Game, Set & Flash: Humbert and Halys in a French duel at Roland-Garros

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22h55 : Casper Ruud recovered from his heat stroke from the 1st round. The French’s double finalist eliminated the Serbian Hamad Medjerovic in 3 small sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in 2h05). 

22h25 : Téte de série nº10, la Tchèque Karolina Muchova élimine l’Ouzbèke Kamilla Rakhimova89e à la WTA (6-2, 6-2 in 1h21)

22h20. Net et sans treat. Tête de série nº2Alexander Zverev torn Tomas Machac in three dry sets: 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and 1h47. In the third round, he will face Quentin Halys. More info here

22h10 : Winner of Pierre-Hugues Herbert au 1er tour, Lorenzo Sonego couldn’t do anything against Tommy Paultête de série nº24. L’Américain s’impose en 2h10 : 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

9:50 p.m : Mal engagée contre la qualifiée espagnole Marina Bassols, Mirra Andreeva advances to the 3rd round. The No. 8 seed goes into three sets (3-6, 6-1, 6-1 and 1h53)

21h15 : Mené 2 sets à 0 par le Croate Dino Prizmic, Joao Fonseca turned everything around to win in 5 rounds (3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 in 3h30). The Brazilian, seeded No. 28, will face Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round

20h30 : Hurt and crying, Jasmine Paolini didn’t give up but couldn’t get by against Argentina Solana Sierra68th in the world. The seed number 13 was released in 3 sets and 2h11 of play 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Sierra will face Cirstea in the 3rd round.

8:25 p.m.: Sorana Cirsteaseeded No. 18, was quick against the German Eva Lys81st in the world. The Romanian won in 1h04: 6-3, 6-0

19h55 : Après Belinda Bencic et Viktorika Golubicit’s the turn of Jil Teichmann to make Switzerland shine in the women’s table. The 170th in the world overthrew the Pole Magda Frech46th at the WTA, in two sets: 7-5, 6-4 a 1h50

19h55: Alex Michelsen will be the adversary of Rafael Jódar in the 3rd round. In a 100% US duel, the 42nd in the world won in 4 sets against the wild card Nishesh Basavareddy148e à l’ATP : 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 3h11

19h50: Rafael Jódar needed 4 sets to eliminate the Australian James Duckworth. La tête de série nº27 s’impose in 3h24 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5. 

19h45 : Hailey Baptisteseed number 26, forced to retire against Xiyu Wang (148th in the world) after 9 games. The Chinese will face Yulia Starodubtsevafaller ofElena Rybakinain the 3rd round

7:40 p.m.: The Franco-French duel turned in favor of Quentin Halys. Ugo Humbert, seed number 32, falls in 3 sets against the 90th in the world in 3 sets 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8) in 3h01

7:36 p.m.: It took 4 sets and 5 match points for Novak Djokovic to overcome Valentin Royer, remarkable for his self-sacrifice for 3h47. The Serbian, seeded No. 3, won against the 74th in the world 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-3. More info here

6:35 p.m.: Valentin Royer dismisses a match point in the tie-break and comes back two sets to one against Novak Djokovic! Follow the match live here

6:15 p.m. : At the end of the suspense, Jakub Mensik won the super tie-break against the Argentinian Mariano Navone38th in the world. The Czech, seeded no. 26, advances to the 3rd round in 5 rounds: 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (11) a 4h41

5:56 p.m.: Huge surprise on the Suzanne-Lenglen! Elena Rybakina, world number 2 and winner of the Australian Open in January, was beaten at the end of the super-tie break by the Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva, 55th at the WTA. While she had completed the first round 6-3, the Kazakhstanis folded after 2h30 of play (3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)). More info here

17h50 : Portuguese Nuno Borges came back a round to win in 2h14 against the Serb Miomir Kecmanovic (3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2)

17h40 : Winner of Terence Atmane in 5 sets in the first round, Thanasi Kokkinakis did not have time to recover. He gave up against Pablo Carreño Busta who won the first set 7-5 before conceding the second 6-4

17h20 : Marta Kostyuk gets out of it! The number 15 seed fought 2h45 against the American Katie Volynets, 108th at the WTA. The Ukrainian goes through 3 sets: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3

4:35 p.m.: Here we go in this second 100% French round between Ugo Humbert, seed number 32, and Quentin Halys (90th in the world). The match can be followed live here

4:30 p.m.: Injured in the foot, Monegasque Valentin Vacherot, seed number 16, withdraws. His opponent in the 2nd round, the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (36th in the world), is directly qualified for the 3rd round.

Vacherot is the second player to withdraw despite qualifying after the Belgian Alexander Blockx.

16h20 : Téte de série nº27, la Tchèque Maria Bouzkova advances to the 3rd round after her victory over the Briton Francesca Jones (6-0, 7-6 (3) a 1h38)

16h15 : Lauréate in 2017, Jelena Ostapenko (seeded nº29) came out in the 2nd round by Magda Linette (6-2, 2-6, 6-3 and 2h00)

16h10 : Andrey Rublev avoid the trap and move on to 4 sets. The Russian, seeded No. 11, eliminates the Argentinian Ugo Carabelli in 3h09 (6-1, 1-6, 7-3, 7-6 (5))

3:55 p.m.: It’s off between Valentin Royer and Novak Djokovic on the Chatrier!

3:30 p.m. : A 1h19, Elina Svitolinatéte de série nº7, élimine l’Espagnole Kaitlin Quevedowho fell to Léolia Jeanjean in the 1st round (6-0, 6-4). More info here

At the same time, the Swiss Victoria Golubic took out the American Alycia Parks (6-2, 6-2 in 1h04)

15h00 : After missing an easy smash on a match point at 5-4 in the 4th set, Karen Khachanov had to wait for the tie break to finally beat the Argentinian Marco Trungelliti. La tête de série nº15 s’impose 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (4) and 3h49

14h20 : Peyton Stearns is in the 2nd round after her victory over the Ukrainian Daria Snnigur 6-4, 6-0 en 1h09

14h15 : In the men’s draw, the number 21 seed, Alejandro Davidovich Fokia was released by Argentinian Thiago Tirante a 4 sets (4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3 in 2h57)

Faller of Stan Wawrinka, Jesper de Jong advances to 3rd round after victory against Italian qualifier Federico Cina (6-3, 6-1, 6-3 in 1h50)

2pm: Iga Swiatekseed number 3 wins overSara Bejlek (6-2, 6-3 in 1h34). More info in the report.

13:45 : Tamara Korpatsch overcomes the number 32 seed, the Chinese Wang Xin (6-2, 2-6, 6-3, en 2h27).

13h15 : Belinda Bencictête de série nº11, easily imposes itself against Caty McNally (6-4, 6-0 in 1h26).

11:50 a.m.: Package, Alexander Blockx permet à Alex De Minaur to go directly to the 3rd round.

 

On the program this Wednesday:

In men, Davidovich Fokina plays Strap à 11h. Khachanov encounter Trungellites à 11h. 

A 12h30, Rublev plays Carabelli. Mensik confront Navone à 13h. 

A 14h, Kecmanovic et Borges struggle. At 2:30 p.m., Fonseca is challenged by Prismatic.

It hurts Humbert/Halys est programmé à 14h30.

Royer plays against Djokovic à 15h.

Ruud and Medjedovic have an appointment at 4 p.m.Sonego and Paul Also.

Finally, the night session (8:15 p.m.) opposes Machac à Zverev.

 

For women, the day begins with a duel Korpatsch/Wang Xin (11h). Bencic also plays McNally. 

A 12h, Swiatek enters the court facing Bejlek. A 12h30, Ostapenko confront Linette. 

A 13h, Kostyuk lutte face à Volynets. Rybakina is also present in front of Starodubtseva.

A 13h30, Svitolina has a meeting with Quevedo.

A 14h, Bouzkova is challenged by Jones. Paolini et Sierra face each other at 2:30 p.m.

M.Andreeva plays Puddles à 16h30. Lys and Cirstea are also expected.

Finally, Rakhimova and Muchova take class at 4:30 p.m.