ROLAND GARROS 2021. The 1st round of the French Open tennis 2021 continues today, with in particular the entry into the running of Roger Federer and the first match of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in the men’s table. Discover the program of the day, the latest results and all the information live.
The essential
- Continuation of the 1st round of Roland-Garros, this Monday, May 31, 2021, with in particular the entry in the running of Roger Federer, opposed to the Uzbek Denis Istomin (not before 4 p.m.). Among the women, defending champion Iga Swiatek is also making her debut. Several French players will also be in the running, including Caroline Garcia, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Benoît Paire. Table and programme
- Yesterday, the sensation came from the elimination of Dominic Thiem, two-time finalist of the tournament, initially beaten by the Spaniard Pablo Andujar, after leading 2 sets to 0. On the side of the French, Enzo Couacaud achieved a beautiful feat by reaching the second round for the first time in his career. On the other hand, Gilles Simon, Grégoire Barrère, Clara Burel and Elsa Jacquemot were eliminated. The results.
- Live scores, analyzes, highlights, reactions, follow the news of this Roland-Garros 2021 live throughout the fortnight.
Roland Garros live
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12:30 – Swiatek starts strong, Cornet hard
Iga Swiatek, defending champion in the women’s table, Roland-Garros, perfectly negotiated her start to the match against the Slovenian Kaja Juvan. The Polish lead 4-0 in the first set. For his part, Alizé Cornet, was caught by Harmony Tan in the second round. The latter fell to 3-3, having won the first set 6-4. Note also that on court n ° 14, John Isner now leads two sets to zero against his American compatriot Sam Querrey (7-6, 6-3).
11:59 – Tight duel between Querrey and Isner
A confrontation between Americans is on the program, on the court n ° 14 of Roland-Garros, between Sam Querrey and John Isner, and it is the second named who took the advantage by winning the first set (7-6). On the Suzanne-Lenglen court, Pierre-Hugues Herbart was swept away by Sinner in the first set (1-6) but leads 4-3 in the second set. On the Simonne-Mathieu court, Harmony Tan turned the tide to finally win the first set against Alizé Cornet (6-4).
11:26 – Herbert led, Cornet started well
Pierre-Hugues Herbert is already in difficulty on the Suzanne-Lenglen court. The Frenchman is led 3-1 in the first set against the Italian Jannik Sinner, seeded No. 18 in the men’s table in this Roland Garros 2021. On the Simonne-Mathieu court, Alizé Cornet took the best start against his compatriot Harmony Tan and leads 3-1 in the first set.
11:05 – Hello everyone!
Welcome to this live dedicated to the second day of Roland-Garros. The matches will not start until 12 noon on the Philippe-Chatrier court but many matches are about to start on the other courts, with in particular, at the start of the program, Pierre-Hugues Herbert opposed to the Italian Jannik Sinner on the court. Suzanne-Lenglen, the Franco-French duel of the women’s table between Alizé Cornet and Harmony Tan on the Simonne-Mathieu court. All these matches are played on behalf of the 1st round of the 2021 French Tennis Open.
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Roland-Garros 2021: useful information
At Roland Garros, the official program for each day, available on the official website, can sometimes be turned upside down. Indeed, if the start of the day schedule is clear enough, it is very difficult to predict the exact time of the end of the matches. The main constraints for the organizers of these French Open tennis events: the weather and the time of sunset. Since the majority of the courts do not have lighting, none take place at night at Roland Garros with the notable exception of the Philippe-Chatrier court, which now has a retractable roof. Please note that at the end of May, the sun sets between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The program for Monday, May 31 (1st round) :
- Court Philippe-Chatrier (from 12 p.m.): Kaja Juvan (SLV) – Iga Swiatek (POL), Alexander Bublik (KAZ) – Daniil Medvedev (RUS), Denis Istomin (OUZ) – Roger Federer (SUI), Serena Williams ( USA) – Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU).
- Court Suzanne-Lenglen (from 11am): Jannik Sinner (ITA) – Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Laura Siegemund (ALL) – Caroline Garcia, Sofia Kenin (USA) – Jelena Ostapenko (LET), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Yoshihito Nishioka (JAP)
- Court Simonne-Mathieu (from 11am): Alizé Cornet – Harmony Tan, Casper Ruud (NOR) – Benoît Paire, Marin Cilic (CRO) – Arthur Rinderknech, Garbine Muguruza (ESP) – Marta Kostyuk (UKR).
- The complete program on the official Roland Garros website
Here are the main results of Sunday, May 30, in the 1st round of Roland-Garros:
- 1st round of main board
- Thiem – Andujar 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Gerasimov – Couacaud (FRA): 6-7, 4-6, 3-6
- Fognini – Barrier (FRA): 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
- Gombos – Carreno-Busta: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Tig – Osaka : 4-6, 6-7
- All the results on the Roland Garros official site
The table for these French Open tennis events was determined by the draw made on Thursday, May 27. Each table brings together 128 participants, including 32 seeds but also the players who will have won their places during the qualifications. For men, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are found in the same half of the table:
In the women’s tournament, the last two Roland Garros winners, Ashleigh Barty (2019) and Iga Swiatek (2020), are also found in the same part of the table:
In the male table, Rafael Nadal, winner last year and who recently won the tournament in Rome, will aim for a fourteenth coronation on clay at Roland Garros, but will undoubtedly have to deal again with competition from Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and the new generation, led by Stefanos Tsitsipas, semi-finalist in 2020, or the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev. In the female tablePolish defending champion Iga Swiatek will also be among the top favorites, as will world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty. It will also be necessary to watch the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the Spanish Garbine Muguruza or the Japanese Naomi Osaka. On the other hand, Romanian Simona Halep, injured in the calf, had to forfeit.
This new edition of Roland Garros has once again suffered the vagaries of the health crisis: initially planned from May 16 to June 6, it finally takes place May 24 (start of qualifying) to June 13 (men’s draw final), i.e. less than eight months after the end of the previous edition, which exceptionally disputed the September 27 to October 11, 2020.
The Roland Garros ticketing system is organized in several stages: an exceptional opening was reserved, on Monday May 3, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., to all buyers who had seen their tickets canceled during the 2020 edition, then the licensees. of the French Tennis Federation have benefited as usual from a priority reservation period (May 5, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.). For the general public, the most popular single tickets will be on sale since Wednesday, May 12 (10 a.m.) at the same prices as FFT licensees and within the same order limit, on the dedicated website. Also note that in addition to qualifying matches and main tournament matches, other types of tickets are available for peripheral events: Children’s Day, the Legends Trophy, etc. It is also possible to obtain tickets by coming at the end of the day thanks to the Evening Visitors offer. Finally, the organizers offer Weekend Passes, Semi-Finals Passes or Finals Passes.
Roland Garros had been broadcast for many years by public service channels and by Eurosport, but there is a change for this 2021 edition. Eurosport exit: the broadcasting rights of the competition are now shared between France TV and… Amazon Prime (Subscribe to Amazon Prime Video), the video on demand service, which offers evening matches and those played on the Simonne-Mathieu court, and which brings together for the occasion a cast of choice consultants for the comments of the meetings: we will find in particular Amélie Mauresmo, Marion Bartoli, Pauline Parmentier, Arnaud Clément, Fabrice Santoro, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Patrick Mouratoglou alongside Frédéric Verdier and Sarah Pitkowski. The semi-finals and finals will be co-broadcast.
