the ball. So you had to endure a bit of a nolecoaster for at least 1 set. I blissfully missed it completely.

As if he knew Front and I discussed it the other day, this is how Nole's youngest brother sees Nole's pre serve routine:

https://instagram.com/p/3JTXMNyOpa/

:laydownlaughing nothing better than brotherly love.

:snicker That's terrible.

There really wasn't any Nolecoaster Billie... Niemenen was playing great tennis. Nole just hung around, waited for his spots and kept at it. He wasn't tense or nervous, so neither was I.

Thanks for your notes about the match, I could not watch and I was reading your messages while travelling with the subway...I am happy Nole did not dropped any sets, and he kept his composure when he needed.

 

[isabelle]

Morning to my fellow Frontierers on the wrong side of the planet. Now to check and see what went on in the City of Lights while I was in dreamland.

Sock won! Yes! :clap While I feel a bit sorry about how Dimitrov's season is quickly becoming a nuclear waste site, it's great to see Sock advance. so now we could see a Sock-Nadal 4th round match. Glory awaits for Jack Sock!

Isner won as well! I keep forgetting the American Serving Machine is not bad on clay and I'm genuinely surprised when he wins a match on the surface. I need to stop that.

Everyone else who was supposed to win won I see. Djokovic finally gets his quest for the French Open started.

Happy for Sock and for US tennis. Dimitrov is overated by the way