Roland Garros 2020 Spanish presence with Rafa Nadal and Pedro Martnez
An inopportune double fault awards the first set to Sebastian Korda. Pedro Martnez came to dominate 4-2 but gave up four games in a row.
The finalist of the last two editions of Roland Garros is the first player in the men’s draw to reach the round of 16. Irregular in the first set, improving in the second and overwhelming in the third to show his candidacy to win a new great after the US Open. His next rival will be the winner of the duel between Wawrinka and Gaston.
The Alzira player is being the sensation of this Roland Garros. He left Vukic and Kukushkin on the road and in the third round the son of the mythical Petr Korda, finalist in Paris in 1992, is measured.
Already heats up @PedroMPortero for his match against Korda
Remember that in the last turn of the Philippe-Chatrier playing Nadal against Travaglia
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The Ukrainian has already reached the Roland Garros quarterfinals twice and in this edition she secures the eighth after beating Russia’s Alexandrova in two sets. The Polish Swiatek has also achieved her classification.
The Austrian started the second set with a break in favor and finished it off with another break of service in the ninth game to put his pass to the round of 16 at Roland Garros on track.
The Romanian fell at Roland Garros 2019 against the American in the quarterfinals. In this edition the duel is repeated in the third round: “Talk to my coach, but I know it’s going to be a tough game because she hits the ball flat and hard.”
His rival in the second round, McDonald, used this tactic to try to surprise Rafa: “It’s part of the game. If you do it with the aim of improving your tactics, I support him 100%. If you do it to disrespect your opponent , it’s not a good thing. “
The Austrian was 3-1 down in the first set but reacted in time to beat Ruud of Norway after needing three set points.
They both combine 28 wins and three titles this year on clay. Both were the highlights during the Golden Swing in February and have also shown to be in great shape on the surface in Europe, before landing in Paris.
It will be tomorrow when they meet in the third round. The only duel on clay, at the 1000 Masters in Rome in 2017, fell to Bautista’s side in three sets, but Carreo won this year on the hard court in Rotterdam also in three sets.
The Serbian achieved his 70th individual victory at Roland Garros, equaling Roger Federer’s mark and only remaining behind Rafael Nadal (95). In addition, he became the only player alongside the Swiss to achieve at least 70 wins in each Grand Slam: “I am very proud.”
Diego Schwartzman’s team radiographs the daily work that has brought them to the edge of the Top10 and highlights their demeanor, humility and their mentality: “He always wants more.”
The 1.85-tall right-hander seeks to be the first tennis player capable of beating the Spaniard in a third-round match at Roland Garros and the first since his compatriot Fabio Fognini at the US Open 2015 to beat Nadal in this instance at the level of Grand Slams.
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The Argentine clearly lost to Pablo Carreo in the second round: “I’m going to take some time to see if I want to fight the games again and get back to it. If not, I’ll go back to my house and plan later.”
The third round of Roland Garros begins with the presence of Thiem Y Zverev among the favorites in the men’s box. Besides Nadal jumping onto the track Pedro Martnez with options to reach the round of 16. In the female box turn to Svitolina, Halep y Bertens among the top ten players.
