Roland-Garros, men’s singles – Diminished, Sinner is doing well and will challenge Rublev in the round of 16

Jannik Sinner had a bad start to the day. Although qualified for the round of 16 at Roland-Garros, the Transalpin is a bruised athlete. He woke up this morning with pain in his left leg that he had been dragging on for a while. This did not prevent him from beating Mackenzie McDonald in three sets on the Simonne-Mathieu court (6-3, 7-6, 6-3).

This duel should have lasted longer. But Mackenzie McDonald got tangled up on her own in the second set. The American, not very comfortable on ocher normally, took advantage of Sinner’s awakening from pain to fly away in the second run, before failing to complete this cursed set. The American, however, had ten set points! Five at 5/3 and five at 5/4, when he conceded the break. McDonald sprayed his racket with it. His match ended with this failure.

Restored to working order by the physiotherapist, Sinner will have to heal as well as possible before returning to the court next Monday. He will challenge Andrey Rublev for a place in the quarter-finals. The Russian, still on alternating current, disposed of Cristian Garin in four sets on court 14 (6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6). The Muscovite also avoided prolonging the adventure since he saved five balls from two sets everywhere in the decisive game of the 4th act, winning 13 points to 11. This time, the protege of Fernando Vicente kept his nerves in the face of problems.