Roland Garros Day 6: Thrills, spills, and Nadal just cruises

June 2, 2017 21

One day after Nicolas Almagro bowed out of the French Open sobbing due to an apparently serious knee injury, the first two men’s matches on the schedule ended in retirement. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez lasted little more than a set against Milos Raonic and David Goffin did not even make it to the second. […]

Djokovic, Nadal open with straight-set wins at Roland Garros

May 29, 2017 9

The Novak Djokovic-Andre Agassi pairing got off to a victorious start at the French Open on Monday. Djokovic rolled through his first-round meeting Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 after two hours and 27 minutes. Rafael Nadal also advanced, beating Benoit Paire. […]

2017 French Open draw analysis: Nadal, Djokovic again on same side

May 26, 2017 55

Although this one is not as lopsided as, say, Indian Wells was, the French Open is no exception to the recent rule of lopsided draws. The oddsmakers’ top three French Open favorites—Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Dominic Thiem—all find themselves in the bottom half of the bracket. […]

French Open draw revealed

May 26, 2017 31

The French Open draw ceremony took place on Friday afternoon in Paris and for the third consecutive year, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are in the same half of the bracket. It is the fifth straight time when mathematically possible (not the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds) that Nadal and Djokovic have landed on the same side. […]

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