Official Friday Match Schedule

Candidates for the title Roland Garros They have extra help. They deserve it with their record and charisma, it’s nice to know that the controversy of their matches is guaranteed, because they will be held in one of the two stadiums of the Parisian complex with a retractable roof. Others are struggling with the rain, which has already caused a thousand and one stoppages and delays at the Grand Slam tournament.

Bye Carlos Alcaraz This Thursday he trained quietly with his team at Jean Bouin, a club located two blocks from Roland Garros, where there are more courts, and his opponent in the round of 16 had to earn his place later than he would have liked.

The Spaniard, under the cover of a center, decided his classification against the Dutchman Jesper de Jong on Wednesday. American Sebastian Korda He went to the hotel at 5-4 and served for the set against South Korean Sunwoo. He returned at 11 a.m. Thursday, where he was again suspended for nearly an hour. And he was still grateful that he had completed his victory before two o’clock in the afternoon, without undue wear and tear. This decision also helped Alcaraz so that he would not have an opponent and suddenly face a delay in his schedule that he was not happy with.

Moreover, there is no worse scenario than returning from injury and facing humidity, cold and rain. “My arm feels good, but these conditions are not helping. You’re a little scared of how your forearm will react because the humidity makes the ball so big, it’s hard to move, it’s hard to hit winners,” he explains. Alcarazwhich doesn’t result in more wear and tear than necessary in the days between games.

“The less time you are on the court, the better, to get better and recover,” he notes, although he also lacks pace, having only played one tournament, Madrid, on the clay-court tour.

Also Korda, 23 years old and number 28, he complained that the ball “barely flies.” I would prefer more heat, it’s also hard to remove.”

Alcaraz and Korda will meet again at Roland Garros, where the Spaniard won 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of 2022. “At a night game,” recalled the North American from a family of sports talents (tennis and golf) with Czech roots. They will be repeated in the evening session, no earlier than 20:15.. The weather will tell you whether it’s indoors or outdoors.

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Friday match program at Roland Garros

1

Philippe Chatrier Track

12:00 hours

Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Dayana Yastremska (Ukr/30)
​Pavel Kotov (Russia)-Jannik Sinner (USA/2)
​Iga Swiatek (Gender/1)-Maria Buzkova (Che)
​(not earlier than 20:15)
​Sebastian Korda (USA/27)-Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/3)

2

Track Suzanne Lenglen

11:00 am.

Lyudmila Samsonova (Rus/17) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita)
Andrey Rublev (Rus/6)-Matteo Arnaldi (Ita)
Leila Fernandez (Can/31) – Ons Jabeur (Tun/8)
​Zhizhen Zhang (China)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree/9)

3

Simonne-Mathieu’s track

11:00 am.

Olga Danilovic (Serb)-Donna Vekic (Choir)
​Chloe Paquet (Fra)-Marketa Vondrousova (Che/5)
​Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/8)-Denis Shapovalov (Kan)
​Corentin Moutet (France) or Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan)-Sebastian Ofner (Austria)