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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Rafa’s hitting his forehand more aggressively today. I am happy..
Serving better as well
Rafa definitely looking good and feeling confident in this match.
I still can’t get over how well Rafa is hitting his backhand these days.
Absolutely! it’s like it is a guarantee now. He comes out and hits bruising backhands ! Both of his coaches have also praised his backhand this season.
He’s a beast 😀
Rafa is counterpunching with such good depth. He is ABSOLUTELY on track.
Phillipe Chatrier kind of magnifies Rafa’s presence on the court. It is such a big court and with Rafa’s court coverage, it must be daunting for the opponents. Rafa understands the dimensions of this court better than anyone.
amazing how much space there is behing the baseline
Exactly!! it is HUGE! I would really want to be there and watch Rafa live. Are you in Paris Ricky?
Big striking from Haase in that game
Haase is starting to connect with the DTL forehand.
Haase is moonballing now?
Haase did well to stay within a break.
Rafa is on cruise control. Haase seems frustrated and out of ideas.
Yeah, I was gonna ask the sme thing? What’s up with those moon balls? ?
Desperation, I think!
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Beautiful dance from Rafa! Love his forehead winners! Most of his winners are pure piece of art!
Vamos Champ!
Haase is playing really well. He had 11 winners to 7 UE in the second set and he is serving pretty well. He is only trailing because Rafa is playing at a very high level.
Haase hanging in there still on serve.
On a separate note, Federer has now received 22 votes to win the French Open in the poll set by Ricky. lol
Rafa gets the break. That should be enough.
it’s all working for him now
very good pick
Priceless
Breathtaking forehand winners from the Mollorcan!
This is probably the best I have seen him hit his forehand in quite a while! He is so comfortable today. Yes, it is true that when an opponent attacks his forehand well, then that’s a different test. But in terms of consistency, variation and penetration, I would say he is hitting is extremely well.
Being the worrier that I am, do you think Rafa is peaking too soon?
Na NNY, don’t worry about that. It is good that he is playing this well early on. He needs to straight-set his opponents till the semis and have a full tank before he faces the best players.
And, I wouldn’t say he has peaked already. There are still areas he can can improve and he will keep making incremental improvements.
vr,
Thanks! I feel better! I trust your judgment when it comes to Rafa! I just think too much at times!
Another brilliant cc backhand winner from Rafa!
Haase DF’s away the match! Rafa wins again! Third round here we come!
Rafa perhaps has the most offensive backhand CC on clay when he is in peak form. I would say it is the best CC backhand when he is hitting it this well! He can slaughter sliced balls as well.
So, Rafole win their matches with exactly the same scoreline! haha
Rafa’s opponent played a lot better though. I would give Rafa 9.5/10 and 8/10 to Djokovic.
Rafa won a STAGGERING 85% points on second serves! His second serve is SO much better now.
33 winners, 13 U.E. Very clinical
Jaw dropping stats from Rafa. Hope Hawks took note of the rapturous support and applause from the crowd. .
Exactly ed. For the first time since Sunday PC was full to capacity from the first ball to the last.
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He has a huge fan base in Paris. It was just that Federer was more popular. Otherwise, Rafa has a massive fan base and is generally very much loved I believe.
The younger generation of French fans love Rafa more. So probably now that some of them are old enough to buy tickets, we are seeing the rapturous display of love in the stadium, not just on the streets of Paris when Rafa is seen by young fans.
In the middle of 2014, Rafa was the most popular foreign athlete in France:
http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/le-scan-sport/buzz/2014/11/12/27002-20141112ARTFIG00143-nadal-sportif-etranger-prefere-des-francais.php
But one poster has tried to convince readers for years that the French doesn’t love Rafa.
More like one small unknown company of less than 50 people with avg. income of $2M per year thinks so.
Nah, Federer has always been the most popular tennis player in most of the world, particularly in France.
(But one poster has tried to convince readers for years that she doesn’t obsess over me.)
#NoleIsBack
For the social media fan who wouldn’t understand the term credible source if it bit her in the arse…
“Uniteam” who conducted this “poll” has been on twitter for about five years and has amassed a grand total of 1700 followers.
Hillarious!
Uniteam’s facebook page (from their own website link)….
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Uniteam/111807268851399
AT 7:40 PM,
What about Christophe Umlaut’s (aka …) credibility?
The difference between Federer and Nadal was statistically insignificant.
First year statistics course would teach you (and Unisport) this.
#FailAgain
hawkeye how do you know Fed is more popular than Rafa in France? What I heard from my friends is that Rafa is more popular than Fed among the younger people especially kids.
I bet you are right regarding younger people.
I refer only to the French Open crowd.
Here’s a link which says Rafa got a bigger cheer than local boy Paire from the adoring French Open crowd.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/french-open-2017-rafael-nadal-novak-djokovic-win-la-decima-a7762146.html
I agree there was a time when Rafa was less popular than Fed, probably even despised because he was Spanish, and looked less elegant than Fed and did not speak French. But now , thanks to his multiple victories at RG, he is an icon and a legend. Apparently even non tennis fans adore him and 22% of the readers of a French women’s magazine voted him as their favorite champion.
I do think they’ve softened towards him more noticeably this year.
Mary says AT 9:08 PM: “[Rafa] looked less elegant than Fed…”
A long time ago, I posted pictures showing that Rafa is more elegant than Fed. As a rule, Fed is wearing ill-fitting suits.
Rafa’s arrival has always been greeted by huge cheers and he has got standing ovations after his matches.
In th this form he is such a joy to watch. I liked Haase’s good natured humour. He was resigned to losing but kept on trying. Just the kind of workout Rafa needs in the first week.
agreed!!
Yes I agree; Rafa playing like this is certainly a joy to watch!
Haase trying to moon ball a bit to give Rafa a different look, probably running out of ideas when Rafa is in such mood. It’s good to see Haase never giving up and keeps trying till the end of the match, very good attitude.
It is a pleasure to see Rafa playing so well. I also noticed in closeups that Rafa’s got that look in his eyes! Fierce determination!
I love seeing Rafa so sure of hImself, with such clarity of thought in how he is constructing points!
Haase just had no answers for this Rafa! The confidence is just flowing out of Rafa!
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All the top 4 seeds would have played one 1 match on Suzanne Lenglen by Thu. The rest of the matches from Friday onwards would have Rafa only on PC. Rafa is very comfortable on PC and uses the court’s dimensions very well. I think they gave him SL on the first day as he is the least likely among the big 3 to crash out in R1 so PC ticket holders would still have the opportunity to watch their idol in action in the next match!
My daughter has got tickets for us on PC court on Tuesday for the QFs. Have worked out, if all goes we well, will see Rafa that day but would be interested to know people’s prediction as to who he is likely to be up against.
I have Rafa up against Raonic in the QF – in my main FO bracket, and Dimitrov in my spare bracket. Must have been leaning toward Raonic because he has GGL and I though he’d outlast the winner of Dimitrov vs PCB, which feels like it could be a 5 set marathon.
Might be Rafa v PCB QF. Nice.
I have Rafa meeting Raonic in the quarterfinals if I didn’t change it. I was not sure enough about either Dimi or PCB. But that does not mean I am right!
Thanks NNY and RC. Would prefer Dimi or PCB – Raonic drives me nuts: forgive the cliche but watching him is akin to watching paint dry.
ed,
You will get no argument from me regarding Raonic! I will say that he has worked hard to be a complete player, but it’s still all about that serve and then a big forehand. He doesn’t get very animated out there.
I would prefer either Dimi or PCB as a tennis fan because there would be more long rallies and the tennis would be more enjoyable.
You must be so excited to see Rafa!
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