Speaking with Spain’s Radio Marca on Friday, Toni Nadal stated that his nephew is almost recovered from a left hip flexor injury that has kept him sidelined since the Australian Open in January. He was unable to participate in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and Madrid as a result.

“He’s going to play in Paris, although how he trains in the coming weeks and what he can do in Rome will be important to measure his aspirations there,” Toni Nadal explained.

Last year, Nadal won his 14th French Open title at the age of 35. This year, the former ATP world number one will look to break his tie with Novak Djokovic for most career Grand Slam title wins.

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“It will start at 8 p.m. (local time) with an interactive show and the first point will be played at 8:30 p.m.,” Mauresmo confirmed during a news conference. Last year, the players’ warm-ups on Court Philippe Chatrier were scheduled to begin at 8:45 pm.

The change comes amid criticism of the tournament’s previous schedule due to the lack of public transportation available to fans following the conclusion of the night matches. The Paris metro stops running at about 1:15 am.

Colloquially known as the French Open, the tournament has also drawn criticism for typically scheduling men’s matches as the flagship matches of the day.

Mauresmo also touched on the issue of cyberbullying, stating during the news conference that Roland Garros would recruit the services of a company to erase insulting messages on social media to protect players’ mental well-being.

Roland Garros runs from May 28 until June 11.

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Barty was in the middle of her second-round matchup against Magda Linette when she felt a nagging hip injury worsen. The issue made it difficult for her to move around the court and impacted her serve. After a medical timeout didn’t give any results, the 25-year-old player made a decision to call it quits.

Speaking with reporters after the match, Barty said it was “heartbreaking” having to withdraw.

“We have had such a brilliant clay-court season, and to kind of get a little bit unlucky with timing, more than anything, to have something kind of acute happen over the weekend and just kind of run out of time against the clock is disappointing,” she added.

Ash Barty previously won Roland Garros in 2019, which marked her first career Grand Slam title. She opted not to come back as a defending champion last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Barty’s withdrawal comes few days after U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka chose to drop out of the tournament following the controversy she caused by refusing to attend media conferences.

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Nadal faced Egor Gerasimov on Monday and celebrated a cruising 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win. The 34-year-old Spaniard never seemed bothered by Gerasimov, and kept his cool in the deciding moments, converting all of his five break points.

Nadal, who previously missed US Open due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, will now face Mackenzie McDonald in the second round as he aims for his 13th title at Roland Garros.

Dominic Thiem had a lot more demanding challenges compared to Nadal’s, as the Austrian faced 2014’s US Open winner Marin Cilic. Still, Thiem responded with a dominant performance and secured a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, victory despite 7 out of his 13 break points.

Thiem has set the stage for a second-round match against Jack Sock, aiming to return to his third-straight French Open finals.

Novak Djokovic was the last to play his first-round match, being pitted against No.80 ranked Mikael Ymer. Fresh of winning Italian Open, Djokovic quickly dispatched Ymer, allowing him only five games en route to 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 win.

Djokovic’s next opponent is Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis.

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The Spaniard Nadal continued his dominance over Roger Federer and threw him out of the French Open while staying on his course to the finals. He won the semi-final match in straight sets, finishing with 6-3, 6-4, and 6-2 on the Roland Garros court Philippe – Chatrier.

The organizers were pleased with the steadier weather after the rains that caused havoc on Wednesday, but even though it did not rain, the weather was far from great as the wind blew clay everywhere and made the players pause before serves.

Nadal said that the conditions were very difficult to manage. With this victory, Nadal now leads 6-0 against Federer at the French Open but this is the second time he wins a match in straight sets.

The match was the 39th time the two legends of tennis meet on the court. But the bad weather left Nadal without an adversary in the finals. The rain caused the second semi-final match to be stopped in the third set, when Dominic Thiem was leading 6-2, 3-6 and 3-1 against Novak Djokovic.

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Many of the favorites had unexpectedly left the competition in its early stages and this trend continues to the last matches. In continuation of these interesting turnarounds, the Czech teenage professional tennis player Marketa Vondrousova surprised everyone with her stunning performance which kicked the British star Johanna Konta out of the competition.

The 19-year-old Vondrousova finished the match against Konta with 7-5 and 7-6 (2).

Because the game between Nadal and Federer was set to be played on Chatrier, the match between Konta and Vondrousova was moved to Court Simonne Mathieu, which caused a lot of reactions in the tennis community and from the players as well. Even though she said the court itself is beautiful, Konta also commented that playing in a half-empty stadium was not appropriate for a semi-final, and Federer joined her in her reaction about the late notice rescheduling.

In the meanwhile, the match between Ashleigh Barty and Amanda Inisimova took place on the Court Suzanne Lenglen and the Australian scored a victory with 6-7(4), 6-3 and 6-3.

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This year, Konta surprised everyone with a fantastic season on the clay courts, having reached WTA finals in Rome and Morocco and now continuing her victories in Paris.

There hasn’t been a British woman in the semifinals since 1983 and Konta is hoping to change that. And what’s most unusual, she is winning on surfaces on which she hasn’t had great success before.

Many attribute Konta’s great season to the seasoned experience and guidance of her new coach Dimitri Zavialoff, who she employed at the end of last year and is obviously doing wonders for her performance. Konta said that she was definitely pleased with the way she played and with the kind of problem-solving she was doing out there. She also commented that she had very few drops in her level which kept the pressure on her opponent to try to find a solution.

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Nadal scored a victory over the Belgian David Goffin with 6–1 6–3 4–6 6–3, delivering a brilliant game, while Roger Federer, who is now 37 years old, set another world record by being the oldest tennis player to reach this stage of a Grand Slam since 1991 with the appearance of Jimmy Connors. 

It has been another year of big round numbers for Federer, who won his 100th career singles title in Dubai in February. Last week, on a luminous afternoon, when springtime Paris felt like the place great poets used to write poems about, the Swiss star also became the first player, male or female, to play 400 Grand Slam matches.

After beating the Norwegian player Casper Ruud with 6–3 6–1 7–6 (10–8), Federer said he felt that his 20 years on the tour went too fast and commented that at the time he started Ruud was hardly born. 

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Speaking with Spain’s Radio Marca on Friday, Toni Nadal stated that his nephew is almost recovered from a left hip flexor injury that has kept him sidelined since the Australian Open in January. He was unable to participate in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and Madrid as a result.

“He’s going to play in Paris, although how he trains in the coming weeks and what he can do in Rome will be important to measure his aspirations there,” Toni Nadal explained.

Last year, Nadal won his 14th French Open title at the age of 35. This year, the former ATP world number one will look to break his tie with Novak Djokovic for most career Grand Slam title wins.

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“It will start at 8 p.m. (local time) with an interactive show and the first point will be played at 8:30 p.m.,” Mauresmo confirmed during a news conference. Last year, the players’ warm-ups on Court Philippe Chatrier were scheduled to begin at 8:45 pm.

The change comes amid criticism of the tournament’s previous schedule due to the lack of public transportation available to fans following the conclusion of the night matches. The Paris metro stops running at about 1:15 am.

Colloquially known as the French Open, the tournament has also drawn criticism for typically scheduling men’s matches as the flagship matches of the day.

Mauresmo also touched on the issue of cyberbullying, stating during the news conference that Roland Garros would recruit the services of a company to erase insulting messages on social media to protect players’ mental well-being.

Roland Garros runs from May 28 until June 11.

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Barty was in the middle of her second-round matchup against Magda Linette when she felt a nagging hip injury worsen. The issue made it difficult for her to move around the court and impacted her serve. After a medical timeout didn’t give any results, the 25-year-old player made a decision to call it quits.

Speaking with reporters after the match, Barty said it was “heartbreaking” having to withdraw.

“We have had such a brilliant clay-court season, and to kind of get a little bit unlucky with timing, more than anything, to have something kind of acute happen over the weekend and just kind of run out of time against the clock is disappointing,” she added.

Ash Barty previously won Roland Garros in 2019, which marked her first career Grand Slam title. She opted not to come back as a defending champion last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Barty’s withdrawal comes few days after U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka chose to drop out of the tournament following the controversy she caused by refusing to attend media conferences.

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Nadal faced Egor Gerasimov on Monday and celebrated a cruising 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win. The 34-year-old Spaniard never seemed bothered by Gerasimov, and kept his cool in the deciding moments, converting all of his five break points.

Nadal, who previously missed US Open due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, will now face Mackenzie McDonald in the second round as he aims for his 13th title at Roland Garros.

Dominic Thiem had a lot more demanding challenges compared to Nadal’s, as the Austrian faced 2014’s US Open winner Marin Cilic. Still, Thiem responded with a dominant performance and secured a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, victory despite 7 out of his 13 break points.

Thiem has set the stage for a second-round match against Jack Sock, aiming to return to his third-straight French Open finals.

Novak Djokovic was the last to play his first-round match, being pitted against No.80 ranked Mikael Ymer. Fresh of winning Italian Open, Djokovic quickly dispatched Ymer, allowing him only five games en route to 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 win.

Djokovic’s next opponent is Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis.

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The Spaniard Nadal continued his dominance over Roger Federer and threw him out of the French Open while staying on his course to the finals. He won the semi-final match in straight sets, finishing with 6-3, 6-4, and 6-2 on the Roland Garros court Philippe – Chatrier.

The organizers were pleased with the steadier weather after the rains that caused havoc on Wednesday, but even though it did not rain, the weather was far from great as the wind blew clay everywhere and made the players pause before serves.

Nadal said that the conditions were very difficult to manage. With this victory, Nadal now leads 6-0 against Federer at the French Open but this is the second time he wins a match in straight sets.

The match was the 39th time the two legends of tennis meet on the court. But the bad weather left Nadal without an adversary in the finals. The rain caused the second semi-final match to be stopped in the third set, when Dominic Thiem was leading 6-2, 3-6 and 3-1 against Novak Djokovic.

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Many of the favorites had unexpectedly left the competition in its early stages and this trend continues to the last matches. In continuation of these interesting turnarounds, the Czech teenage professional tennis player Marketa Vondrousova surprised everyone with her stunning performance which kicked the British star Johanna Konta out of the competition.

The 19-year-old Vondrousova finished the match against Konta with 7-5 and 7-6 (2).

Because the game between Nadal and Federer was set to be played on Chatrier, the match between Konta and Vondrousova was moved to Court Simonne Mathieu, which caused a lot of reactions in the tennis community and from the players as well. Even though she said the court itself is beautiful, Konta also commented that playing in a half-empty stadium was not appropriate for a semi-final, and Federer joined her in her reaction about the late notice rescheduling.

In the meanwhile, the match between Ashleigh Barty and Amanda Inisimova took place on the Court Suzanne Lenglen and the Australian scored a victory with 6-7(4), 6-3 and 6-3.

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This year, Konta surprised everyone with a fantastic season on the clay courts, having reached WTA finals in Rome and Morocco and now continuing her victories in Paris.

There hasn’t been a British woman in the semifinals since 1983 and Konta is hoping to change that. And what’s most unusual, she is winning on surfaces on which she hasn’t had great success before.

Many attribute Konta’s great season to the seasoned experience and guidance of her new coach Dimitri Zavialoff, who she employed at the end of last year and is obviously doing wonders for her performance. Konta said that she was definitely pleased with the way she played and with the kind of problem-solving she was doing out there. She also commented that she had very few drops in her level which kept the pressure on her opponent to try to find a solution.

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Nadal scored a victory over the Belgian David Goffin with 6–1 6–3 4–6 6–3, delivering a brilliant game, while Roger Federer, who is now 37 years old, set another world record by being the oldest tennis player to reach this stage of a Grand Slam since 1991 with the appearance of Jimmy Connors. 

It has been another year of big round numbers for Federer, who won his 100th career singles title in Dubai in February. Last week, on a luminous afternoon, when springtime Paris felt like the place great poets used to write poems about, the Swiss star also became the first player, male or female, to play 400 Grand Slam matches.

After beating the Norwegian player Casper Ruud with 6–3 6–1 7–6 (10–8), Federer said he felt that his 20 years on the tour went too fast and commented that at the time he started Ruud was hardly born. 

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