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the program, the French in the running, the anecdote and the figure for Tuesday May 30

Everything you need to know about the third day of the Roland-Garros tournament this Tuesday with the continuation and end of the first round.

Who are the favorites in the running?

This day marks the entry into the running ofEvery Swiatek et Daniil Medvedev, candidates for the Porte d’Auteuil coronation. The world number 2 will cross paths with Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (172nd world player from qualifying). Also to follow the first steps of the Scandinavian outsiders Holger Rune et Casper Ruud, finalist in 2022 against Rafael Nadal. Among the ladies, all eyes will be on Iga Swiatek, the big favorite but injured in the thigh a few days ago in Rome. “Nothing serious“, she assures before her duel against Cristina Bucsa. Coco Gauff, who has failed to shine on clay this season, will face Masarova. Haloed by her victory in Rome, Elena Rybakina will begin her fortnight against 16-year-old Czech hopeful Brenda Fruhvirtova.

Who are the Blues on the courts?

Thirteen Blues will be on track this Tuesday. For the second night session of the tournament, it’s Gael Monfils (36 years old) who will be in the spotlight against an Argentinian clay court specialist, Sebastian Baez. We will also follow the Franco-French duel between Richard Gasquet et Arthur Rinderknech on the Lenglen. Diane Parrywhich had reached the 3e round last year will be opposed to the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, seeded 25. Three Tricolores are in contention on the boiling court 14 semi-buried: Fiona Ferro, Hugo Gaston et Clara Burelopposed respectively to Rebecca Peterson, Alex Molcan and Sara Sorribes Tormo.

The program of the day

Court Philippe Chatrier (from 11 h 45)
Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) – Ons Jabeur (TUN/n°7)
Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRE/Q) – Daniil Medvedev (RUS/n°2)
Iga Swiatek (POL/n°1) – Cristina Busca (ESP)
Gael Monfils (FRA) – Sebastian Baez (ARG)

Court Suzanne Lenglen (from 11 hours)
Elias Ymer (SUE/Q) – Casper Ruud (NOR/n°4)
Rebekah Masarova (ESP) – Coco Gauff (USA/n°6)
Elena Rybakina (KAZ/n°4) – Brenda Fruhvirtova (RTC/Q)
Richard Gasquet (FRA)Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

Court Simonne-Mathieu (from 11 a.m.)
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR/n°25) – Diane Parry (FRA/WC)
Alexander Zverev (ALL/n°22) – Lloyd Harris (AFS)
Holger Rune (DAN/n°6) – Christopher Eubanks (DAN)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR/n°18) – Bianca Andreescu (CAN)

Court n°6 (from 11 a.m.)
Tommy Paul (USA/n°16) – Dominic Stricker (SUI/LL)
Séléna Janicijevic (FRA/WC)Océane Dodin (FRA)
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) – Gregoire Barrere (FRA)
Petra Martic (CRO) – Shelby Rogers (USA/n°32)

Court n°7 (from 11 a.m.)
John Mpetshi Perricard (FRA/WC) – Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG/Q)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) – Barbora Krejcikova (RTC/n°13)
Quentin Halys (FRA) – Guido Pella (ARG)
Erika Andreeva (RUS/LL) – Emma Navarro (USA/WC)

Court n°8 (from 11 a.m.)
Andrea Vavassori (ITA/Q) – Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB/n°31)
Lin Zhu (CHN) – Lauren Davis (USA)
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) – Yannick Hanfmann (ALL/LL)

Court n°9 (from 11 a.m.)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JAP/n°27) – Jeffrey John Wolf (USA)

Court n°10 (from 11 a.m.)
Mira Andreeva (RUS/Q) – Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA)
Olga Danilovic (SER/Q) – Kateryna Baindl (UKR)

Court n°11 (from 11 a.m.)
Xinyu Wang (CHN) – Marie Bouzkova (RTC/n°31)
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) – Giulio Zeppieri (ITA/Q)

Court n°12 (from 11 a.m.)
Max Purcell (AUS) – Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Arantxa Rus (HOL/Q) – Julia Grabher (AUT)
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/No. 23) – Jaume Munar (ESP)
Ylena In-Albon (SUI/Q) – Claire Liu (USA)

Court n°13 (from 11 a.m.)
Nicolas Jarry (CHL) – Hugo Dellien (BOL)
Linda Noskova (RTC) – Danka Kovinic (MTN)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU/n°30) – Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
Timofey Skatov (KAZ/Q) – Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/n°28)

Court n°14 (from 11 a.m.)
Rebecca Peterson (SUE) – Fiona Ferro (FRA/Q)
Hugo Gaston (FRA/WC) – Alex Molcan (SLQ)
Clara Burel (FRA/WC) – Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
Michael Mmoh (USA) – Taylor Fritz (USA/n°9)

The player who will be worth a look

One sister Fruhvirtova can hide another. Brenda (16, world 146), Linda’s little sister, 56e world, beaten on Monday Pavlyuchenkova, will try to overthrow world number 3 Aryna Rybkina on Tuesday for a feat. Coming from qualifications, as at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first round, 16-year-old Brenda won the small AS tournament in 2020, 1 year after her sister. Since the Czech prodigy won his first ITF title (3rd division, male equivalent of a Future) at only 14 years old, during the Tucuman tournament in Argentina and added only one title to his list, that of Bangaluru in India .

Brenda Fruhvirtova Rob Prange

The number of the day

60.000. During the fifteen days of competition, nearly 60,000 balls produced by Wilson will be made available to players in all tables. That’s almost 4,000 a day. Some of these balls are resold to the public.

Story of the day

It is possible to connect the Court Philippe-Chatrier to the semi-buried court n°14, located at the other end of the complex, via an underground tunnel. Golf carts have even been installed to accompany players in this little maze which also allows goods to be transported. Another tunnel, ovoid in shape, reserved for a few people from the technical department, also connects the Philippe-Chatrier court to the Suzanne-Lenglen court.

The expression of the day: “whiten the line”

A player clears the line when, on clay courts, such as at Roland-Garros, his ball bounces off the line and clears the dirt where the rebound is.

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