Second day of the French Open this Monday, May 23 at Porte d’Auteuil. It marks the entry into the running of three favorites of the tournament this year: the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who has won 13 times Roland-Garros, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, world number 1 and winner of the 2021 edition, or the number 1 in the world, the Polish Iga Świątek.
Ten French in the running
Ten French people will try to validate their ticket for the second round on Parisian clay on Monday. And not in particular Richard Gasquet, opposed to the South African Lloyd Harris, or even Corentin Moutet who will rub shoulders with the Swiss Stan Wawrinka. Among the ladies, the French Diane Parry will have a hard time facing the world number 2 Barbora Krejčíková, big winner of Roland Garros last year.
Among the favorites, Rafael Nadal, who won 13 times Roland-Garros, is opposed to the Australian Jordan Thompson. His rival, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, will have to get rid of the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka. As for the world number 1, Iga Świątek, she is opposed to the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.
The main matches of this 2nd day
Court Philippe Chatrier
- Iga Swiatek (POL/seeded N.1) – Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
- Diane Parry (FRA) – Barbora Krejcikova (CZE/2)
- Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Rafael Nadal (ESP/5)
- (not before 8:45 p.m.) Novak Djokovic (SRB / 1) – Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)
Court Suzanne Lenglen
- Amanda Anisimova (USA/27) – Naomi Osaka (JPN)
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Corentin Moutet (FRA)
- Anett Kontaveit (EST/5) – Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
- Lloyd Harris (RSA) – Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Court Simonne-Mathieu
- Oceane Dodin (FRA) – Andrea Petkovic (GER)
- Cameron Norrie (GBR/10) – Manuel Guinard (FRA)
- Linda Noskova (CZE) – Emma Raducanu (GBR/12)
- Benoît Paire (FRA) – Ilya Ivashka (BLR)
Short 4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/30) – Greet Minnen (BEL)
Short 6
- Santiago Rodriguez (ARG) – Taylor Fritz (USA/13)
- Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) – Nuria Parrizas (ESP)
- Angelique Kerber (GER/21) – Magdalena Frech (POL)
- Sebastian Korda (USA/27) – John Millman (AUS)
Short 7
- Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL)
- Daniel Evans (GBR/29) – Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
- Marton Fucsovics (HUN) – Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA)
- Madison Keys (USA/22) – Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)
Short 8
- Anna Bondar (HUN) – Petra Kvitova (CZE/32)
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO/22) – Maxime Cressy (USA)
- Lin Zhu (CHN) – Veronika Kudermetova (RUS/29)
- Cristian Garin (CHI) – Tommy Paul (USA/30)
Short 13
- Filip Krajinovic (SRB) – Reilly Opelka (USA/17)
- Danka Kovinic (MNE) – Liudmila Samsonova (RUS/25)
- Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB/28) – Tomas Etcheverry (ARG)
- Arantxa Rus (NED) – Elena Rybakina (KAZ/16)
Short 14
- Victoria Azarenka (BLR/15) – Ana Bogdan (ROU)
- Heather Watson (GBR) – Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
- Attila Balazs (HUN) – Marin Cilic (CRO/20)
- (not before 5:00 p.m.) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) – Alexander Bublik (KAZ)