A round-up from around the grounds on the second day of main draw action at Roland-Garros 2024
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00:32It’s been another monster day of tennis in Paris and we’ll do it all again in a few hours when Day 3 bursts into life at 11am on Tuesday.
We’ve got defending men's champion Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Casper Ruud, Elena Rybakina, Holger Rune, Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and Victoria Azarenka all in action among others. It's the third and final day of first round matches before the second round gets going on Wednesday.
Fuel up, and we hope to see you bright and early…
© Corinne Dubreuil/FFT 00:28It’s Daniil Medvedev’s turn to come through a late-night thriller as he finally scraps his way past Germany’s Dominik Koepfer in four sets, a result that brings the curtain down on the day's play. The No.5 seed started to turn on the style towards the end of a 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win on Court Simonne-Mathieu. The victory sets him up with a tricky second round meeting with Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic.
00:11Notable result in the early hours of Tuesday morning as Brazilian No.13 seed and 2023 semi-finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia goes out to Italian world No.51 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Her reward is a second round meeting with Spain's Cristina Bucsa in round two.
23:50It was looking like Daniil Medvedev was about wrap up his contest with Dominik Koepfer in straight sets but the German lefty has other ideas. The world No.65 strikes with Medvedev serving at 5-6 in the third to steal the set 7-5 and we're into a fourth on Court Simonne-Mathieu.
That's one of three matches still on court as we approach midnight. Roman Safiullin and Dusan Lajovic are into a fifth on Court 10, while Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Beatriz Hadda Maia are also into a decider on Court 14.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT 23:05The locals will head into the Paris night happy as Gael Monfils completes a four-set win over young Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Chatrier.
The 37-year-old former semi-finalist came back from an early break down in the third to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. He'll face Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in the second round.
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 23:02No.5 seed Daniil Medvedev is another hard at work on a chilly evening under the lights. The former US Open champion is going along nicely against dangerous German Dominik Koepfer and leads 6-3, 6-4, 2-0.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT 22:27We've got quite a night session unfolding on a noisy Chatrier as French favourite Gael Monfils finds another gear to start to pull away from Thiago Seyboth Wild. The Frenchman lost the second set and was down an early break in the third before improving his level to go in front.
He leads 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 1-1...
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 22:16Following his first round defeat to Alexander Zverev earlier on Monday, the 14-time champion spoke to the world's media. Find out what he had to say...
22:11With tennis still ongoing into the night, let's take a moment to look ahead to Day 3. Alix Ramsay tees up Alize Cornet's meeting with Qinwen Zheng in the first match on Chatrier and picks another four matches to look out for on Tuesday as first round tennis continues.
21:46Find out what we got up to with the world's best on media day...
21:30On Chatrier, Gael Monfils is enjoying some big crowd support in the Day 2 night session and took the first set against Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2. The young Brazilian is fighting back in the second though and is up a break.
Elsewhere under the Roland-Garros lights Daniil Medvedev is off to a quick start against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer up 3-0 first set.
American Frances Tiafoe and Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci are into a fifth on Court 6.
Serb Miomir Kecmanovic is ahead by two sets to one on another Brazilian, Thiago Monteiro.
19:52Gael Monfils and Thiago Seyboth Wild will take to Court Philippe-Chatrier shortly for the night session. They pair are at different ends of the experience scale, and have only met on one occasion, but here's sneak preview of what we can expect.
19:45"It's difficult for me to talk."
Thankfully he managed it - Rafa spoke to fans on Chatrier immediately after his defeat to Zverev. What a speech, and what a reception from the crowd.
19:37There's a lot to think about and it's still early to digest it all. But thankfully Chris Oddo has done just that and gives us his take on the match, the atmosphere, the performances of Nadal and Zverev, and what's likely in the immediate future for the Spaniard.
19:11While Alexander Zverev was taking care of business on Chatrier, Coco Gauff made swift work of her first round match on Lenglen and Dan Imhoff was across that one to give us an assessment of the young American’s game.
Elsewhere, while the Rafa-Zverev drama was unfolding, there were wins for Matteo Arnaldi (who beat French No.29 seed Arthur Fils), Italian No.12 seed Jasmine Paolini, No.15 seed Ben Shelton, No.18 seed Karen Khachanov, No.11 seed Danielle Collins and No.20 seed and former runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
©Julien Crosnier / FFT 18:54Before he waved goodbye to Court Philippe-Chatrier, the great Spaniard treated us to one of his trademark forehand sledgehammers. Sit back and savour this moment of Roland-Garros Rafa magic 💥
18:45Rafa speaks to the Chatrier crowd after his defeat to Alexander Zverev, potentially his final appearance at Roland-Garros after making his debut here in 2005 when he won the first of his 14 men's titles.
18:37Whether or not that was Rafael Nadal's last ever match in Paris, on social media the tennis world starts to reflect on what the Spaniard has achieved on the Parisian clay.
18:28Alexander Zverev finishes off a straight-sets victory over 14-time Roland-Garros champion Rafael Nadal in an incredible atmosphere on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The German took control of the match by edging a tight second-set tiebreak and overall played the bigger points better during the 3 hours and 5 minutes on court – saving nine of the 11 break points he faced – to come through 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3.
The result makes Zverev just the third person ever to beat Nadal at Roland-Garros, joining Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling in an exclusive group of players.
18:17German fourth seed Alexander Zverev has the finish line in sight now after breaking in the seventh game of the third set. To Nadal's credit it's been another very tight set, but the three-time Roland-Garros semi-finalist from Hamburg is now just a couple of holds away from the second round.
©️Andrè Ferreira / FFT 18:10Over on Court 14, No.15 seed Ben Shelton came from a set down to take the win against home hope Hugo Gaston.
Playing in only his second Roland-Garros, the American is finding his feet on the red dirt and took his first title on the surface in Houston last month.
17:52Watch the highlights as Iga Swiatek swept past French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean earlier today on Chatrier.
17:33Over on Court Suzanne-Lenglen it's been a good start to the week for American Coco Gauff, the third seed in the women's draw and a runner-up here in 2022.
17:23Alexander Zverev takes a stranglehold on the match by edging the second set tiebreak 7-5. Rafa had his chances in that set – he served for it at 5-4 only to be broken to love and he had two break points with the German serving at 5-5.
There wasn’t much to separate the two players in the shootout either when they swapped ends at 3-3. The fourth seed produced a winning drop volley to go up a mini break at 4-3 and came through a 19-shot exchange to extend that lead to 5-3.
A packed house was treated to a bit of Nadal magic with a rocket of a forehand pass to bring the scores back to 5-4 but a poor drop shot then left Zverev up 6-4 and with two set points. The right-hander converted the second of those to go up two sets to love.
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 17:17Having wrapped up the first round with a straight sets win over Christopher Eubanks, Jannik Sinner headed to the press room.
See what he had to say 🎤
17:06 17:00It was looking like Nadal would level the match when he stepped up to serve for the second set at 5-4 but Zverev produced a rock solid return game. The German fourth seed silences the Chatrier crowd with some heavy groundstrokes to break to love and level at 5-5. Big ten minutes coming up for Rafa...
16:35Alexander Zverev was threatening to go up an early break for a second successive set only for Nadal to produce one of his best games yet. Trailing 1-2 and down 15-40, the Spaniard dug deep to rattle off four successive points to level.
For the first time in the match Rafa gets pumped up and the crowd feeds off that energy. The 22-time Grand Slam winner then carves out a break point and converts with a drop shot for a 3-2 lead. Chatrier is getting loud.
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT Defending champion Swiatek got her campaign for a fourth RG title off to a flying start earlier today on Chatrier with a 6-1, 6-2 win over French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean.
Alex Sharp was courtside and gives us his thoughts on the ever-improving Pole.
16:14After just over 45 minutes Alexander Zverev breaks for a second time in the match to wrap up the first set against Rafael Nadal 6-3. The German’s early break in the first game set the tone and some big serving enabled him to keep his nose in front thereafter. Nadal battled hard to stay in the set but lost a long ninth game to drop serve for a second time.
Elsewhere on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, Stefanos Tsitsipas took control of his first round contest with Marton Fucsovics after a tight first set to ease through 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-1.
15:56Earlier today Jannick Sinner moved through to the second round where he now faces Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
The hip held up, the ambition is there. Dan Imhoff takes a look how the Italian performed in his 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 first-round victory over Christopher Eubanks.
15:43The German fourth seed broke to love in the first game of the match and he's been able to consolidate and hang onto that break so far. Twenty minutes in and Zverev has a 3-1 lead on Chatrier.
15:39A taste of the atmosphere out there. And this was the WARM-UP 👀
Thinking back to today's first match on Chatrier, check out these highlights of Ons Jabeur’s 6-3, 6-2 first-round victory over the USA’s Sachia Vickery.
15:19What a noise as Rafa walked onto Chatrier, quickly followed by deafening chants of 'Rafa! Rafa!' during the warm-up with German opponent and fourth seed here Alexander Zverev.
It will be an 11th meeting between the two (Rafa leads 7-3 and 5-1 on clay) and this is a repeat of their 2022 Paris semi-final when Zverev sustained that awful ankle injury which kept him out of the remainder of that season.
The winner will face either Goffin or Mpetshi Perricard in the second round.
15:14The 14-time champion Rafael Nadal has just walked on court with first round opponent Alexander Zverev...
15:02Just a quick reminder that Monday's night session features the great entertainer Gael Monfils when he kicks things off under the lights at around 8.15pm against Thiago Seyboth Wild. You can read our preview below...
14:58Defending champion Iga Swiatek brushes aside French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean on Chatrier 6-1, 6-2.
That means the world No.1 will face four-time major champion Naomi Osaka in the second round.
14:52Let’s quickly take you around the courts now we’re back under way after that brief shower…
On Court Suzanne-Lenglen former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas edged a tight opening set against Marton Fucsovics 9-7 in the tiebreak. Iga Swiatek is heading towards a comfortable win on Chatrier, up a set and a break.
On Simonne-Mathieu Arthur Fils is in trouble, down a set 6-3 against Italian Matteo Arnaldi. No.15 seed Ben Shelton is up two sets to one on Hugo Gaston on Court 14.
And on Court 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime is a game from a straight-sets win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.
14:45No.1 seed Novak Djokovic takes the night session slot as he meets French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Another French wildcard opens proceedings at midday on Chatrier in the form of Alize Cornet, who has announced that she will retire after this tournament and faces No.7 seed Qinwen Zheng.
Other players starting their campaigns tomorrow include Elena Rybakina, Alex de Minaur, Aryna Sabalenka and Casper Ruud.
14:15Check out the highlights of Jannik Sinner's straight sets victory over Christopher Eubanks earlier today.
Sinner next faces wildcard Richard Gasquet, who came through his first-round clash against Borna Coric on Sunday.
14:06With the clash between Rafa and Zverev nearly upon us, here's a sneak peek at what's in store judging by some of their previous ten meetings over the years.
13:43Despite losing to Jannik Sinner in his first round match on Lenglen, Christopher Eubanks took the time to make the day special for one young fan.
13:39Ahead of his first round match against Italy's Matteo Arnold, France's Arthur Fils spoke to Roland-Garros Magazine about his life on and off the court.
© CORINNE DUBREUIL / FFT 13:30No.8 seed Ons Jabeur eases into the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 win over US wildcard Sachia Vickery.
13:13Quick shout-out to our friends and colleagues working hard to keep fans around the world up-to-date with ball-by-ball commentary, news, results and interviews from first ball until last every day in Paris on the official radio service.
The team is led by experienced British broadcaster Gigi Salmon who also presents the 'Night and Day at Roland-Garros' show at 8pm local time on the official Roland-Garros YouTube channel each day.
Look for the radio button at the top of the website and app, click on that icon and away you go - you can stay connected throughout the day.
13:04Chris Oddo takes a look at how Andy Murray has found his feet on the clay of Roland-Garros over the years since making his debut here in 2006
©️Loic Wacziak / FFT 12:45While there's a break in play on the outside courts (bit of rain in the area...) check out this great piece with defending champion Iga Swiatek.
The world No.1 spoke exclusively to Roland-Garros magazine on her relationship with Paris and her life off court...
©️Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 12:27Last summer’s Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova is one of our first winners on Day 2 in Paris. The Czech No.5 seed hammers her way past Spain’s Rebeka Masarova 6-1, 6-3 on Court Simonne-Mathieu. Anastasia Potapova and No.17 seed Liudmila Samsonova are also through.
The world No.1 and defending champion is on Chatrier later today to face French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean.
12:11All is right with the world - the celebrity carrots are in the house.
Regular watchers of Jannik Sinner will be familiar with the carota boys, who travel to all the Grand Slams to support their hero.
12:02As we've said, it's a Rafa-tastic day today. The 14-time Roland-Garros champion takes to the court third on Chatrier to face No.4 seed Alexander Zverev. He’s hinted that this year may be his last outing on the Parisian clay, but he's keeping us all guessing.
The team here at rolandgarros.com has a few thoughts to offer on the Spanish phenomenon:
Alix Ramsay looks ahead to Nadal’s Day 2 showdown on Chatrier.
>> DAY 2 - MATCH OF THE DAY SESSION: RAFA LOOKS FOR MAGIC
Chris Oddo gives his analysis of Rafa’s form coming into RG24.
>> DOOR REMAINS OPEN FOR IMPROVING NADAL
Alex Sharp has looked back on some of those 14 finals and what his defeated opponents had to say about the champion… spoiler alert: it’s all good.
>>THE REIGN OF NADAL FROM HIS FINAL FOES
Dan Imhoff has asked around and got some insights from current players about what a Nadal legacy might look like.
>>PLAYERS HONOUR NADAL'S PARIS FEATS
11:18Understandably there’s a lot of focus on Rafa-Zverev today, but there are HEAPS of other big names to keep track of.
Defending champ Iga Swiatek begins her campaign, Ons Jabeur is back while Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Coco Gauff, Elina Svitolina, Arthur Fils, Maria Sakkari, Daniil Medvedev, Ben Shelton, Denis Shapovalov, Tommy Paul, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Danielle Collins, Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti are all scheduled.
©André Ferreira / FFT 11:10In case you didn't quite manage to stay with us right to the end of play yesterday, you may be interested to know that Day 1 ended at 00:56 on Monday morning as Germany’s Daniel Altmaier came through a deciding tiebreak against Serb Laslo Djere after a staggering 5 hours and 5 minutes on Court 8.
Here's a reminder of what happened yesterday.
11:00The grounds are already busy as Day 2 gets under way for another action-packed day of tennis.
There are a whopping 48 matches scheduled today, with No.2 seed Jannik Sinner opening proceedings at 11:00 on Suzanne-Lenglen and Marketa Vondrousova kicking things off on Simonne-Matthieu.
Chatrier action starts at midday as Ons Jabeur faces wildcard Sachia Vickery.
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