2024 ROLAND GARROS

Awesome return from Sinner for the break.

Long way to go in this set..

sinners cramping has made him hit out a bit more to shorten pts which has worked well.. 2d set he had seemed more tenative

Alcaraz also a bit more tentative in that set

Paolini also through to the final of the women's doubles

This 4th set is beautiful

Only needed one bp and we are going to a 5th

Alcaraz played some stunning tennis to break Sinner (despite Sinner ds!)

Alcaraz just coming up with the answers under pressure

Breaks again. To serve..

Scrub that.. He is to serve now. One break in it

Deuce!

Kinda want to see Zverev getting humiliated in the final.

Would feel sorry for Ruud. But even more so if he lost another slam final

Would be emulating some of the greats - Lendl went 0-4, Fed lost three RG f in a row. You do feel a lot has to fall into place for Ruud to win one though. Zverev must not progress!

Missed this thread, Vamos!

Pumped for Paolini tomorrow.

zverev makes 80% of 1st serves in the 3rd to go up 2-1

gotta hand it to the skarsgard-looking fuck, he’s playing pretty fantastically well this tourney

thought ruud was going to retire there for a minute.

Ah well

That'll take the edge of his trial, I guess

ruud is good, and maybe was ill or something, but i dont trust him in big matches

On serve, just.

Interesting, Swiatek broken early.

Lets see..

Broken to love

First god rally. Iga won that time

So enjoyable this early

Do fear for Paolini here. Already going for broke

Broken. DF there..

Won all the games since Iga was broken.

Giving this another half hour or so.

Three sps..

What a fucking return. That's the set.

Re: Paolini. She can hit it hard but they have to land in almost everytime for this to go the distance

Hell yes

Ah damn

Paolini broken, even after a couple of errors fron Swiatek. She'll be lucky to win another game.

I was really hoping we were going to get a good tussle today, can she rally

Chris Evert has won the most French Opens at 7.

This record is seriously under threat.

Well, she won a game..

Whoever the ex-player commentating on Discovery, like, we get it you like Iga, please stfu

Ah well, more time to do housework this afternoon I guess, kinda underwhelming finale

If I'm Osaka, I'm leaving Paris feeling pretty good about my competitive level: She took as many games off Swiatek (17) as Swiatek lost in her next five rounds combined en route to the title.

Watched the final on delay, knowing the outcome. Paolini is the kind of counterpuncher I always find it easy to root for, and I could see her turning into a next-gen Amanda Coetzer for the remainder of her career.

Coetzer is a great comparison.

Sometimes easy to forget how dominant Chris Evert was, given how she was eclipsed later on by Navratilova and (briefly) Graf. Her World Team Tennis commitments meant she *missed* three French Opens, 1976-78, so she likely should have ten titles, seven of them consecutive. She won 125 straight matches on clay, Aug '73 to May '79, dropping EIGHT sets (Tracy Austin beat her 7-6 in the third, Rome sf). Semi or better in her first 34 Slams across all surfaces ('71 to '83). 90% win/loss all-time. I really only remember her resurgence in the mid-'80s, when she outplayed Martina at Roland-Garros in consecutive finals and got back to #1 - that after something like 13 straight losses to her.

Just looking up Coetzer now. Good stuff.

While that was an awesome effort by Osaka I'd say any challenegers to Swiatek's dominance on clay would need to build consistency on the surface over the clay court season.

Unlike Evert Swiatek is mostly a specialist on clay. Though she gets far in other surfaces I'd say she'd be pushed to get a Wimbeldon title, or many hard court slams, without building some variety. She is 23 so there's time.

On serve, but excellent tennis from Alcatraz to break

Playing at a higher level rn. 4-2

A had two further bps. Z did well to save them

Excellent to get that break. 6-3

1st game at the 2nd has become deuce from 40-0 Alcaraz.

Gets through. Big chance missed by Z

Zverev is more comfortable on his serves this set..but can he take the opportunity?

Z finally breaks!