Roland Garros 2017

[Del Fed]

Zobaczymy. Takie sytuacje oddzielają Kei'ów tego świata od mężczyzn.
Maraj podobno się skontuzjował, ten to rachunek płaci nieustannie.

[Rroggerr]

Zverev do tej pory lubił się mordować w pierwszych rundach z Haase i jemu podobnymi, teraz ma w 1r Verdasco, w trzeciej - Cuevasa, więc dobry test jego możliwości.

Daliby już spokój z tymi meczami Thiem-Goffin, no naprawdę.

[Del Fed]

Cuevas w R3 może być naprawdę ciężki, piątki wykluczyć nie można. Zwłaszcza, że w Madrycie nie pykło. Ale na to mógł mieć też wpływ harmonogram ustalania meczów. Oby młody wrzucił wyższy bieg na ten mecz. Verdasco wygrać nie wygra pewnie, ale może napsuć trochę krwi.

[Alan]

Zverev do tej pory lubił się mordować w pierwszych rundach z Haase i jemu podobnymi, teraz ma w 1r Verdasco, w trzeciej - Cuevasa, więc dobry test jego możliwości.

Nando to ostatnio normalnie co szlem dostaje rywala z kategorii "buła z masłem"
Wimbl - Tomic (Gorzej trafić się nie da)
USO - Wawrinka
AO - Djoko

I jeżu kolczasty, czy naprawdę akurat Pera musieli rzucić pierwszego na pożarcie? Nieszczęsnego Erneścika też widzę mnóstwo łaski spotkało...

[noname007x]

Taro Daniel rywalem JJ

[polo90]

Rublev w drabince kto się wycofał ?

[Damian]

Nadal looms in semis for defending champ Djokovic

Spoiler:

Title favourite Rafael Nadal, shooting for his 10th Roland-Garros title, could face defending champion Novak Djokovic in a scintillating semi-final.

Novak Djokovic faces a torrid road to a Roland-Garros repeat in 2017 with the defending champion slated to face nine-time champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals before a rematch of last year’s final against world No.1 Andy Murray.

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The second-seeded Serbian could also meet the in-form Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals – the man he defeated in last year’s semi-finals – with top-ranked Frenchman Lucas Pouille or in-form Spanish lefty Albert Ramos-Vinolas his likely fourth-round opponent.

Djokjovic will open his title defence against Marcel Granollers, who reached the fourth round last year.

Before any chance of a blockbuster Djokovic-Nadal semi-final eventuating, Nadal will need to launch his bid for a 10th Roland-Garros crown against tricky home hopeful Benoit Paire. The fourth seed could take on his 17th-seeded countryman Roberto Bautista Agut or 14th-seeded American Jack Sock in the fourth round, with fifth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic his expected quarter-final hurdle.

Top seed Murray arrives in Paris with a lean 4-4 match record on the clay this season, passing the second round just once when he reached the semi-finals in Barcelona.

The Scot opens against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov and is projected to face third seed and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals in a rematch of their clash at the same stage last year. Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori or the red-lining young gun Alexander Zverev would be Murray's likely quarter-final foe.

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Nishikori’s best Grand Slam results typically haven’t come on the French clay and he will need to first beat Australian comeback kid Thanasi Kokkinakis before a showdown with Rome champion Zverev in the fourth round.

Zverev meets former Australian Open semi-finalist Fernando Ferdasco in the opening round.

Czech 13th seed Tomas Berdych could run into Murray in the fourth round, but he would likely first have to get past former world No.4 Juan Martin del Potro in a tough third-round draw.

Should the Argentine shake his injury concerns he would be a serious threat to the top seed, having won their most recent encounter in five sets, in the Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow last season.

Like Murray, Wawrinka has endured a lean clay-court lead-up – barring his current run on home soil in Geneva. The Swiss, though, relishes flying under the radar and will begin his bid for a fourth major against a qualifier.

Dangerous Italian Fabio Fognini could present more than a few headaches in the third round while the unpredictable Frenchman Gael Monfils is a potential fourth-round roadblock. Former US Open champion Marin Cilic would be his predicted quarter-final opponent. Cilic faces 2014 semi-finalist Ernests Gulbis first.

In other notable clashes, a shot-making shootout is on the cards with Australian Nick Kyrgios in line to face 12th-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round; the winner would meet Cilic.

Former top-tenners Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolas Almagro will square off first up, while free-swinging American Frances Tiafoe will open against Fognini.


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[Damian]

Hunt on for maiden major

Spoiler:

No Grand Slam has crowned more first-time champions than Roland-Garros. Could it happen again this year?

In the men’s game, Roland-Garros was once a breeding ground for first-time Grand Slam champions. From Ken Rosewall in 1968 to Rafael Nadal in 2005, 21 players opened their major accounts on the clay of Paris. Wimbledon, for comparison, crowned just nine in the same period.

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But ever since a 19-year-old Nadal, clad in those famous pirata shorts, flopped to the clay 12 years ago, Philippe-Chatrier Court hasn’t witnessed a single maiden success on the men's side.

The Spaniard is the man to beat once more, but in a year when tennis has reversed its collective clock there will be some talented hopefuls looking to bend the arc of history once more. Here’s a look at those most likely to buck the trend on 11 June…

Alexander Zverev

Moments after the biggest win and title of his career in Rome, with barely enough time for the perspiration to dry, Zverev’s thoughts were already meandering forward.

“I need to keep working hard…”
“I need to keep improving…”
“I can’t stop now…”
“I got to keep focussing…”

Not only is the 20-year-old German, tipped for the top by some of the game’s finest, one of the most polished talents to emerge since the early days of the Big Four, he’s also one of the hardest workers. Make no mistake, Zverev’s win in the Italian capital wasn’t out of the blue. Unexpected, maybe, but it was the natural next step for a youngster who has improved immeasurably since contesting his first ATP World Tour event in 2013.

The serve is now a major weapon, the forehand has improved, the backhand is damaging and, dipping into the bag of sporting clichés, he moves well for a big man. With plenty of tennis in the legs this season, can he do it over seven five-set matches? Let’s find out.

Dominic Thiem

‘Nadal-Thiem: The Trilogy’ was one of the dominant storylines through the clay-court season. Nadal got the better of Thiem in the finals of both Barcelona and Madrid before the Austrian produced the performance of his young career in the quarter-final in Rome, handing the Spaniard his sole loss on the dirt since the turn of the year with a hurricane of powerful groundstrokes.

Thiem’s heavy defeat to Djokovic in the next round will have stung. Still, he arrives in Paris without any major blotches on his formbook since the Tour touched down in Europe: all four losses coming against players in the top 15. That win over Andy Murray in Barcelona shouldn't be forgotten either.

A semi-final appearance at Roland-Garros last year remains his best return at a Grand Slam and if someone is to breakthrough to reach a first final, it will likely be the man from Austria.

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Nick Kyrgios
Nick Kyrgios

Beware of Kyrgios.

The Australian has had a sleeper of a clay-court season, playing just two tournaments: Madrid (lost to Nadal in the third round) and Lyon (lost to Nicolas Kicker in his opening match). The death of his grandfather delayed his arrival in Europe and a hip injury hindered his form, but his performances in March cemented his threat as a true Grand Slam contender.

Kyrgios’ talent is undeniable, but it was his grit and determination that shone through in Indian Wells and Miami, where he played a significant part in one of the matches of the year against Roger Federer in the semi-final. In a hostile environment, he went toe-to-toe with one of the all-time greats at the top of his game, producing shots that will live long in the memory of those in attendance.

Focused, patient and enjoying every minute of the contest, Kyrgios looked every bit like a serious challenger. More of the same in Paris and he could be making noise once more.

David Goffin

Still as fresh-faced as when he first burst on the scene at Roland-Garros in 2012, Goffin is starting to come good on the promise he showed during that memorable run to the last 16. After falling in the last round of qualifying that year, he became the first lucky loser in nearly two decades to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam before Federer, his idol, halted his charge.

Goffin continues to get better each season and he enjoyed a typically consistent clay-court campaign, with three of his four losses coming against those in the top 10. The Belgian is extremely difficult to beat; in fact, that’s probably his biggest strength.

But he’s added so much more to his game over the past few years. Not only has he found extra pop behind every shot, he’s becoming more clever, building points around his strengths.

A quarter-finalist here in 2016, anything less would be a disappointment for Belgium’s highest-ever ranked star.


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[Damian]

Rublev w drabince kto się wycofał ?

Tursunov.

[Emu]

Najpierw losuje się potencjalnych szczęśliwych przegranych tak?

[Nadalito]

Czy dobrze policzyłem, że Rafa 3 rundę powinien grać na FC(?) w piątek 2 .VI. ?

[Mario]

A to już jest plan na niedzielę?

[Joao]

Rublev w drabince kto się wycofał ?

Ze Schwartzmanem i tak pewnie polegnie.

[Mario]

Meczowa u Mathieu + reakcja po zwycięstwie -

Tak sobie przeglądam stare filmiki i trafiłem na to:



Jeden z wielu momentów, za które uwielbiałem Gachassina. Podobno miał on swoje za uszami, nie wnikam, bo przesadnie mnie to nie interesuje, ale jeśli chodzi o dopingowanie na RG/Bercy (a już szczególnie Monfilsa) był niesamowity. Nie ukrywam, że ta sympatia z mojej strony jest jeszcze większa, dlatego że kilkukrotnie pomógł Gaelowi, raz podobno nawet bardzo.
A piszę o tym, bo w tym roku po raz pierwszy od dziewięciu lat w Paryżu Gachassina (przynajmniej w roli prezesa) zabraknie, zadebiutuje Giudicelli, który już trochę podpadł z brakiem dzikiej karty dla PHM...

[Barty]

Roland Garros - wyniki III rundy kwalifikacji:

[1] Marius Copil (ROU) d. [31] Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(7)

[29] Arthur De Greef (BEL) d. Daniel Masur (GER) 6-3 6-4

Nicolas Jarry (CHI) d. Reilly Opelka (USA) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3

[4] Taro Daniel (JPN) d. [18] Andriej Rubliow (RUS) 7-5 6-7(1) 7-6(4)

Jozef Kovalik (SVK) d. [5] Norbert Gombos (SVK) 1-6 6-4 6-3

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) d. Oscar Otte (GER) 6-3 6-2

Maxime Hamou (FRA) d. Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 7-5 6-0

Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. [8] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-4 6-4

[9] Santi Giraldo (COL) d. [22] Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 6-3 6-2

Marco Trungelliti (ARG) d. Massimo Donati (ITA) 7-5 7-6(5)

Teimuraz Gabaszwili (RUS) d. Pedro Sousa (POR) 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2

[21] Serhij Stachowski (UKR) d. Jan Satral (CZE) 3-6 6-2 7-6(5)

[13] Guido Pella (ARG) d. Maxime Janvier (FRA) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2

Stefano Napolitano (ITA) d. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

[32] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) d. [15] Gerald Melzer (AUT) 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(1)

[16] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d. Denis Kudla (USA) 6-3 6-4

[Damian]

MAIN DRAW
(uzupełniony o kwalifikantów)

[1] Andy Murray (GBR) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
[WC] Laurent Lokoli (FRA) vs Martin Klizan (SVK)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
[Q] Guido Pella (ARG) vs [29] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
[21] John Isner (USA) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [13] Tomas Berdych (CZE)
[9] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs Jared Donaldson (USA)
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Nicolas Kicker (ARG)
[Q] Maxime Hamou (FRA) vs [22] Pablo Cuevas (URU)
[27] Sam Querrey (USA) vs Hyeon Chung (KOR)
Ernesto Escobedo (USA) vs Denis Istomin (UZB)
Radu Albot (MDA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs [8] Kei Nishikori (JPN)

[3] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
[Q] Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [28] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
[24] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [Q] Arthur de Greef (BEL)
[Q] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM)
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [WC] Alexandre Muller (FRA)
Dustin Brown (GER) vs [15] Gael Monfils (FRA)
[12] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Renzo Olivo (ARG)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Gastao Elias (POR)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [18] Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
[30] David Ferrer (ESP) vs Donald Young (USA)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [Q] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)
Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) vs Federico Del Bonis (ARG)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs [7] Marin Cilic (CRO)


[5] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
[Q] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs [WC] Quentin Halys (FRA)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [26] Gilles Muller (LUX)
[20] Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER)
[Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Jerzy Janowicz (POL)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Daniel Evans (GBR)
Stephane Robert (FRA) vs [11] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
[14] Jack Sock (USA) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs [WC] Tennys Sandgren (USA)
John Millman (AUS) vs [17] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
[31] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
Robin Haase (NED) vs [WC] Alex De Minaur (AUS)
Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [4] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

[6] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Bernard Tomic (AUS)
[Q] Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[WC] Mathias Bourgue (FRA) vs Borna Coric (CRO)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [25] Steve Johnson (USA)
[23] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs [Q] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs [Q] Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[Q] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs [10] David Goffin (BEL)
[16] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs [WC] Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
[WC] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
[Q] Marius Copil (ROM) vs [19] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
[32] Mischa Zverev (GER) vs [Q] Stefano Napolitano (ITA)
[LL] Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG)
Joao Sousa (POR) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

[jonathan]

Djoković dostał w swojej połówce Nadala we wszystkich czterech turniejach na ziemi.

Maraj podobno się skontuzjował, ten to rachunek płaci nieustannie.

Ma pecha, że do wcześniejszych chorób i kontuzji przyplątują się kolejne. Teraz zachorował i brał przed RG antybiotyki. Henman mówił nawet, że półpasiec mógł pozostawić na Murrayu większy ślad, niż się wydaje. Czasu, by odbudować się po zeszłym sezonie, nie ma, bo musi grać turniej za turniejem. Motywacja też już podobno nie taka, gdy gonił za jedynką.

Prawdę mówiąc, to chyba tylko dzięki jakiejś szczególnej mobilizacji na Szlema i powrotowi Lendla Murray może dotrwać do środka drugiego tygodnia. Dla porównania, rok temu zagrał 10 setów w dwóch pierwszych rundach i potrafił dojść do finału.

[Emu]

Nikt się chyba z powodu Szkota na forum nie smuci.

[jonathan]

Nikt się chyba z powodu Szkota na forum nie smuci.

Zapewne tak. Bo to przedmiot, który pod koniec roku miał zabezpieczać czyjeś rekordy tylko po to, by kilka miesięcy później być nazywanym najgorszym numerem jeden, a teraz jak zatarł silnik, służy do otwierania drabinek. W ogóle dla wszystkich byłoby najlepiej, gdyby odłożył rakietę do trawy, ale nie każdy zawsze może sobie pozwolić na taki luksus.

[Emu]

Osobiście mam do Szkota neutralny stosunek, a za otwieranie drabinek ma u mnie plus.
Do tego nie wydaje się jakimkolwiek zagrożeniem na Wimbledonie, co jest dodatkowym pozytywem.