No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz will continue his Roland Garros campaign against familiar foe Fabian Marozsan in the second round on Wednesday. No. 12 seed Tommy Paul and Marton Fucsovics are also taking the court.
Fabian Marozsan vs. (2) Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz and Marozsan will be squaring off for the third time in their careers when they meet again in round two of the French Open on Wednesday. The most famous victory of Marozsan’s career to date–and it might remain as such–came over Alcaraz at the 2023 Rome Masters. Of course, that result can be easily explained. Alcaraz had very little time off in between Masters 1000 tournaments after lifting the trophy in Madrid. Unsurprisingly, the Spaniard hit back with a 6-3, 6-3 romp last season in Indian Wells.
It is unlikely–and that’s an understatement–that Marozsan will be as successful against Alcaraz at Roland Garros as he was in Rome. The 56th-ranked Hungarian has always overachieved at the Masters 1000 level, but he has never done anything at slams. Marozsan did well to defeat Luca Nardi in straight sets on Sunday, but Alcaraz is obviously a whole different beast. The defending champion and four-time Grand Slam winner should roll into the last 32.
Pick: Alcaraz in 3
Marton Fucsovics vs. (12) Tommy Paul
Although they haven’t played in a while, Paul will have revenge on his mind when he faces Fucsovics on Wednesday. Fucsovics leads the head-to-head series 2-1, including 2-0 at the ATP level. Paul prevailed on the red clay of the Rome Challenger back in 2016 before the Hungarian cruised 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 at the 2020 Australian Open and 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor hard courts of Rotterdam in 2021.
Fast forward four years and the story figures to be a lot different. Paul’s career has taken off in recent seasons and he is up to 12th in the rankings, whereas Fucsovics has struggled and finds himself down at No. 124. Although both guys are the essence of all-court players, the 33-year-old’s game is probably least effective on clay. An in-form Paul should take care of business without too much trouble, similar to his four-set win over Elmer Moller on Sunday.
Pick: Paul in 4
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The umpire makes the line call and stares at Ofner for 5 seconds. Just make the call dude – don’t get into the players head.
Ofner is 2-0 up in the 5th with the break, umpire gets out of chair to check mark and calls it wide. Umpire stares at Ofner like they’re having a conversation when Ofner wasn’t even really disputing the call. Ofner then goes on to the lose the set 6-2 and the match.
gotta be mentally tougher
or maybe the umpire should just do their job.
The player is trying to play a competitive tennis match. The last thing he needs is the umpire playing a little mind game about who is right about the ball being in or not.