Live Roland Garros on day 2: Nadal, Djokovic are excited to play

(Sports news) The two strongest candidates for the Roland Garros championship only faced “underdog” opponents in the opening match.

Rafael Nadal – Jordan Thompson: Around 19:30, May 23, men’s singles round 1

The journey to conquer the throne of Roland Garros 2022 of Rafael Nadal promises a lot of ups and downs. Due to the 5th seed only, “King of Clay” fell into the difficult branch with Stan WawrinkaFabio Fognini, Felix Auger-Aliassime, not to mention the risk of meeting Novak Djokovic (quarter-final) and Carlos Alcaraz (semi-final).

Nadal will face “mutant” Jordan Thompson

Besides, the preparation of Nadal Not good before the tournament. He spent 6 weeks in treatment for a rib injury, relapsed with a foot injury at the Rome Masters and just had his first training session at Roland Garros on May 18.

Of course that’s still the story of the future. In the immediate future, Nadal needs to overcome the first obstacle named Jordan Thompson. In addition to a somewhat eccentric appearance, the Australian tennis player does not make too many professional marks and once lost to Nadal in the only confrontation at the Paris Masters 2019, so victory is a task within the reach of ” King of clay”.

Novak Djokovic – Yoshihito Nishioka: Around 1:45, May 24, men’s singles round 1

During the first half of 2022, Djokovic’s performance was seriously affected because he did not play regularly (many tournaments set strict regulations on Covid-19 vaccination, including the Australian Open). However, the Serbian tennis player has just had a strong comeback with the Rome Masters championship, thereby getting ready for the task of defending the Roland Garros throne when in the same bracket with Nadal and Alcaraz.

Nishioka is hard to shock before Djokovic

Confronting Yoshihito Nishioka, the 99th-ranked ATP player and was defeated by Nole in both past confrontations will be a gentle “warm-up” for the No. 1 seed. According to statistics, Nishioka passed the first round of Roland. Garros in the recent b3 years, however, miracles are unlikely to happen to the Japanese representative when he encounters the “high mountain” Djokovic.