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Former Grand Slam champions Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared to keep their Roland Garros title ambitions on course.
Eurosport expert John McEnroe has given his views on Rafael Nadal and said his chances of winning the French Open again are «all about his health». Nadal kick-started his bid for a 14th French Open title with a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 6-2 victory over Australian Jordan Thompson in the first round. Ad/> The 13-time champion was looking to make an early statement at Roland-Garros after failing to pick up a single warm-up title on clay, with a recurring foot problem hampering his preparations.
Ukrainian world No 66 Marta Kostyuk has slammed Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal for supporting the tennis tours' decision to remove all ranking points on offer at Wimbledon this year. The ATP and WTA made the move to penalise Wimbledon for their ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and Kostyuk said the tours wouldn't listen if their top players criticised Wimbledon for their ban.
The French Open is back with the second Grand Slam of the season.
Reigning champion Novak Djokovic will come up against his long-time former coach when he plays Slovakia's Alex Molcan in the second round Wednesday at Roland Garros, while Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz look to keep their French Open title ambitions on course. World number one Djokovic split from Marian Vajda after last year's ATP Finals having worked with the Slovakian coach since he was a teenager in 2006. They took a break from each in other in 2017 but reunited the next year.
Mats Wilander believes Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic “would not be at this level” without Roger Federer, and hopes the Swiss gets the farewell he deserves when he retires. Nadal and Djokovic started their careers later but have joined Federer in dominating tennis over the last 20 years, winning 61 Grand Slam titles between them.
Daniil Medvedev cruised through, Stefanos Tsitsipas came from two sets down and Denis Shapovalov crashed out.