Gaël Monfils during his first round against Ramos-Vinolas at Roland-Garros. – Javier Garcia / BPI / Shutterstock / SIPA
Today’s poster
The reunion between Rafael Nadal and our national Richou Gasquet, obviously. The two former little princes with the opposite trajectory meet for the 17th time in their career, and the Tigrounet de Sérignan has never managed to win. Barring a miracle or large-scale natural disaster, it will not happen today either, but seeing a match between these two is a pleasure that should not be missed under any circumstances. It was also the meaning of the decline of the French after his first victorious round on Monday. Richard will be happy to be there, and us with it, although everyone would have preferred it to be in front of an audience. It will be necessary to be satisfied with the TV, the organizers having had the good idea to program that at 9 pm.
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– SportsEtudes Academy (@sports_etudes) June 2, 2021
The favorites of the day
Before Nadal, Roger Federer will have had the honors of Philippe-Chatrier for his not so obvious second round against Marin Cilic. The Croatian is aging but remains a tan to play, especially when each match is a dive into the unknown as for His Majesty. Novak Djokovic will go to Lenglen for a good little test against Pablo Cuevas. Among the ladies, the world number 1 Ashleigh Barty, who was scared as soon as she entered the running, will try to pass without incident against Magda Linette. Supporter Iga Swiatek shouldn’t suffer too much against Rebecca Peterson.
The French of the day
There are still some, let’s take advantage of it! After his first round to raise the crowds, Gaël Monfils will try to chain against the Swede Mikael Ymer. Young but not a thunderbolt, the 105th player in the world represents nothing insurmountable for Monf if he plays at the level he has found against Ramos-Vinolas. We want to believe it, but if there is nothing harder than predicting a Monfils match. On the women’s side, Fiona Ferro, 8th finalist last October, will have a lot to do against Jennifer Brady. The American, seeded number 13, has been slipping a bit since her astonishing final at the Australian Open but she remains a formidable opponent.
Today’s weather
The storm forecast for Wednesday did not come, but there will be a time when it will blow. Surely for this Thursday, with a good heavy 28 ° C just waiting for that.
The daring prediction of the day
We can see Carlos Alcaraz, the new sensation of Spanish tennis, leaving the experienced Nikoloz Basilashvili. Not so daring? Without leaving a set, it is a little more, already, even if we knew the more dashing Georgian.