First round
Murray over Kuznetsov in 4, Klizan over Lokoli in 4
Almagro over Baghdatis in 3, Del Potro over Pella in 5
Isner over Thompson in 4, Lorenzi over Berankis in 3
Khachanov over Jarry in 3, Berdych over Struff in 3
A. Zverev over Verdasco in 4, Herbert over Donaldson in 5
Dzumhur over Kicker in 5, Cuevas over Hamou in 3
Chung over Querrey in 5, Escobedo over Istomin in 4
Chardy over Albot in 3, Nishikori over Kokkinakis in 3
Wawrinka over Kovalik in 3, Berlocq over Dolgopolov in 4
Seppi over Giraldo in 5, Tiafoe over Fognini in 4
Gasquet over De Greef in 3, Gabashvili over Estrella Burgos in 5
Monteiro over A. Muller in 3, Monfils over Brown in 4
Tsonga over Olivo in 3, Edmund over Elias in 4
Anderson over Jaziri in 4, Kohlschreiber over Kyrgios in 5
Ferrer over Young in 3, Lopez over Fratangelo in 4
Delbonis over Kravchuk in 3, Cilic over Gulbis in 3
Raonic over Darcis in 3, Dutra Silva over Youzhny in 4
Trungelliti over Halys in 5, G. Muller over Garcia-Lopez in 4
Carreno Busta over Mayer in 3, Daniel over Janowicz in 4
Evans over Robredo in 5, Dimitrov over Robert in 3
Sock over Vesely in 4, Bedene over Harrison in 4
Kukushkin over Sandgren in 5, Bautista Agut over Millman in 3
Simon over Basilashvili in 4, Troicki over Donskoy in 4
Haase over De Minaur in 4, Nadal over Paire in 3
Thiem over Tomic in 3, Bolelli over Mahut in 5
Coric over Bourgue in 4, Johnson over Sugita in 4
Karlovic over Tsitsipas in 5, Zeballos over Mannarino in 5
Stakhovsky over Lu in 5, Goffin over Mathieu in 3
Pouille over Benneteau in 4, Bellucci over Lajovic in 4
Medvedev over Bonzi in 3, Ramos-Vinolas over Copil in 4
M. Zverev over Napolitano in 3, Schwartzman over Rublev in 3
Sousa over Tipsarevic in 3, Djokovic over Granollers in 3
Second round
Klizan over Murray in 5
Del Potro over Almagro in 4
Isner over Lorenzi in 4
Berdych over Khachanov in 4
A. Zverev over Herbert in 3
Cuevas over Dzumhur in 3
Chung over Escobedo in 4
Nishikori over Chardy in 3
Wawrinka over Berlocq in 3
Seppi over Tiafoe in 5
Gasquet over Gabashvili in 3
Monfils over Monteiro in 5
Tsonga over Edmund in 4
Kohlschreiber over Anderson in 4
Ferrer over Lopez in 4
Delbonis over Cilic in 5
Raonic over Dutra Silva in 3
Trungelliti over G. Muller in 5
Carreno Busta over Daniel in 3
Dimitrov over Evans in 3
Sock over Bedene in 4
Bautista Agut over Kukushkin in 3
Simon over Troicki in 5
Nadal over Haase in 3
Thiem over Bolelli in 3
Coric over Johnson in 5
Zeballos over Karlovic in 5
Goffin over Stakhovsky in 3
Pouille over Bellucci in 4
Ramos-Vinolas over Medvedev in 3
Schwartzman over M. Zverev in 4
Djokovic over Sousa in 4
Third round
Klizan over Del Potro in 4
Berdych over Isner in 4
A. Zverev over Cuevas in 4
Nishikori over Chung in 5
Wawrinka over Seppi in 3
Gasquet over Monfils in 5
Tsonga over Kohlschreiber in 4
Delbonis over Ferrer in 4
Raonic over Trungelliti in 3
Carreno Busta over Dimitrov in 4
Sock over Bautista Agut in 4
Nadal over Simon in 3
Thiem over Coric in 3
Goffin over Zeballos in 4
Ramos-Vinolas over Pouille in 4
Djokovic over Schwartzman in 4
Fourth round
Berdych over Klizan in 4
A. Zverev over Nishikori in 4
Wawrinka over Gasquet in 4
Tsonga over Delbonis in 3
Carreno Busta over Raonic in 4
Nadal over Sock in 3
Thiem over Goffin in 4
Djokovic over Ramos-Vinolas in 4
Quarterfinals
A. Zverev over Berdych in 4
Wawrinka over Tsonga in 4
Nadal over Carreno Busta in 3
Djokovic over Thiem in 4
Semifinals
Wawrinka over A. Zverev in 5
Nadal over Djokovic in 3
Final
Nadal over Wawrinka in 4
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So Alex Zverev (Sasha) out in R1 to Verdasco. Verdasco is always a very dangerous first round opponent, Rafa suffered in his hands too!
Yep, Verdasco is a real spoiler when he decides to play! That makes him dangerous opponent in early rounds but he may lose immediately his next match…
Sasha was under huge pressure after beating Nole…too much was expected from him and he could not sustain the pressure! He is just too young and lacks experience. And he was really not up to the task, made it easy for Nando..,
It makes me appreciate even more, both Rafa and his coach and uncle, Toni, who prepared Rafa really well for such big occasions after winning not one but two Masters on clay in 2005 and Rafa was viewed with great expectations as fav to win the FO as an 18/19 year old despite Fed’s presence.
True indeed, @lucky…
A think thIs loss to Nando and Zverev losing relatively early in MC and Madrid only to take the trophy in front of Nole’s face proves that Nole was NOT BACK in that match, otherwise he would have eaten Zverev for lunch…Rafa sure did on several occasions..
I’m confident he will lose to Herbert next round. In the words of hawks, Herbert will win.
Verdasco always raises his game for Slams. I expected Zverev to win, but it’s not a huge surprise that he didn’t.
Arthur gets it.
I refer to Arthur’s second sentence. Not so much the first.
Nando is only slightly more successful in slams last five years than in other events: 27-20 (57%) vs 109-99 (52%).
Yes Sascha played amazing in Rome to take the title, but he went out in 3rd rnd and quarters in MC and Madrid. Rafa double-breadsticked him!
This loss is more about Zverev still being young, unproven and not yet having the consistency needed, and less to do with Verdasco in general.
Oh, in my opinion that is.
I also think Sasha made a tactical error in agreeing to suspend the match yesterday. At 20 he’s far less physically and mentally mature than Rafa was at 18. He’ll get there (I think), but he’s a couple of years away. He’s from a solid tennis family and seems quite stable as young tennis players go.
Yeah Ramara. I was watching and I thought it was a huge mistake as well, especially when he had the momentum. I was very surprised. Had he not agreed, play would have definitely continued. But that’s part of inexperience.
The tournament official and the umpire should not have stopped play. There was sufficient light to play another set, and the rain was not hard enough to stop play.
It was just bad all around.
Yes!!1st set in hand!!..C’mon Andy!!..2 more!!..Let’s go!!
Tsonga not playing too well after a title win at Lyon; unlike Stan who managed to win in straight sets after his title at Geneva.
It’s ridiculous the difference between slam-CB and non-Slam-CB last five years…
74-17 slams (81.3%).
220-92 everywhere else best-of-three (70.5%).
Stan is also close to 50% (7-9) vs. big three other than Fed (2-7) since 2014. He generally plays well in all formats against the best players. I think a lot of it is mental toughness -or at least not being intimidated as most players are against those guys. Whatever it is, he lacks it against Federer.
Well Tsonga is now down two sets to Olive. The French crowd seems stunned. I didn’t see this one coming.
Olivia! Not Olive!
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I remember posting a comment to the effect that I did not think Tsonga would go deep here, but no way did I see him going out in the first round!
I wonder if he will be able to make one of his comebacks from two sets down.
Still not right! Thanks autocorrect!
Not Olive, not Olivia!
It’s Olivo!
This is ugly stuff from Tsonga. Serving for the third set he gets broken. Now it’s 5-5 in the third. Darkness is threatening to halt this match unless Olivo can close it out here.
Tsonga finally wins the third set TB. On to a fourth set.
To be fair Olivo is better than Kovalik
Olivo really playing inspired tennis dang
I have to give it to Olivo for playing well against the hometown favorite.
This is crazy! Tsonga has 0-40 and a chance to stay in this match!
Tsonga breaks back, the French crowd goes wild and play is suspended due to darkness!
Olivo has himself to blame if he loses this match tomorrow. He’s serving for the match but can’t serve well enough to hold serve to win the match. I think Tsonga has good chance of winning the fourth set and then goes on to win in five.
Tsonga played an awesome game though. But yeah Olivo seemed pretty tight. This would be his biggest win. Honestly I was still pretty confident in Tsonga coming back even when he went down the break in the fourth. He will win this match and it’s because of the support he’s getting and his fight at home. Allez Jo!!
Olivo played poorly and Tsonga took advantage. I think nerves got to him as he was serving for the match. It’s understandable given the circumstances. It would be his biggest win.
I am not so sure the Tsonga will win. I would like to see him do it. But he has the momentum when he broke back. He will have to come out tomorrow and immediately serve to even it up at 5-5.
Nny!…http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2017/05/photo-rafael-nadal-surprises-chinese-ball-kids-at-roland-garros/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/albert-costa-roger-federer-rafael-nadal-will-end-2017-first-second-world-1623882
MA,
Thanks for those links! Great reads as always!
I hope that I will be up to see Rafa’s match!
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Nny!…Hehe..i knew you’re going to like it!!…Btw…oh!don’t worry Nny!…MA will come to your rescue!…When Rafa is about to play..i will send u a very strong and delicious aromatic virtual coffee to wake u up!
And if u still not wake up,i will send a rescue team just to wake u up!…Anything for Rafa and Nny!!Woohoo!!
MA,
I am here! I got the coffee!
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Nny!!…yay!!You’re here at last!!…I was about to send u a special virtual coffee!!
And since your sweetie is about to play now…let’s cheer together Nny!!…..Hip hip hooray!!!…Vamos Rafa!!Wooohooo!!
MA,
Yes, it’s Rafa time! I am so glad I will see his match!
Vamos Rafa!
Yeah Nny!!..i am very glad too,u can join us today!!…Yay!!….C’mon Rafa!!
What a climax. Tsonga goes out to Olivo!!!!!
Matches don’t get more dramatic than last night’s battle in the dark and the final conclusion today. How Olivo managed to pull of the win after having to come out and this morning after having failed to close out the match yesterday will be a talking point of the tournament.
Song for you Luckystar on the none tennis link 😉 ….
Olivo finally gets it done. What climax to an extraordinary battle of wills.
Olivo finally gets it done. What a climax to an extraordinary battle of wills.
This keeps happening. There is a long delay, I think a comment has not gone through so repost with the result keep creating double posts 🙂
Have just realised the easiest way to check is to look in the recent comments list.
#It’s taken a long time for the penny to drop lol
Very sharp from Djokovic…
Indeed, he keeps this up and I might start agreeing with Hawkstradamus 😀
He even threw in one of his signature shitty overhead smashes LOL
First set 6-1
I am just waiting to see how he keeps up if if his opponent is consistently playing at a high level
Yeah, Novak is playing well, retrieving well. Yet he gets broken by Sousa…All Sousa does is keeping the ball in so Nole should win this easily…
Sousa is pushing him harder now… second set was kind of close
Sousa frustrating Djokovic. Racket thrown to the ground by djo…
I think Djoko is just frustrated by himself, though he is not playing badly.
I had to go out…I missed the second set. Sousa is playing well. But Sousa may also choke at any minute.
Sousa is definitely playing better now, but Nole is playing well the whole match…he is serving well, helps him on key points…
Novak tweaked his back.
Despite that Novak gets the break. Sousa had a brain cramp. But he did do a good job to hang in there up to now.
There are some very tired looking shots at this point from Nole. Nice to see Andre in the box.
Hahaha Sousa blowing a lot of opportunities and expressing himself well. This is a looong service game. Joao tried so had but couldn’t break — not for lack of chances, tho.
Throwing the racquet is an effect of Nole being back.
#AsPreviouslyMentioned
#ICYMI
Well, Joao played his part in Nole’s win. Novak should beat Joao. And next is Diego. Novak should beat Diego.
Who would you pick to beat Nole on either side of the draw other than Rafa?
Stan, Andy, Roger (jf Roger @ Wimby and US Open). Perhaps Thiem on clay. But if he’s back he should beat Goffin , Nishikori, and Delpo.
Wawrinka, Cilic, Kyrgios, Murray and Dimitrov are all contenders if they are at their best. According to each of aboves first rounds, I can say they are all playing very well and will not be an easy task for either Djoko or Nadal.
Agreed (other than Dimitrov).
Wouldn’t pick any of them over Rafole though.
Two different things.
contenders for what?
@MainATP,
At current form I think Wawa and Nick could beat this Nole. Wawa provided he raised his level as he usually does in GSs and Nick if he decided to play and doesn’t get uninterested and bored as he usually does when ithere are high expectations from him..,