It is a tough time for tennis in the land of Roland-Garros: For the first time since 1980, there were zero men or women from the country seeded in the tournament.Īnother member of Tsonga's talented generation, Gilles Simon, has said he will retire at the end of the season. Tsonga leaves with 121 wins in grand slam matches, a record for a French man. Women who advanced to the second round included 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko, 2018 champion Simona Halep, No.9 Danielle Collins, No.11 Jessica Pegula and No.22 Madison Keys. It all offered the most compelling moments of day three, which included first-round victories in the men’s bracket for U.S Open champion Daniil Medvedev, No.7 seed Andrey Rublev and No.24 Frances Tiafoe, who had been 0-6 at Roland Garros.ĭanish teenager Holger Rune eliminated No.14 Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
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They were there because he knows he is done trying to win matches, done hearing the supportive roars from spectators, done experiencing the highs and lows of a professional tennis career that featured a spot at No.5 in the rankings, a run to the 2008 Australian Open final and France's first Davis Cup title in 16 years - but also a series of injuries. They were not there because of the right shoulder that was so painful he couldn't properly swing his racquet by the end of a 6-7 (8), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) loss to No.8 seed Casper Ruud in Court Philippe Chatrier. Watch Roland-Garros on 9Gem and 9Now or every match, ad-free, live and on demand with courts in 4K, on Stan Sport. So they flowed freely during the final moments of his final match at Roland-Garros, the final singles match of his professional tennis career, and he wiped them away with the black sweatband on his left wrist. And, he said later, he knew he would not. Much as he wanted to avoid tears, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga simply could not.
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