The round of 16 at Roland Garros officially ended at 03:07 in the morning from Saturday to Sunday, when the current champion, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, defeated the Italian Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2- 6, 6-3 and 6-0 in 4h.29′ of the epic, due to the match, return and schedule, which is a record in the Parisian tournament.
A feat by Djokovic, who returns to court this Monday against Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo. The other part of the draw will open the round of 16, where his two main opponents move on, the Italian Jannik Sinner, who has the advantage to seize the world number one, and the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
After three rounds, four main opponents survived the title that Djokovic defended. ‘Nole’ himself, his hypothetical opponent in the semis and Rafa Nadal’s executioner Alexander Zverev (he also had his comeback against Tallon Griekspoor) and the other two stars mentioned.
Russian Daniil Medvedev, Norwegian Casper Ruud and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas remain on the list of alternatives. Among the heavyweights, only the Russian Andrey Rublev was left. There are many levels for the final stretch for the Musketeers Cup.
The same is happening with the women’s team. The top-4 candidates and the WTA world ranking are still in contention for the Suzanne Lenglen Cup. The champion and world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek, suffered more, she had a match ball against the Japanese Naomi Osaka, but she came back and kept the pulse with the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), the American Coco Gauff ( 3) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
Upper part of the painting
Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)-Lorenzo Musetti (Ita/30)-Francisco Cerúndolo (Arg/23)
Taylor Fritz (USA/12)–Casper Ruud (Nor/7)
Alexander Zverev (Ale/4)-Holger Rune (Din/13)
Alex de Minaur (Aus/11)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/5)
Below the painting
Matteo Arnaldi (Ita)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/9)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can/21)-Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/3)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/8)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/10)
Corentin Moutet (Fra)-Jannik Sinner (Ita/2)
Upper part of the painting
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Anastasia Potapova (Rus)
Olga Danilovic (Srb/Q)-Marketa Vondrousova (Che/5)
Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita)
Clara Tauson (Din)-Ons Jabeur (Tun/8)
Below the painting
Elina Avanesyan (Rus)-Jasmine Paolini (Ita/12)
Elina Svitolina (Ucr/15)-Elena Rybakina (Kaz/4)
Varvara Gracheva (Fra)-Mirra Andreeva (Rus)
Emma Navarro (USA/22)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Source: La Verdad
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