Roland Garros 2021 || Roland Garros Matchday 7: Matches And Results
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Rafael Nadal, from the moment the draw for the Roland Garros box took place, has a marked date. They are the eighth of the tournament with jannik sinner. The Italian, the rival who gave him the most problems in the last edition and with whom he shared a bubble in adelaide, also had him on the ropes in the second round of the masters 1,000 in Rome. Displaced to the suzanne lenglen where he never lost, on a cold and gray day in paris of those that the manacorà does not like, nadal found this saturday the way to overcome cameron norrie on the fast track 6-3, 6-3 and 6 -3.
He is already the professional on the men's circuit with the most victories in the same 103 tournament, surpassing the 102 of roger federer at the australian open . Still ahead are martina navratilova , who added 120 matches won at wimbledon, and serena williams , who has 106 at the us open.
Novak djokovic continues with a firm step at roland garros. The serbian has been planted this saturday for the twelfth consecutive time in the eighth of the tournament after getting rid of ricardas berankis by 6-1, 6-4 and 6-1, in 1 hour and 32 minutes. The lithuanian, 93 in the atp ranking and with 12 victories on gravel in his career , was a toy in the hands of the world number one, who already has 77 victories on the slopes of the bois de boulogne. It is the second that has won the most times, although far from the 102 games won by rafael nadal. 'Nole', who returned to the philippe chatrier after playing the second round at the suzanne lenglen, continues with his particular quest to cut nadal's dominance in the tournament and which has already lasted 13 editions, including the last four. Berankis is a minor player and he showed it from the first point. Djokovic, aware of rafa's rosco on thursday against richard gasquet, wanted to imitate him but could not.
The new generation
"the 'next gen' we are nadal, federer and i ", affirmed the tennis player from belgrade a few dates ago in rome. Well, his next rival is one of the promises of world tennis. This is lorenzo musetti , who at 19 years old has been planted for the first time in his career in the second week of a great. In fact, musetti debuts in a 'major'. Today he overcame the resistance of his compatriot marco cecchinato by 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3.
The best tennis player on the planet has achieved a consistency in the 'grand slam' that only surpasses roger federer, five years older than him. And it is that there are already 54 times in eighths. Federer accumulates 68.
To find the last time he gave up a heat in the tournament, you have to go back to the 2019 final with dominic thiem. There are already 33 wins in a row in his favorite land since he gave up in the 2015 quarter-finals with novak djokovic. He has long taken the measure of lefties like him. In fact, he has favored the last 20 duels with these types of players. Rafa knows that for the second week of competition, when everything is decided, he needs his service. At the moment, he has presented lack of forcefulness in the present brick dust tour.
A Roger Federer would have bothered much his last executioner at Roland Garros, in an empty stadium, it had been somebody without any status as Dominik Koepfer. The German, number 57 in the ATP ranking at 27 years old and without titles in his record , believed for a day that he could end the legend. He rowed a lot to end up dying on the shore with a score of 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) and 7-5, in 3 hours and 35 minutes. The common denominator of the match was equality because the first three sets ended in the 'tie break'. Roger had the option of breaking the duel with a double break at the start of the second heat. However, he forgot to play how to do it on clay, from the back of the court and passing one more ball than his rival. Koepfer, who had never been seen in another like it, signed the tables on the scoreboard and seemed the favorite because in front was someone with almost 40 years playing after midnight in Paris . His left foot annoyed the Swiss veteran almost as much as Rafael Nadal's. The unknown Dominik gave first in the third set. Federer seemed defeated, but he again pulled a rabbit out of his hat with a series of blows that only he knows how to do. The Teuton was getting stage fright, committing double faults when they were not playing. The champion of 20 grand would again take the lead in the result. The job had to be finished. It was early morning. 12:43 hours, when a Koepfer shot died on the net . "Thanks for not falling asleep," he joked in front of a bleacher without fans. Roger arrived in Paris with few expectations and has crept into the top 16 at the French Open for the fifteenth time in his career. Everything that comes will be a prize. He has played the same number of games in the French capital as in the last year and a half. On Monday expect a 'top10' like Matteo Berrettini , executioner on Saturday of South Korean Soonwoo Kwon by 7-6 (6), 6-3 and 6-4. The work and filming he needed to feel competitive at Wimbledon is done. It remains to enjoy your tennis one more day.
Alcaraz fought until the end but the German Struff, in a great dynamic of results, gets into the second round where he will rival the Argentine Schwartzman.
Alcaraz saves two match points
The Murcian resists losing and is determined to compete until the last point. Break Struff's serve by saving two match balls ( 2-5 ).
Struff dominates with authority
Alcaraz has collapsed and the German takes advantage of it. Second break and Struff is closer to the eighths ( 0-4 ).
Struff has already managed to break the Murcian's serve in the second game ( 0-2 ) and walks firmly to the round of 16. Alcaraz is accusing the defeat in the second set.
Alcaraz was overwhelmed in the tie-break
The match is uphill for Murcia after clearly losing the tiebreaker in the second set. The rest of Alcaraz went to the corridor and the German looks closer to the round of 16 ( 6-7 ).
Struff saved a set ball from Alcaraz with a direct kick . The Murcian has raised his level and looks with options to win this second round.
Right to the Alcaraz line and break from Murcia
Great response from Alcaraz balancing the second set with a spectacular break. He closed the game with a right to the line ( 4-4 ).
The German overcame Alcaraz's rise to the net and broke the Murcian's serve in the fifth game of the second heat ( 2-3).
Struff closes the first set with a winning forehand
Alcaraz had won three games in a row but the German did not forgive and took the first set with an unappealable right at half court ( 4-6 ).
Alcaraz is released and breaks Struff's serve
The Murcian needed a game like this and he has achieved it for the rest. He breaks Struff's service and is in a position to fight this first set ( 3-5 ).
The bleeding of favorites in the women's team at Roland Garros continued with the elimination of the fifth seed, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina , who lost to the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, who will play the eighth in Paris for the second time in a row.
Struff takes advantage of Alcaraz's mistakes
Alcaraz has already accumulated 14 unforced errors in the game. Struff is taking advantage of it to break the Murcian's service for the second time ( 1-4 ).
Struff breaks Alcaraz's serve
The German presses from the beginning of the meeting the serve of the Murcian. He has already achieved the break in the third game of the match ( 1-2).
In a match that got back on track very early and in which his 37-year-old opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber had physical problems, Argentine Diego Schwartzman went easily to the round of 16 at Roland Garros for the third time in his career.
Davidovich accumulates 10 hours and 14 minutes on the track
He has shown more than ever his condition of marathoner on the French clay, which continues his immaculate performance in the fifth set of a Grand Slam. And it is that he has won the four games in which he has had to play the pass to the next tie in the final set in a tournament of this category (4-0).
German rival for Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz will be playing Jan Lennard Struff, with whom he has no prior record, the most important game of his career on the ATP Tour. A triumph for the 18-year-old Spaniard would make him the youngest player to reach the quarter-finals of a major since Andrei Medvedev, then 17, at Roland Garros 1992.
"It has surely been the game in which I have suffered the most, the level has been very high," said the Spaniard, who considered that her rival Bogdan (102 in the ranking) scored as a top ten player: "I did not expect that level".
Tsitsipas survives Isner and meets Carreño
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, fifth seed, survived the push and the serve of the American John Isner to culminate his comeback in four sets and reach the round of 16 where he will face Pablo Carreño.
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