Roland Garros, Paris, France, ATP GRAND SLAM (Paris Sidewalk Cafe Discussions II)

[DarthFed]

Looks like he gave the break back in the 3rd. Your buddy Darcis is hanging in there, Twisted.

Nole got the break back, one of those patented 30-0 games that he rallied and broke in and just when Marcy Darcy was trying to make it a bit interesting. Now it is 5-3.

 

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[britbox]

Djoker comes through.

 

[DarthFed]

It looks like Baghs ran out of gas, not too surprising. And Monaco up a set on Ferrer, hopefully that continues. Must be the most boring rallies of all time though.

 

[britbox]

Results from the French Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday
11-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 6-2
21-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) 6-3 7-6(8) 6-3
6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-7(6) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-4 6-3
12-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 7-5 6-1 6-4
Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4
Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 6-3 6-2 1-0 (Mahut retired)
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 7-5 6-3 6-4
Borna Coric (Croatia) beat 20-Bernard Tomic (Australia) 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
14-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-1
13-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 7-5 6-4 7-6(3)
4-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) 6-3 6-0 6-3
Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat Pablo Carreno (Spain) 7-6(4) 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-2
25-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Quentin Halys (France) 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(6)
7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 6-1 2-6 6-2 6-4
Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat 26-Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-2 7-5 6-3

 

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Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4

 

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1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 7-5 6-3 6-4

 

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4-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) 6-3 6-0 6-3

 

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6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-7(6) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2

 

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[britbox]

200 up for Rafa

 

[britbox]

It looks like Baghs ran out of gas, not too surprising. And Monaco up a set on Ferrer, hopefully that continues. Must be the most boring rallies of all time though.

Good effort by the Bagman... Looked like was going to pull it off for a moment... but like you say, the tank ran dry.

 

[Moxie]

Good effort by the Bagman... Looked like was going to pull it off for a moment... but like you say, the tank ran dry.

Baggy is fun and talented, but never really lived up to the early potential. Glad to see Tsonga through, tbh.

 

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[Moxie]

Murray plays his 2nd 37-year-old this week. Hopefully this one doesn't trouble him as much.

 

[Federberg]

Baggy is fun and talented, but never really lived up to the early potential. Glad to see Tsonga through, tbh.

He's a perfect example of talent versus effort. I've watched that guy a few times live at Wimbledon. He hits the ball as smoothly as any of the top guys. What sets him apart is that belly of his, and the beautiful girls who are always in his box. He just never put the sort of work in that the top guys do. Talent is not enough

 

[britbox]

He's a perfect example of talent versus effort. I've watched that guy a few times live at Wimbledon. He hits the ball as smoothly as any of the top guys. What sets him apart is that belly of his, and the beautiful girls who are always in his box. He just never put the sort of work in that the top guys do. Talent is not enough

Yep, always got a soft spot for Baggy and about ten+ years ago I thought he would be a real force in the men's game. Never lived upto expectations, but still like watching him play.

Raonic is through in straights.

 

[DarthFed]

I feel dirty typing this but you can't sleep on Raonic in this tournament. He is flying under the radar and with the inconsistency of Stan he would definitely have a solid chance if that's the QF. It'd be a rematch of the 5-setter Raonic won in Oz this year.