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Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the French Open due to a wrist injury. The world No. 322 told reporters late on Thursday evening: «There's a problem with my wrist that I cannot solve, felt it during the match.
Novak Djokovic admits he struggled to adapt to the windy conditions at the French Open on Wednesday night and says he felt like «Bambi on ice» on the clay. Djokovic fought hard to beat Marton Fucsovics 7-6(2) 6-0 6-3 in two hours and 47 minutes, but it was clear the wind and the slippy Philippe-Chatrier court played a factor in the match. Ad «The wind was blowing extremely hard from one end,» Djokovic told Barbara Schett and Tim Henman in The Cube.
Novak Djokovic is into round three of the French Open after a 7-6(2) 6-0 6-3 win over Marton Fucsovics in the night match on a windy Philippe-Chatrier. The Serbian, a two-time champion at Roland-Garros, was made to stretch every sinew in a first set that lasted one hour and 27 minutes. Ad But after he had won that particular arm wrestle, it was plain sailing for the 22-time major winner, bagelling the Hungarian in set two and racing away with the match thereafter.
CJ Nickolas became the first American man to win a world taekwondo championships medal since 2009, taking silver in the 80kg division in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.
Djokovic remained the hot topic as the fallout of his statement earlier this week that "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia" continued ahead of his second-round match against Marton Fucsovics later in the evening.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz overcame a second set blip to defeat Japan's Taro Daniel and reach the French Open last 32 on Wednesday. The Spanish star came through 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 against his 112th-ranked opponent and will face Canada's Denis Shapovalov for a place in the fourth round. Alcaraz, 20, is bidding to add the Roland Garros title to the US Open he won in 2022.
Weeks after Holger Rune attracted the ire of Italian fans in his win over local favourite Fabio Fognini in Rome, the Dane will again be cast in the role of villain as he prepares to take on veteran Frenchman Gael Monfils at the French Open.
PARIS : World number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus refused on Wednesday to comment on the war in Ukraine and her country's involvement as a staging post for Russian troops, when asked specifically to condemn it.