After a first round full of surprises, the second of this Roland Garros it returned to relative normality. And it is that several of the players who suffered a lot to overcome their premiere, this Thursday turned their commitments into procedures. Was the case of Stefanos Tsitsipas, who notably raised his level with respect to … Read more
The Spanish tennis player Gerard Joseph Platero Rodríguez has been punished with a four-year penalty and a $ 15,000 fine after being accused of 'courtsiding', a practice that consists of transmitting information from a tournament to make massive bets live. Platero thus becomes the first player to be punished for this infraction, although the Tennis … Read more
Rafa Nadal continued to sweep in his assault on what would be his 13th Musketeers Cup. The Spaniard on this occasion surpassed the North American Mackenzie McDonald, who barely offered resistance and was defeated in less than two hours by 6-1, 6-0 and 6-3. “I am happy. The objective is clear, and it is to … Read more
John Isner, seeded number 21, is no longer on Rafa Nadal's hypothetical path to the 13th title at Roland Garros. The American, who by ranking could have been the Balearic's rival in the round of 16, fell in the second round to his compatriot Sebastian Korda (6-4, 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4. The 20-year-old and 213rd … Read more
Scare to start the day at Roland Garros. A few minutes after starting the activity on the slopes, a strong explosion of unknown origin that was clearly heard. On the court Suzanne-Lenglen played the Swiss Stan Wawrinka and German Dominik Koepfer and they both looked at each other in amazement before seeing if the chair … Read more
After the thriller that she experienced in her debut at Roland Garros last Monday, when she needed three sets and 14 games in the last heat to beat the Slovakian Tamara Zidansek, Garbiñe Muguruza took a break in the second round and beat the less good twin of the Pliskova, Krystina: 6-3 and 6-2 in … Read more
Rafa Nadal found supporters in Roland of his misgivings about the new tournament balls, the Wilsons that this year replace the usual Babolat. The Spaniard said in the pre-tournament that the balls were “super heavy”, like “stones” and after beating Gerasimov on Monday in the first round added that it was “difficult to make them … Read more
Pass the qualifying round the big games arrive on the clay of Paris. The pandemic and the cold present a different Roland Garros, but that aspires to be just as exciting. Eurosport will offer the entire tournament with more than 250 hours of live broadcasting until next October 11. It can also be followed through … Read more
Pedro Martínez, who had already played and won three games in the preliminary phase of Roland Garros, continues his upward progression on the ATP circuit and this Monday he took another step forward by beating Australian Aleksandar Vukic 7-5, 6-4 and 6-0 and qualify for the first time for the second round of the French … Read more
Conchita Martínez, Garbiñe Muguruza's coach, spoke on Eurosport about how she sees her player before her debut at Roland Garros and about how they are adapting to the bubble imposed in Paris, where the tennis players live in two hotels and only go from there to the tournament, without visits to the city and with … Read more