Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz played round 3 today

For the first time since the third round of 2021, Rafael Nadal’s match was pushed to the Suzanne Lenglen court, instead of the main Philippe Chatrier court. The men’s singles matches that are placed on the center court are Novak Djokovic vs Aljaz Bedene and Carlos Alcaraz vs Sebastian Korda.

The match of Djokovic scheduled to start at 19:00 Hanoi time, after the first women’s singles match at Chatrier field. The number 1 player in the world has won seven matches in a row, connecting from the Rome Masters. Competitor Bedene is only 195th in the world, but has just eliminated clay expert Pablo Cuevas in the second round. Clay is the Slovakian’s forte, as two of Bedene’s four finals have come on this surface, and 11 of his 16 Challenger titles have been in red dust tournaments.

In the latest game in the center field at 1:45 am on May 28, Hanoi time, Carlos Alcaraz faced Sebastian Korda – who went to the fourth round of 2020. To enter the fourth round, Alcaraz needed to overcome the only person who had ever beaten him in the tournament. clay court this season. Korda defeated Alcaraz in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters in three sets, and Alcaraz has won every other opponent since then to win titles at Barcelona and Madrid. In the previous round, he saved the match-point and then defeated the senior Albert Ramos-Vinolas. If he wins Korda, Alcaraz will be the youngest person to reach the fourth round since Djokovic in 2006.

Nadal scheduled to play at 8 pm, in the third match at Suzanne Lenglen. The “King of Clay” did not come to Roland Garros in the best shape, but only lost 14 games through the first two rounds. Nadal has just reached the milestone of 300 wins at Grand Slam, something only Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have done before.

A year ago, Botic Van de Zandschulp went to Roland Garros through qualifying, when he was outside the top 150 in the world. In the first time participating, the Dutch player reached the second round. Late last year, Van de Zandschulp reached the quarterfinals of the US Open and was the only person to get a set win by champion Daniil Medvedev. Thanks to the continuous promotion from 2021 to now, Van de Zandschulp entered the top 30 in the world. At the tournament in Munich last month, he reached the final after beating Casper Ruud and Miomir Kecmanovic, who both reached the third round of Roland Garros 2022.

Vy Anh