Devoid of French women and men, the 12th edition of the French Open at Roland-Garros is (already) entering its home stretch, Tuesday May 31, with the start of the quarter-finals in the ladies’ and men’s singles. Of the four posters offered on the Philippe-Chatrier center court, one attracts almost all the light: Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal.
On the one hand the Serbian world number 1, defending champion on Parisian clay after knocking out the Spaniard (5th) in a half, in four rounds. On the other the master of the place, 13 times crowned, still unsinkable in 8th against the young Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. Face to face, two men aged 35 and 36 still and still at the top of their game, for the 59th episode of the most played match in the history of tennis. Djokovic leads 30 to 28.
The other quarter-final of the top of the table in men opposes the German Alexander Beasts, world number 3, to the one who is presented as Nadal’s successor, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (6th). In women, the two posters of the day are on the unbalanced paper. The Italian Martina Trevisan59th player in the world, and the American Sloane Stephens64th, respectively challenge the Canadian Leylah Fernandezseeded number 17 and another American, Coco Gauffseeded number 18).
Roland-Garros: the program for Tuesday, May 31
Center court Philippe-Chatrier:
From 12 p.m.:
Martina Trevisan (ITA) – Leylah Fernandez (CAN/N.17)
Coco Gauff (USA/N.18) – Sloane Stephens (USA)
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.3) – Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.6)
Not before 8:45 p.m.:
Novak Djokovic (SER/N.1) – Rafael Nadal (ESP/N.5)
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