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It is under blazing sun and summer temperatures that began the 76th Roland-Garros Sunday. This was not necessarily a habit in recent editions. This is a first, however, since 2005. The Parisian Grand Slam will be played without its king with 14 titles. In his kingdom, he has accumulated 112 victories and has suffered only three defeats (in 2009, 2015 and 2021), plus a forfeit during the tournament (2016, because of his left wrist). Vertiginous. At almost 37 years old, the Mallorcan, victim of a stubborn muscle injury, is forfeited for an indefinite period, in the hope of living a last season on the circuit in 2024. Mallorcan fans can still gather in front of the 3-metre-high steel statue of the Spaniard of their idol, standing right in front of the entrance, and pray that their god will turn away his favourite courts again next year.
World number one Iga Swiatek, a transient fan of the Mallorcan, is inconsolable: "This...
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