French open tennis

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"Shapovalov, the third top 10 men’s seed to exit the tournament, twice served for the match on Thursday and at one point was just two points away from victory.

He ended the match having committed 106 unforced errors while coming to the net 103 times, a rare tactic on slow clay courts.

“It’s impossible to hit a winner with these balls, so I figured I might as well come to the net because I’m just not going to sit there and play a 10-hour match,” he said.
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“In Rome, I could hit big, I actually hit winners. Here it’s just like the ball’s not going anywhere. So it’s just annoying that you have to be in that situation because it shouldn’t be that heavy and that difficult.”"

https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/french-open/french-open-2020-denis-shapovalov-blasts-roland-garros-organisers-results-scores/news-story/c9e789a2eb77b7062939e5755933af8a[/b]

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Meanwhile, Thiem and Ruud have both been struggling to hold serve in the first set of their match. There have been 3 breaks of serve and many break points.

But Thiem saves his service game to take a 5-3 lead.


Thiem has been ultra-consistent at the French the past 4 years.

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Thiem won that match comfortably. It was reportedly the first match featuring seeds.

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Meanwhile, this morning, with Djokovic leading his match 2 sets to love and 4-1, the odds on offer for his opponent were a piddling $100.

They're not very generous, these bookies. Unless he broke a leg or hit an umpire, it's not easy to see how Djokovic could lose from there.

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Petr Korda should just pump out kids.

His two daughters are ranked 2 and 22 on the LPGA tour

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Simona Halep was bundled out in straight sets, barely winning any games, by a Polish teen.

It always feels a lot more volatile and unpredictable on the women's side.

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Zverev crashed out to rising teen Sinner, who playes Rafa next.

It was then revealed that he played with fever and breathing difficulties. COVID-19??

Sinner was right when he said they weren't all that close to each other, but if he's infected and it goes through the men's draw, the tournament will become a farce.

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My tip for the final in the ladies is that polish teen and Petra kitvova

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Thiem survived an epic five-setter against Frenchman Gaston but could not back up, losing a 5-hour marathon against Schwartzman, who will play the winner of Nadal vs. Sinner in the SF.

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Meanwhile, Zverev has said his COVID test has come back negative.

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Sinner has broken Rafa and is serving for the first set.

Rafa looks like he's struggling.

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Rafa breaks back to take it to a tiebreak.

They've been playing for over an hour now.

It's a dogfight.

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Rafa takes the tiebreak and first set after 72 minutes.

That'll be a relief for him. He looked a lot more in control in the tiebreak than in the three or four games before.

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Wow... Sinner is being checked out at the break. Is he injured? It's the right leg. Rafa is off the court at the same time.

Rafa returns and puts on a white tracksuit top. There are now two men helping Sinner. One is rubbing somewhere. Right adductor maybe.

Rafa jogs on the spot and practices a few air strokes. It looks a bit windy out there. It is late at night.

Play resumes.

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Sinner breaks in the second set. He's still causing Rafa a lot of problems.

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But Rafa breaks back.