Athletistic/Tennis. On May 31, the fourth day of Roland-Garros begins on Wednesday, according to the men’s calendar, 16 matches of the second round are scheduled. Twelve top-seeded female tennis players will take to the court that day.
Main matches of the day:
Karen Khachanov vs. Radu Albot
The eleventh seed, Karen Khachanov, continues his performance at Roland Garros and will play against qualifier Radu Albot.
Khachanov had the most difficult match of the first round, he almost sensationally flew away after the very first match with the 70th racquet in the world Constant Lestienne. The Frenchman won the first two sets 6:3, 6:1, but then he didn’t have enough strength to put pressure on Khachanov and Lestien lost the next games almost without a fight – 2:6, 1: 6, 3: 6.
Meanwhile, Albot, 113th in the ATP rankings, defeated Patrick Kipson in four sets, his fourth win in 10 clay court appearances. And this is his sixth victory in 2023 with seven defeats.
Prediction: Victory of Khachanov in four sets
Hubert Hurkacz v Tallon Greekspur
Hubert Hurkacz, 13th seed, will face the Dutchman Tallon Grikspur for a place in the third round of Roland-Garros.
Khurkach, like Khachanov, gave a five-set thriller in the first round, beating the famous Belgian David Goffin – 6:3, 5:7, 6:4, 2:6, 6:4. For the Pole, this victory was the 18th of the season with 11 defeats, but on clay he is 5-5.
Interestingly, Grikspur not only played 5 sets in their first round match as well as Hurkach, but it also lasted the same – 3 hours and 40 minutes. The Dutchman beat Argentinian tennis player Pedro Martinez Portero with the score 6:4, 2:6, 0:6, 7:5, 6:3. The win-loss ratio of the 39th racket in the world this season is even better than that of the most eminent Hurkach – 16-9.
Prediction for the match: Hurkach wins in four sets.
Lorenzo Musetti vs Alexander Shevchenko
Lorenzo Musetti, 17th seed, will face Oleksandr Shevchenko for a place in the third round of Roland-Garros.
The Italian started the tournament with a victory over Sweden’s Elias Imer in three sets – 7:5, 6:2, 6:4. For him, this win was the 14th of the season with 12 losses, and on clay he is 4-2.
Russian Shevchenko, after strong performances in Madrid and Rome (reached the 1/16 finals), went to TBS for the first time in his career and won in the first round against Germany’s Andreas Otte with a score of 7:5, 4:6, 6:1, 7:6. It’s his fifth win of the season.
Prediction: Musetti wins in four sets.
Andrei Rublev versus Corentin Moutet
The 7th racket in the world, Andrey Rublev, while on the ground, does not behave in the best way for himself, in Madrid and Rome he flew in the 1/8 finals. At the start of Roland Garros, the Russian had no problems, beating Serbian Laszlo Dzhere in four sets – 6:1, 3:6, 6:3, 6:4. In addition, the opponent will belong to the same “weight category”. Jere is 60th in the ATP rankings, while Frenchman Corentin Moutet is 61st, but he will perform in front of a home audience.
Mute never moved to Roland Garros beyond the third round, and at all TBSH tournaments – beyond the fourth. At the start of the tournament, he defeated his compatriot Artur Kazo in four sets – 6:1, 6:3, 4:6, 6:4. And it was the first victory for him this season on clay, because earlier in Madrid, Roma and Lyon Moutet lost in the first round against the most famous opponents – Yosuke Watanuke (Japan), Fabian Marozhan (Hungary) and Grégoire Barrer (France). ).
Prognosis: Victory for Rublev in three sets.
Vyacheslav Gorbachev, Athletistic
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