Cotton testing at Roland Garros for Alcaraz and Djokovic

The cotton test is coming for Alcaraz and Djokovic. The challenge to enter the big week in Paris in search of the goal set since the start of the tournament: the first Roland Garros for the Murcian tennis player or the 23rd Grand Slam for the Serbian tennis player. This much Dennis Shapovalov like Alexander Davidovic they have the tennis resources to put them to the test.

Night shift

alcaraz For the quarter-finals, Roland Garros will seek his pass in the night session (20:15, Eurosport) under very different conditions than when Philippe Chatrier was played during the day. The humidity of the track transforms the game. The other side of the web awaits you Shapovalovnever encountered before.

24-year-old Canadian and 32-year-old world champion, wonderful boy statushowever, he has not been able to confirm this with any major titles so far, as he introduced himself at the age of 17 by knocking out Nadal at the 2017 Canadian Masters 1,000. It has since won only one championship at the track (Stockholm 2019).

number 1 adoration

Expectations from Shapovalov were not met. Perhaps this is why the Canadian is the first to evaluate the magnificent progress of Alcaraz. “I admire her. Being number 1 isn’t easy being this young and there’s a lot of noise around him,” he said before playing. “It’s going to be a big challenge. It won’t be easy to win three of five sets, but I’m looking forward to getting on the field,” he said.

Moreover davidovic He admires Djokovic, The person Philippe Chatrier will face in the third round (approx. 15:30, Eurosport). “He is a tennis legend and it will be a pleasure to face him,” said the man from Malaga, a friend of the Serb he had met dozens of times in Marbella.

Davidovich (34th world ranking) has special memories of his three previous encounters. Famous victory at Monte Carlo when he eliminated the Serb in the second round two years ago (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1). “That game has nothing to do with it. The circumstances are very different, but I am ready to face the challenges mentally and physically,” he said.

A hidden ‘chip’

davidovic will face Djokovic at full capacity as it showed the previous night marton fucsovics (7-6 (2), 6-0, 6-3. In the last hour and a half of the first set only the wind and the Hungarian player’s terrific play upset the former number 1, who was playing with a mysterious little ball. The chip stuck in his chest.

“When I was a kid I was a fan of Iron Man, I used to try to imitate him. My team has developed a nanotechnology system that allows me. do your best in the way. This is definitely the biggest secret of my career,” he admitted without revealing the mystery of the accessory. Davidovich will have to test it.

Sinner, KO, unexpected

While favorites do not fail at the top of the table, title contenders continue to drop at the bottom. If he leaves the tournament on Wednesday Daniel Medvedevworld number 2 did it this Thursday Jannick Sinner (9) After a marathon of 5 hours and 28 minutes in which the Germans were victorious daniel altmayer (79), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-7 (4) and 7-5. A dramatic match where Sinner squandered two ‘matchballs’ at 5-4 and got them in the fourth set.