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Tanaqui · County player

Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - men's main draw

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L64: Jacob Fearnley WR 55 vs (22) Ugo Humbert (FRA) WR 21 (CH = 13 in April last year)
L64: Cameron Norrie WR 81 vs (LL) Federico Agustín Gómez (ARG) WR 144 (CH = 133 in February)
Dare I say that he could hardly have hoped for a better second round draw?!!
L128: (5) Jack Draper WR 5 defeated Mattia Bellucci (ITA) WR 68 by 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2

L64: Gaël Monfils (FRA) WR 42 (CH = 6 in November 2016) vs (5) Jack Draper WR 5

It took 38-year-old "la Monf" five sets & three hours & 36 minutes to subdue Hugo Dellien (Jack was on court for two hours & 35 minutes).

indiana · Tennis legend

Wow, I was listening to the tennis programme on Radio 5 Live where the Monfils match was playing in the background and being occasionally commented upon.

Monfils injured himself in the very first game hurling into a courtside barrier, was injured and went 2 sets down.

Ryan Harrison was consistent that Monfils would come back and that Emma would beat Iga. Good luck with that double, mate!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It was a crazy match

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I see Ruud went down in round one to Borges, 4 sets. Ruud came in having won a Masters!!

seagull · Hall of fame

Ruud was injured. Did well to play match out

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Ruud was injured. Did well to play match out

that explains it - the scoreline looked like something was up with him

wales1994 · County player

Shame, I really like Ruud - seems like a really nice guy.

Monfils (and the Parisian crowd) are going to be a good test for where Draper is at mentally! Could be a big banana skin.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

AdM was leading 2 sets to love against Bublik, but Bublik has pulled it back and now leads 2-0 in the 5th.

I haven't checked, but wasn't/ isn't AdM looming in Jack's section? (one of the Brits will come across him soon, I think?)

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
AdM was leading 2 sets to love against Bublik, but Bublik has pulled it back and now leads 2-0 in the 5th.

I haven't checked, but wasn't/ isn't AdM looming in Jack's section? (one of the Brits will come across him soon, I think?)

4th round - a little way to go yet.

indiana · Tennis legend

Would potentially be good to have AdM out of the way ( though I would take Jack to beat him ).

Fonseca ( who beat (30) Hurkacz in R1 ) or Herbert for Jack in R3 if he beats Monfils in R2, as he ruddy well should.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bublik wins vs AdM, 6-2 in the 5th.

Sheddie · administrator

Now just need Gasquet to get rid of Sinner

indiana · Tennis legend

In the meantime, the only remaining seed that Jack could meet in the first 4 rounds, (19) Mensik, has also lost a 2 set lead and is a break down, 3-4*, to qualifier Rocha in the 5th set.

indiana · Tennis legend

Rocha wins vs Mensik, 6-3 in the 5th.