Roland Garros, program and results today. In the field Musetti and Sinner

Both on the Central look for a place in the quarters against the two phenomena. Meanwhile, Berrettini awaits the winner of the match between Lorenzo and Nole

However it turns out, it will be a success. The Italy of tennis is living today at Roland Garros the perfect day that could qualify three Italian players for the quarter-finals. After Matteo Berrettini, who benefited from Roger Federer’s retirement, today Jannik Sinner could reach the quarterfinals, opposing Rafael Nadal at 4 pm on the central, and Lorenzo Musetti who instead challenges, always on the central (at the conclusion of the match Jabeur- Gauff), world number 1 Novak Djokovic. In the past only four times Italy has managed to qualify two players for the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. It always happened in Paris, the first time in 1948 with Marcello Del Bello (overtaken by Budge Patty) and Gianni Cucelli (beaten by the future winner Frank Parker), then the second time in 1956 with Nicola Pietrangeli (eliminated in the quarters by Lew Hoad ) and Beppe Merlo who reached the semifinals by giving in to Hoad who won the tournament. The third time instead in 1960 with Nicola Pietrangeli champion on Luis Ayala and Orlando Sirola beaten in the semifinals by Ayala. Instead the only precedent of the Open Era dates back to 1973 with Adriano Panatta semifinalist beaten by Niki Pilic and Paolo Bertolucci always eliminated by Pilic in the quarters.

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Sinner, third attempt with Rafa

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For Sinner it will be the third direct confrontation with the Majorcan who won the previous two at Roland Garros 2020 (7-6 6-4 6-1 in the quarters) and at this year’s Internazionali d’Italia (7-5 ​​6-4 in the second round). The challenge played here on the central last October lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes and was partly decided by the tie break of the first set won by Rafa by 7 points to 4. Between Musetti and Djokovic, on the other hand, there is no precedent. Rafa at Roland Garros played 105 games with a balance of 103 wins and only 2 defeats: against Soderling in the second round of 2009 and against Djokovic in the quarterfinals of 2015. In contrast, Musetti against Djokovic will try to dispel a taboo that prevents, in the era of computer, an Italian tennis player to beat the reigning world number 1 in a Grand Slam. There are 7 times that an Italian player has exceeded number 1 in the world but never in a Grand Slam (Barazzutti in Munich, Panatta in Stockholm and Houston, Pozzi at Queen’s, Volandri and Fognini in Rome and Sonego in Vienna. time that an Italian tennis player beat the number 1 seed at Roland Garros was in 1964 when Nicola Pietrangeli went to the final by beating world number 1 Roy Emerson in the quarterfinals.

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