Interrupted at the end of the morning because of the rain which made its arrival on the tournament of the Porte d'Auteuil - but what would be an edition without rain?
- Friday's matches of the day, which marked the start of the third round, have reserved their share of significant events.
🎾 The rain 🌧 stops the matches on all the annexes courts.
Only the match between Alexander Zverev and Laslo Djere continues under the roof of the Philippe-Chatrier court #RolandGarros
â–¶ The match live: https://t.co/IOWOnNV28h pic.twitter.com/DtgAoKtMsx
- France tv sport (@francetvsport) June 4, 2021
Game of the day: heroic Davidovich Fokina
Located at the end of the Parisian stadium, court 14 was the scene of an epic fight.
Perhaps one of the most intense duels since the start of the tournament.
After 4:35 of play, including 88 minutes just for the first set, Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (n ° 46) defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud (n ° 16) and qualified for the round of 16.
A gift before the hour for the winner, who will celebrate his 22 years this Saturday, and who had never yet reached the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament.
The spectators present had it all: spectacle and suspense.
The Spaniard with blond hair will indeed have had to wait for his fifth match point to fall with his knees to the ground.
He also made one of the gestures of the start of the tournament with a service with a spoon to erase a break point in the last game of the match.
Alejandro with the UPSET đź’Ą
🇪🇸 @ alexdavidovich1 struts his way to a R4 debut at #RolandGarros with a showstopping 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (6), 0-6, 7-5 win over No .15 seed Ruud.
Delbonis next.
#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/06A7pkNQu1
- Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 4, 2021
A new severed head in the feminine painting
And one, and two, and three seeds on the mat.
It is a real massacre which strikes the favorites of the female table.
After the injury package of Simona Halep (world No. 3 and victorious in Paris in 2018), the abandonment of Naomi Osaka on Monday (No. 2, depression) and Ashleigh Barty (No. 1, injury) Thursday, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world No. 4, was released in three sets (6-4, 2-6, 6-0) on Friday in the third round of the tournament.
She was beaten by Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (n ° 32).
Sofia Kenin is the last member of the Top 5 still present in the women's table.
With only four members of the Top 10 still competing, the road seems to be opening up more widely for defending champion Iga Swiatek (9th).
Unless Serena Williams (n ° 7) takes the opportunity to conquer her 24th crown.
The 39-year-old American continues to defy time.
While she had not reached the round of 16 of the French Grand Slam since 2018, she dominated in 2 sets (6-4, 6-4) her young compatriot Danielle Collins.
❌ Seeded # 1
❌ Seeded # 2
❌ Seeded # 3
Aryna Sabalenka falls in turn face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 2-6 6-0 in the 3rd round!
# RG21 pic.twitter.com/2NwkO5GcbP
- We Are Tennis France (@WeAreTennisFR) June 4, 2021
The sentence of the day
He did not betray his reputation as a sore loser.
Beaten in three sets (6-4, 6-1, 6-3) by the Argentinian Federico Delbonis (n ° 51), the fiery Italian Fabio Fognini (n ° 29) made only a very short passage in press conference.
When asked what he thought of the beautiful Italian succession, the player was not very cooperative.
“You always ask me the same questions.
You already know.
It's annoying to always have the same questions.
I've told you this a million times over the past month.
You can copy and paste anything in the Italian press.
The Italian, used to bloodshot and pounding, even hurt his hand while trying to torture his racket during the match.
Zverev and Medvedev expeditious
Medvedev tames the giant!
Daniil Medvedev outclasses Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2 6-4 and will see for the very 1st time the 2nd week of @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/FwUtXIQSw8
- We Are Tennis France (@WeAreTennisFR) June 4, 2021
2 hours and 8 minutes of one-sided play for the German Alexander Zverev (n ° 6) against the Serbian Laslo Djere (6-2, 7-5, 6-2). Barely 1h38 of match for the Russian Daniil Medvedev (n ° 2) expeditious against the American Reilly Opelka (6-4, 6-2, 6-4). The Parisian adventure continues quietly for the two players who appear as scarecrows in an orphan game of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. If Zverev has already reached the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros twice (2018 and 2019), for Medvedev this qualification for the round of 16 is a great first. The finalist of the last Australian Open had so far never passed the stage of the first round in four appearances.
