2020 ROLAND GARROS

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dan evans quoted as saying the balls theyre using are not fit for a dog

Moutet-Giustino have just passed the six-hour mark (16-16 in the 5th). We had a 14-12 last night. French holding on to that no-t/b thing.

Moutet contrives to lose, despite hitting 31 more winners than his opponent, fewer errors and winning 25 more points. Worse than the Wimb f.

completely unnecessary tweener lob winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvip9NfxbL4

querrey was broken serving for the match in the 3rd vs rublev, lost it in 5

tsitsy also has himself down two sets, perhaps will also come back

guess playing the final in hamburg 2 days ago took its toll

Well, last year's finalist Markéta Vondroušová appears to have fared somewhat more poorly this tournament than last year's.

jo konta also out, semis last year

bertens/errani stats are intense
https://www.flashscore.com/match/2mHekcoH/#match-statistics;0

shapo is serving for the match in the 5th set vs carballes baena

shapo has 100 unforced errors this match

obv he can't close it out

now serving to stay alive at 6-7

game set match rcb

I really don't like how this half is panning out. Novak is cruising through.

daniel altmaier taking out berretini in straights is not a result i saw coming

incredible performance from teenager iga swiatek in taking out Halep, who wasn’t playing badly at all! Iga was just zoning.

Sinner! Up two sets on Zverev, who’s having another one of those days where he’s just letting himself be pushed around by a more aggressive player.

Sinner plays a loose game, double faults on BP to go down 4-5, Sascha holds and takes the set. Going four now.

switek/trevisan for a spot in the semis wow

great day for 19yos today as sinner makes the QFs, the first man to do so on his RG debut since Rafa, who he’ll play next.

Sinner’s aggressiveness is so fun to watch, really smart and mentally tough as well. Not too many people can break through when Zverev’s playing like an impenetrable wall but Sinner was actually winning most of the longer points today.

hugo gaston has only NOT been 19 for like a week, hes pushing/frustrating thiem, perhaps into a deciding set

lol I turned away from this match to watch something else and just tuned back in. thiem looks like he has no ideas left.

well that was incredible. Perhaps inevitable that Gaston couldn’t keep up his level but that was still a mighty, mighty effort. As Thiem said, “dropshots from another planet” indeed.

thiem looked ready to bail on this match abt 5 minutes ago & now is serving to level it

What a frustrating match. Thiem is half dead and Schwartzman is choking it away.

It's tense at the 3rd

Poor Diego. He should be winning this comfortably but he’s a bundle of nerves out there.

He got the break back to earn a tb. Thiem has strung a series of solid winners: 5-1

Drop shot Thiem

diego has def gotten in his own way but thiem has played better esp in big moments

Schwartz has crawled back, saving two sps: 6-6

Eventually pulls out a big return and then smashes for the set Thiem

Jesus. That set was a rollercoaster.

And the rollercoaster continues!

Schwartz keeping his one break adv. Quite a turn around even if occasionally Thiem is winning points he can't string them out.

Unbelievable

Thiem has a bp from 40-0 down

And he does it. Thiem pretty much made it with a couple of God rallies.

Now Diego has to serve to stay in the match. Feeling a bit for him

TB! God this is brutal

Had to hang on to everything there..

Everything is happening put here

Blow for blow, first sp Diego

Thiem absolutely fucked that up. Off to a 5th

As it was destined to be

Emphatic break Diego. 4-2

5-2 in a slightly underwhelming final set, but hey they've playing five hours so I think it's allowed.

it’s thiem’s second five-setter in a row, not to mention that he’s coming off his first Slam win. I’m surprised he lasted this long tbh.. incredible effort. And he’s still running!

And there it is! Well done Schwartzman

happy for diego

also happy for thiem to get some deserved rest tbh

Weak weak drop shot to hand Diego his win tells the story. But yeah great effort and just awesome intensity at the 4th.

terrific exchanges in the best game so far. Iga seeing deuce through: 4-3

40-40, so little between them

df Kenin, for a bp

incredible rally (19 shots), and Kenin makes it

one more bp with a bad ue, a lot of pressure

5th deuce

winner Iga, another bp

what a game, Iga to serve for the set!

3rd df, 15-30

some beautiful FHs now, 30-30

1 x sp

deuce, bad slip..

what returning!! we are back on serve!

15-30

15-40, 2 x sps

does it: 6-4!!

Very high quality first set. Swiatek visibly nervous while trying to serve it out but her overall composure and ability to think her way out of trouble are just so impressive.

Kenin is playing about as well as she could but lacks the firepower to match.

Iga is really being pushed to find her best tennis by Kenin.

So far she is coming up with the goods

And Kenin breaks early with an excellent return.

2x break back points

number one Iga fan is feeling nervous for her <3

I hate watching tennis when I’m rooting for someone. Why are my muscles tensing up like I’m about to hit the ball? More importantly, whyyyyyyyy are my palms so sweaty???? pic.twitter.com/0zDbaKrd5o

— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) October 10, 2020

what a winner Iga: 1-1

A hold after 5 consecutive breaks of serve.

Kenin has time out for the physio.

she is patched up, comes back to serve and now its 15-40

Broken with ease, Iga 3-1

Iga just carrying on here, gorgeous drop shot at the end of a great rally, two handed BH winner, ace, this could be over shortly.

Kenin is being humbled here: 5-1. Nothing she can do, now to serve for the title.

lol Kenin manages to win a point in what seems like ages: 15-15

(3rd point 4 games)

1 x cp

FH winner to win!!

6-4, 6-1. No sets dropped by this teenager. Poland's first grand slam singles winner!

Can you imagine the feast we are in for? Osaka, Andreescu, Iga. Fucking hell.

I love it. And Kenin as my favourite villain too lol.

I kinda like that she makes the most of what she has. She makes sure you are at your best, or else she beats you.

Just tuned in to the final and Nadal’s already up a break lol. Not particularly invested in whoever wins this, although for symmetry’s sake I suppose I lean slightly towards Novak:

Djokovic = 18, Nadal = 19, Federer = 20

Not watching it as I had other plans. Hope it's fun

serving for a bagel

fwiw nadal has had to work p hard here

only half-watching while dealing with dishes and groceries, but this is pretty brutal from Nadal.

Had to save three BPs but Novak finally, FINALLY, holds. 1-0 in the second.

for his sake i hope thats not the only game he gets this match lmao

TWO games as Nadal serves out the set. Yikes.

good beatdown payback for the AO 2019 final

Okay this is hilarious, great thing to wake up to

lol

It’s not that hard to win games against Nadal in Paris, I mean I won 3 of them!! @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/0ijlzbH7cG

— Sam Groth (@SamGrothTennis) October 11, 2020

After 2 hours and 13 mins, Novak finally breaks Rafa’s serve and holds. On serve in the third.

Welp there it is. Djokovic started to find his range a little bit at the end there but it just wasn't enough.

congrats Rafa - 13th RG trophy, 20th Slam, ties Federer, will prob outdo him by this time next year.

Sounded like an awesome display. Maybe how he dispatch Fed (~10 years ago?)

pic.twitter.com/TzQhBeuwML

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) October 11, 2020