French Open Day-4 LIVE – Nadal vs Moutet LIVE: World No.1 Novak Djokovic, Third seed Alexander Zverev, fifth seed Rafael Nadal and Spanish teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz are all through to the third round at the French Open after winning their respective second round contest on Thursday. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates. .
Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich clinched an upset victory over 12th seed Emma Rducanu in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday. Sasnovich came back after losing the first set to defeat the reigning US Open champion 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to move into the third round for the first time at Roland Garros.
Maria Sakkari too bowed out of the competition after she faced straight set defeat against Karolina Muchova in the second round. She is the fifth Top 10 players to go out of the tournament. Novak Djokovic and teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz are currently in action
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Upcoming Second round fixtures
- Emma Raducanu lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich – 6-3, 1-6, 1-6
- Maria Sakkari loses to Karolina Muchova – 6-7, 6-7
- Alexander Zverev beat Sebastian Baez – 2-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic beat Alex Molcan – 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(4)
- Carlos Alcaraz beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas – 6-1, 6-7(7), 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4
- Rafael Nadal vs Couentin Mouter LIVE at 11:45 PM
Alexander Zverev vs Sebastian Baez
Alexander Zverev’s Roland Garros hopes hung by a thread on Wednesday afternoon, but the third seed dug deep to prevail in an absorbing second-round battle against Sebastian Baez.
The third seed saved a match point when trailing 4-5, 30/40 in the fifth set against the 21-year-old Argentine Baez, but he held firm to complete a dramatic 2-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5 victory in Paris.
Zverev was full of praise for Baez after his three-hour, 36-minute victory. “This is the worst he [Baez] will probably ever feel on a tennis court right now, this moment,” said the German.
The win moves Zverev to a 20-6 record at Roland Garros, where he reached the semi-finals last year before falling to Tsitsipas. His third-round opponent in Paris will be Brandon Nakashima, after the American triumphed 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-2 over Tallon Griekspoor.
Novak Djokovic vs Alex Molcan
The top seed hasn’t lost before the third round at this event since 2005 and kept the streak alive on Wednesday, powering past Slovakian Alex Molcan 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(4). Djokovic finished the day with 40 winners to 19 unforced errors in picking up his 83rd win at this event.
“I’m pleased with the way I’m feeling on the court [and] the way I’ve been striking the ball,” said Djokovic. “I think today was also under challenging conditions and playing against a specialist on clay, someone that is a tricky opponent and coming off from the [Lyon] final last week. It was never going to be an easy match, but I thought I performed very well.”
Carlos Alcaraz vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
The sixth seed Carlos Alcaraz saved match point in the fourth set and rallied from 0-3 in the fifth set to defeat countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-7(7), 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4 for a place in the third round in Paris.
Alcaraz was the talk of the tennis world leading into the clay-court major, having defeated Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev en route to his second ATP Masters 1000 title in Madrid. But Ramos-Vinolas had the teen one point from a shocking early exit.
For much of the match, Alcaraz was frustrated by his 34-year-old left-handed opponent and struggled to find solutions, which has been a rarity this season. But the teen triumphed after four hours and 34 minutes to earn a clash against American Sebastian Korda.
Rafael Nadal vs Corentin Moutet
Rafael Nadal reached the latest milestone in his legendary career on Wednesday by earning his 300th Grand Slam victory. The Spaniard faced a worthy opponent in fellow lefty Corentin Moutet, but had an answer for everything the Frenchman threw his way on Court Philippe Chatrier.
With his 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 victory, Nadal became just the third man to reach the 300-wins mark at the Grand Slams, behind only Roger Federer’s 369 wins and Novak Djokovic’s 324.
Women’s Singles
Emma Raducanu vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
The British 12th seed, making her professional debut this year at Roland Garros, had also lost to 47th-ranked Sasnovich at Indian Wells in 2021 in her first match since her shock US Open victory.
Raducanu, who suffered a back injury in the run-up to Roland Garros, finishes her first ever clay-court swing with an overall 6-5 record. The 19-year-old has successfully reached at least the second round on her debut at each of the four majors.
The result continues a strong season for Sasnovich, who has improved her ranking from No.91 at the end of 2021 to its current No.47 thanks to an overall season record of 21-10.
Maria Sakkari vs Karolina Muchova
Karolina Muchova, the former Top 20 Czech knocked out 2021 semifinalist and No.4 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece in Wednesday’s second round, 7-6(5), 7-6(4). Sakkari is the fifth Top 10 seed to be sent home from Paris in the tournament’s first three days.
She’s through to a third round meeting with No.27 seed Amanda Anisimova, another former semifinalist. Muchova’s sixth career Top 10 win didn’t come easily. She needed eight set points to win the opener, where Sakkari leveled from 5-2 down, and she was twice an early break ahead in the second set.
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French Open Live streaming: This is the first year that the Sony Sports Network will be showing the prestigious Grand Slam.
The broadcaster is going all out with LIVE coverage of the event in four languages.
For the first time in India, audiences will get to watch the Roland Garros in a language of their choice.
SonyLIV will LIVE Stream the tournament LIVE.
Sony Sports Network will also do a STUDIO show around the LIVE Coverage. The tournament will see the return of Extraaa Serve, which is the broadcaster’s flagship show for Grand Slam tournaments.
Watch the LIVE coverage of Roland-Garros 2022 from May 22, 2022, on SONY SIX, SONY TEN 2 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) and SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels, 1:30 PM IST onwards.
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