Whether the 25-year-old can go any further depends if he can inflict any damage on 13-time champion Nadal. French Open day five: live scores, results and order of play.Federer brushes off umpire row to join Djokovic in third round.Norrie, ranked 45th in the world, is the last Briton in the singles draws.īritish number ones Dan Evans and Johanna Konta, as well as Heather Watson, were beaten in the first round at Roland Garros.īut Norrie ensured there would continue to be a British presence with a 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 win against world number 54 Harris. "I'd argue that it's quite risky to play multiple 4hr matches in a row in your 2nd tournaments back in 18 months so to me it makes sense to be reactive based on how your body feels, length of matches etc (sic).Earlier on Thursday, Norrie reached the last 32 on the Paris clay for the first time as he came from a set down to beat South Africa's Lloyd Harris.
"In tennis you don't have that luxury of just playing a set in first match then 2 sets the next etc and building up that way. Replying to a tweet from a user who said Federer was "disrespectful" to other players for "using" the French Open to gain fitness, Andy Murray said: "In basketball, football etc when returning from injury players are given reduced minutes to build up their fitness. He should be excused for any withdrawal he has." "Wimbledon is his dream, that’s the golden tournament for him and that’s where his game with the less rallies, more about serving, quicker points, and that’s truly what his goal is. I honestly don’t think he expected to get to the second week. He said I am going to see how my body feels, he’s 39 years old, he went into this tournament for practice matches and I think he surprised himself how well he did. "He has played three matches and last night was a very long match. "I that Roger has earned the right to do anything he wants in tennis right now," she told Eurosport. The 39-year-old's decision has divided some fans and commentators but 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert believes Federer had earned the right to do what was best for him. The Swiss took three hours to beat Dominik Koepfer in four sets on Saturday night and cited the need to be cautious with his body after just his sixth match since January 2020 due to injury. One player who won't be involved is Roger Federer after he withdrew from the tournament on Sunday.
It is set to be another intriguing day at Roland Garros with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Sofia Kenin and Coco Gauff all in action and aiming for a place in the quarter-finals. Hello and welcome to coverage of day nine of the French Open in Paris.
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