This Monday begins the second week of Roland Garros with Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic as the main incentives of the day. Roger Federer was also scheduled to take to the court, however the Swiss will not be on the day this Monday, June 7, after announcing his retirement from the Parisian Grand Slam last Sunday. Thus, only three round of 16 matches will be played in the men’s draw on this eighth day of competition.
Rafa Nadal will face the young Italian tennis player Jannick Sinner , whom he has just won in the first round of the Rome Masters. That was the second time they met in their history, since the first was precisely in this same scenario where they will see each other this Monday. Philippe Chatrier will once again witness the meeting between Sinner and Nadal. Last year this confrontation took place in the quarterfinals, and fate has wanted them to meet a year later in the second round.
The Manacor tennis player won that day in three sets in a duel that lasted almost three hours. Both will take to the track in the third turn of the Philippe Chatrier, not before 16, in search of a ticket in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros . Sinner wants revenge and will try the machado at ‘home’ of the 13 times champion of the tournament. The other great incentive of the day is the duel between Novak Djokovic and the promising Lorenzo Musetti (19 years old). This match will be played in the second round of Philippe Chatrier, after the girls’ duel between Ons Jabeur and Coco Gauff .
Finally, we must highlight the clash between Diego Schwartzman and the German Jan-Lennard Struff , Carlos Alcaraz’s executioner in the third round. This match to be played in the second round of Suzanne Lenglen and will determine who will be the rival of Nadal or Sinner in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Matteo Berrettini already awaits the winner of the Djokovic-Musetti in the quarterfinals after Federer has left the French Grand Slam.
Swiatek and Kenin lead the women’s team
Reigning Roland Garros champion of Poland Iga Swiatek will take to the track in search of further advancement in her fight to defend the title won last year. To do this, she will have to overcome the Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk in a clash that will start no earlier than 9 pm, in the last turn of the Philippe Chatrier. The winner of this duel will be seen in the quarterfinals with the winner of Sofia Kenin and Greek Maria Sakkari , who will take to the track in the last turn of Suzanne Lenglen .
On the other hand, in the same area of the women’s team, two other matches will be played that will resolve the other quarterfinal clash. Sloane Stephens , a finalist here in 2018, will play her match against Czech Barbora Krejcikova in Suzanne Lenglen’s first shift, at 11 a.m. The one who comes out victorious in this battle will fight for a place in the semifinals with the winner of the confrontation between the Tunisian Ons Jabeur and the American Coco Gauff , who will kick off the day, at 12 o’clock in the first shift of the Philippe Chatrier .
