Day 5 Preview: Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev Seek Third Round At Roland Garros | ATP Tour

The underside half of the boys’s singles draw takes the stage on Thursday for the completion of the second spherical, led by No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev and No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas. Seventh seed Andrey Rublev can be in motion, in addition to #NextGenATP stars Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune.

Doubles motion from the primary and second rounds may even dot the grounds, with second seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic enjoying for a spot within the final 16.

[2] Daniil Medvedev vs. Laslo Djere (SER)

Laslo Djere gained the one earlier assembly between the pair, however the victory got here through a second-set retirement 5 years in the past in 2017 on the clay of Budapest. The Serbian would attain the Roland Garros third spherical for the third time if he can pull off the upset on Court docket Philippe Chatrier; he has not been past the second spherical at some other Grand Slam.

Medvedev picked up his first clay win of the season by beating Facundo Bagnis, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, within the opening spherical. He returned from a groin harm in time to play Geneva final week, however misplaced to Richard Gasquet in his opening match.

Removed from a clay specialist, the World No. 2 was completely satisfied together with his win over the Argentine on Tuesday as he seeks to match his quarter-final run from final 12 months in Paris.

“On clay I’ve to focus much more on myself than on the opponent,” he mentioned after downing Bagnis. “Simply should… do not do errors. Put the ball within the courtroom. Right this moment I managed to do that nicely. Feeling good bodily, mentally. Prepared for subsequent spherical, which isn’t going to be straightforward.

“This 12 months I like my degree to date. After all, then once more, it is Grand Slam, can have more durable opponents, can lose second, third spherical, and you aren’t going to be completely satisfied.”

[4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs. Zdenek Kolar (CZE)

Tsitsipas, like Alexander Zverev and Diego Schwartzman did within the second spherical Wednesday, battled again from two units right down to beat Lorenzo Musetti in his opening match. The Greek dropped 10 of 11 video games throughout a brutal stretch over the course of the primary two units, however discovered his serve and regrouped to win the ultimate three units in comparatively easy vogue.

“I’ve to essentially work to get issues in life,” he mentioned of the match. “Issues do not come straightforward. I refuse to surrender. That is merely the way it works with me. You by no means actually take into consideration getting again after being two units to like. You simply play it level after level. You simply want that your efforts will repay on an extended scale, longer run.

“Being in that state of affairs, it is a mountain that it’s important to climb, and I used to be capable of climb it and regain the momentum steadily however persistently.”

Welcome to the @steftsitsipas present 🤩#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/sZlkCGDJ4O

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

By getting back from the brink, Tsitsipas maintained his standing because the favorite within the backside half of the draw as he seeks a repeat of his ultimate run from final 12 months. He additionally reached the Roland Garros semi-finals in 2021, dropping to Novak Djokovic in every of the previous two years.

Zdenek Kolar enters this Court docket Suzanne Lenglen showdown on the heels of what’s possible the most important win of his profession, actually by stage if not by the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Making his Grand Slam debut, he earned his first tour-level win, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, over French wild card and World No. 162 Lucas Pouille. The 25-year-old Kolar certified for this 12 months’s important draw after dropping in qualifiers every of the previous 4 years.

[7] Andrey Rublev vs. Federico Delbonis (ARG)

Rublev gained the primary ATP Head2Head assembly between this pair, which additionally got here at a Grand Slam: Wimbledon 2021, the place Delbonis took the opening set however fell in 4 first-round units.

Rublev had an identical end result towards Soonwoo Kwon on Thursday, working his means into the match after dropping the primary set of his Roland Garros marketing campaign. He superior with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory.

“I did not actually trust, [it] was [the] first match since I misplaced additionally first spherical in Rome,” the seventh seed mentioned of that match. “So I used to be a bit tight. However little by little, I attempted to discover a method to play higher and higher… From the start until the top, I completed significantly better than I began.”

Getting it completed 💥@AndreyRublev97 survives a first-set scare to beat Kwon 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/SdbNsIEOiw

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

Delbonis will take to Court docket Simonne Mathieu stuffed with confidence after a 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-2 first-round win over France’s Adrian Mannarino. However the 31-year-old has not managed consecutive victories since he reached the Buenos Aires semi-finals in February.

Greatest Of The Relaxation

After Carlos Alcaraz and Brandon Nakashima superior to the third spherical on Thursday, Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune could make it 4 #NextGenATP stars within the final 32. Sinner, seeded eleventh, takes on Roberto Carballes Baena as he seeks to match his finest run to the 2020 Roland Garros quarters. The unseeded Rune faces Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen after a straight-sets upset of 14th seed Denis Shapovalov in what was the Dane’s first match on the clay-court main.

On Chatrier, Gilles Simon will play for his five hundredth win and to additional lengthen his farewell Roland Garros after a five-set upset of sixteenth seed Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday. One other Frenchman, Hugo Gaston, will take to Lenglen to face Pedro Cachin after his personal five-set upset towards nineteenth seed Alex de Minaur. 

In doubles motion, Mektic and Pavic carry a 10-match win streak into the second spherical. The Croatians adopted up their Rome and Geneva titles with a straight-sets win over Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan on Tuesday. They’re going to face Robin Haase and Raven Klaasen on Court docket 2.

Sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski, winners of 4 tour-level titles since they joined forces for the primary time in January, are additionally in motion towards Ramkumar Ramanathan and Hunter Reese.