Regardless of rain suspending among the outside matches, the second spherical of the 2024 French Open is underway. Novak Djokovic is seeking to go back-to-back and win a document twenty fifth Grand Slam trophy. Traditionally, this event has belonged to Rafael Nadal, however the Spanish veteran noticed an early exit and might need performed at Roland Garros for the final time.Â
Nadal missed final 12 months’s event for the primary time in his profession resulting from damage and, though he hasn’t been 100% wholesome this 12 months, he determined to present the French Open a attempt. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has gained the trophy 14 occasions — greater than every other participant in tennis historical past. Nevertheless, he was unable to make a deep run as he fell 3-6, 6-7 (5-7), 3-6 to world No. 4 Alexander Zverev within the first spherical.Â
If Nadal retires on the finish of the season, the one member of the Massive Three nonetheless enjoying can be Djokovic, who handed Nadal for many Grand Slam trophies in males’s tennis historical past eventually 12 months’s French Open. Djokovic took care of enterprise this week with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 first-round win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Djokovic is now set to tackle Roberto Carballes Baena on Thursday.Â
On the ladies’s aspect, all eyes are on Iga Swiatek as she chases her fourth title at Roland Garros. She gained the French Open in 2023 after beating Karolina Muchova in three units. Muchova is not going to be competing this 12 months as she is therapeutic from wrist surgical procedure. Swiatek, the world No. 1, entered this event driving a 12-game successful streak and is contemporary off successful titles on the Madrid and Italian Open.
Swiatek cruised by the primary spherical with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Leolia Jeanean and is now making ready to tackle former No. 1 Naomi Osaka on Wednesday. One other favourite to win all of it is world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who had a promising 2023 marketing campaign and began this Grand Slam season together with her second-straight title on the Australian Open.
Right here is every part that you must know concerning the 2024 French Open:
Tips on how to watch the 2024 French Open
Date:Â Could 26 – June 9, 2024
Location:Â Roland Garros, Paris, France
TV:Â NBC, Tennis Channel, Peacock |Â Stream:Â fubo (attempt free of charge)
Notable males’s second-round matchups:
- No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- No. 2 Jannik Sinner vs. Richard Gasquet
- No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz def. Jesper De Jong, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- No. 4 Alexander Zverev vs. David Goffin
- No. 5 Daniil Medvedev vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- No. 6 Andrey Rublev vs. Pedro Martinez
- No. 7 Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz vs. Brandon Nakashima — suspended
- No. 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Daniel Altmaier, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4
- No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Fabian Marozsan
Notable ladies’s second-round matchups:
- No. 1 Iga Swiatek vs. Naomi Osaka
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Monika Uchijima
- No. 3 Coco Gauff vs. Tamara Zidansek
- No. 4 Elena Rybakina vs. Arantxa Rus
- No. 5 Marketa Vondrousova vs. Katie Volynets — suspended
- No. 7 Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- No. 8 Ons Jabeur def. Camila Osorio, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- No. 9 Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
- No. 10 Daria Kasatkina vs.Peyton Stearns
Males’s singles seeds
- Novak Djokovic
- Jannik Sinner
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Zverev
- Daniil Medvedev
- Andrey Rublev
- Casper Ruud
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Alex de Minaur
- Taylor Fritz
- Holger Rune
- Tommy Paul
- Ben Shelton
- Nicolas Jarry
- Ugo Humbert
- Karen Khachanov
- Alexander Bublik
- Sebastian Baez
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Adrian Mannarino
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Alejandro Tabilo
- Frances Tiafoe
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Sebastian Korda
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Arthur Fils
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Mariano Navone
- Cam Norrie
Ladies’s singles seeds
- Iga Swiatek
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina
- Marketa Vondrousova
- Maria Sakkari
- Qinwen Zheng
- Ons Jabeur
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Daria Kasatkina
- Danielle Collins
- Jasmine Paolini
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Madison Keys
- Elina Svitolina
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Marta Kostyuk
- Victoria Azarenka
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Carolina Garcia
- Emma Navarro
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Elise Mertens
- Katie Boulter
- Linda Noskova
- Sorana Cirstea
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Dayana Yastremska
- Leylah Fernandez
- Katerina Siniakova