french open

Far from being a mug, 08erer was actually pushing arguably the best ever version of Nadal on clay super close in their first 2 matches of the season. He lost their match in the final of Monte Carlo 7-5, 7-5, having been 4-0 up in the 2nd set before a classic choke job (and Nadal rescue voyage)...

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2021 on clay Djokovic would go onto beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his second title at the event and complete a double career Grand Slam. Nadal had won the last 4 editions, most recently beating Djokovic in...

Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final, 2022 on clay It was Nadal’s 14th title at the event, record extending 22nd Slam and first clay title of the season. He’d won Australian Open earlier in the year. Ruud was seeded and playing his first Slam final final. The...

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Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2021 on clay It was Djokovic’s second title at the event and gave him a double career Grand Slam Slam. Tsitsipas was playing his first Slam final. The two had played a 5 set semi at previous years...

Things going against Nadal today: 1. Nadals form 2. Novaks form 3. Night time conditions 4. Crowd being against Novak 5. Nadals movement 6. Played a 5 setter in the previous match whereas Novak only played 3 sers Things going against Djokovic today: 1. Pressure of being the heavy favourite 2...

Zverev's 12th approach to defeat a Top 10 opponent in BO5 formula. He's at 0-11 at this moment: 01 2016 AO R128: #2 Murray 0-3 [1-6 2-6 3-6] 02 2016 WIM R32: #9 Berdych 1-3 [3-6 4-6 6-4 1-6] 03 2017 AO R32: #9 Nadal 2-3 [6-4 3-6 7-6 3-6 2-6] 04 2017 WIM R16: #7 Raonic 2-3 [6-4...

It is the most awaited tennis match since 2021 RG SF, can't wait for it. Clash #59 in one of the greatest rivalries of all time. H2H Djokovic 30-28 Nadal Vegas odds (as of 29 May) TBA Sources: atptour.com oddsportal.com

Djokobots and Nadal haters are just hyping up Nadal so that when Novak inevitably destroys Rafa they can gloat and claim that Novak beat a great opponent. Current Nadals BH is at par or maybe slightly worse than Berrettini especially the movement to his BH side. Atleast in 2015 Nadal’s BH was...

Korda plays flawlessly so far (3-0 vs Millman, 3-0 vs Gasquet). Alcaraz forced to defend a matchpoint in R64 against Ramos. Was looking vulnerable. They both clashed last month in Monte-Carlo, Korda was better then. Who's going to win this time? H2H Korda 1-1 Alcaraz Vegas odds (as of 25...

Take the poll. Which are your favorite 5-set French Open finals in the Open Era? Impressively, of the 9 times that the final went 5 sets, 4 of those times were 0-2 sets down comeback wins.

This could be the very last ATP match for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he has announced 2022 RG is his final professional tournament before the retirement. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tsonga-retirement-announcement-2022 H2H Ruud 0-0 Tsonga Vegas odds (as of 20 May) Sources: atptour.com...

H2H Nadal 1-0 Thompson Vegas odds (as of 19 May) Sources: atptour.com oddsportal.com

Our evidence that he can is 1 match in Madrid which was super, super tight (5-7 final TB). Djokovic was still relatively fresh into his clay comeback - he will have much better rhythm and level when RG comes around - and his level in slams been always miles above his M1000 levels without fail...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2014 on clay It was Nadal’s record extending 9th title at the event and record breaking 5th in a row. Djokovic had won the pair’s last 4 meetings, mostly recently on clay in Rome final. This was the...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1985 on clay It was Wilander's second title at the event. Lendl had been the defending champion and reached the final without loss of set. The two had met twice recently on clay leading into the event, with Lendl...

Mats Wilander beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the French Open quarter-final, 1982 on clay The unseeded Wilander would go onto win the title, beating Guillermo Vilas in the final and become the then youngest ever Slam champion. Gerulaitis was seeded 5th Wilander won 125...

Andre Agassi beat Jim Courier 6-7(8), 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the French Open fourth round, 1990 on clay Agassi would go onto reach his first Slam final where he would lose to Andres Gomez. The two had played each other the previous years third round and would go onto meet in the following years...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2019 on clay Nadal, the double defending champion, would go onto beat Dominic Thiem in the final for his 12th title at the event. Federer was playing at the event for the first time since 2015. The two had...

Jim Courier beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 1992 on clay It was a repeat of the previous years final, which Courier had also won. Courier would go onto beat Petr Korda in the final to defend his title. Earlier in the year, he had won the Australian Open...

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final, 2018 on clay Nadal was the defending champion and this was his 11th title at the event. He'd go onto win the next 2 also. Thiem was playing in his first Slam final. The two had met in the semi's the previous year...

Andre Agassi beat Pete Sampras 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-1 in the French Open quarter-final, 1992 on clay Agassi would go onto lose in the next round to eventual champion Jim Courier. He would go onto win his first Slam at Wimbledon shortly after. The two had recently played the final of Atlanta...

Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the French Open final, 2017 on clay It was Nadal's 10th title at the event. He would go onto win the next 3 editions. It was his first Slam title since 2014. Wawrinka was the reigning US Open champion and this was his first loss in a Slam...

Michael Chang beat Stefan Edberg 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1989 on clay Chang was 17 years (and 109 days) old, this would turn out to be his only Slam title and he remains the youngest ever winner of a Slam event. This would turn out to be Edberg's only final at...

Robin Soderling beat Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 the French Open quarter-final, 2010 on clay Soderling would go onto reach the final, where he'd lose to Rafael Nadal. The match was a repeat of the previous years final which Federer had won. The result ended Federer's run of...

Robin Soderling beat Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-6(2) the French Open fourth round, 2009 on clay Soderling would go onto the final where he'd lose to Roger Federer. Nadal had won previous 4 titles at the event and would go onto win the next 5. The 2 would meet again in the...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Thomas Muster 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the French Open third round, 1997 on clay Kuerten, who was unseeded and ranked 66, would go onto win the event by beating Sergi Bruguera in the final. This would be his first title of an kind. Muster had won the event in...

Novak is not saying anything new here. But he’s NOT playing RG for mere formality as we often hear on these boards. He’s hungry and he wants it. This year he seems to want it more. Probably more so than the previous years. And unlike last few years, it looks like he’s made some essential tweaks...

Jim Courier beat Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the French Open final, 1991 on clay It was Courier's first Slam final and Agassi's third (lost previous 2). Courier would go onto defend his title the following year, while Agassi had been runner-up the previous year. The 2 had...