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Young guns take charge under the Chatrier lights Roland-Garros has made its call, and it is one with plenty to drool over. For Tuesday’s night session on June 2, the organisers have gone for the future, the buzz, the promise of tennis moving at full speed: Joao Fonseca against Jakub Mensik, from 20h15 on Philippe-Chatrier.…

Third-round win and a new backdrop Alexander Zverev has won his third-round clash. The German beat Frenchman Quentin Halys. The scoreboard showed a four-set finish. The line reads 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-2. At the same time, the Paris tournament has lost some of its biggest names. Italian Jannik Sinner is out early. Novak Djokovic has…

Winter starts and the first wins on the tour Moise Kouame has made a stunning start to the season. The tennis year begins in Hazebrouck, and the local event serves up the first signs that this kid means business. The tournament director recalls the early tension. Kouame almost goes out in round one. Then the…

Match report and the psychological readout The official record shows Novak Djokovic has been beaten. The Serbian star exits the event in the third round. Brazilian player Joao Fonseca takes the win after a gripping battle. The clock puts the total at five hours. The data sheet confirms a five-set contest. The scoreline reads 4-6…

Initial biomechanical assessment and mental control The technical director Patrick Mouratoglou takes a look at Moise Kouame’s profile. The youngster has moved into the third round of the competition. The official draw has him facing Alejandro Tabilo. The expert sees top-level athletic tools in Moise Kouame. He covers the full biomechanical range. Official wildcard entries…

Seed carnage meets the numbers crunch The official draw has already recorded Jannik Sinner’s early exit. Roland-Garros has seen several seeded players fall by the wayside. Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn on medical grounds before a ball was hit. Italian star Lorenzo Musetti is out too. Frenchman Arthur Fils has also pulled out physically from the…

Shockwaves in Paris The unthinkable happened on the clay in the French capital. Sinner had been cruising, two sets up and then 5-1 ahead in the third, before Jannik Sinner somehow fell apart in the second round of Roland-Garros. The world No. 1 went down in five sets to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo. It was…

Paris stunned by a headline act The young French player keeps bringing the Paris crowd to its feet. After a brutal finish on Thursday, Moise Kouame booked his place in the third round of Roland-Garros by getting past Paraguay’s Daniel Vallejo. The Frenchman won in five sets in a match packed with quality (6-3, 7-5,…

A marathon in the heat Novak Djokovic had to dig deep to book his place in the third round at Roland Garros. Up against stubborn Frenchman Valentin Royer, the third seed came through in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-7[7], 6-3) after a gruelling 3h44 battle on Court Philippe Chatrier. The Serb paid the price for…