Novak Djokovic lost the first two games in both the first and second sets on Tuesday against Rogerio Dutra Silva, but experienced no further problems in victory at Roland Garros. On a sweltering day two in south-west Paris, 2016 champion Djokovic recorded his 60th match win at the Grand Slam championship (60-12) with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over the Brazilian qualifier in two hours and five minutes on Philippe-Chatrier Court. It was their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting since the 2012 US Open. “I'm starting to play better,” said Djokovic. “I feel like, in the past couple of weeks, [I’ve] not been thinking about the elbow [and] playing pain-free, which is the most important thing at the moment… I...
In 2014, Stan Wawrinka entered Roland Garros with high expectations after winning his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open earlier in the year. But the Swiss star’s ambitions of a second consecutive major title were ended in the first round, losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in four sets. On Monday, four years on from their most recent meeting on clay, the pair met again in the opening round in Paris. But, once more, it was Garcia-Lopez who emerged victorious. The 34-year-old, competing in his 15th consecutive Roland Garros, came from two sets to one down to upset last year's finalist 6-2 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 . The Spaniard, who reached the Round of 16 in 2014, hit 44 winners and...
I get asked all the time what day-to-day life is like as a player, what I do to prepare for events and what I eat. So now I'm going to answer all those questions that my friends, my fans and journalists have about a regular day on the ATP World Tour. For some background, I'm getting ready to make my eighth consecutive main draw appearance at Roland Garros. My opening round match is just a few days away. (No. 31 seed Ramos-Vinolas faces Mikhail Kukushkin on Monday). 6:30 am: My day begins. I get up and prepare a breakfast with gluten-free products. I'm not a Coeliac (a person with an autoimmune condition that affects the small intestine and must avoid...
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka – winners of 12 of the past 13 Roland Garros titles – all will be in action on Monday as first-round play continues in Paris. The top-seeded Nadal commences another attempt at history this fortnight. The Spaniard is trying to become the first man – and only the second player – in history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament. Australian Margaret Court won the Australian Open 11 times, including six before the Open Era began in April 1968 (1960-66, 1969-1971, 1973). Nadal meets a familiar opponent on Court Philippe-Chatrier in Italian Simone Bolelli. The two have faced off five times in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, and Nadal has...
As an ATP World Tour player, Carlos Moya lifted the Roland Garros trophy in 1998. His first Grand Slam achievement as a coach came a year ago, when he helped guide Rafael Nadal to his 10th Roland Garros title. ATPWorldTour.com spoke with coach Moya ahead of Rafa's first-round match at Roland Garros against Simone Bolelli. How is Nadal feeling going into Roland Garros this year? Like last year, he's going into Roland Garros with three titles on the season (Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Internazionali BNL d’Italia). Having said that, the circumstances are a little different this year. Losing in Rome to [Dominic] Thiem in '17 (QFs, 4-6, 3-6) was a matter of fatigue. It was significant, of...
