The 2021 edition of Roland Garros it has started with everything. Surprises in the first round and great matches took place this Sunday, but now we are preparing for a historic day in the Parisian complex, in which for the first time since its foundation in 1891 a night shift will be held.
Already this Sunday, several matches ended out of schedule, so the programming will go directly to take place in the course of the afternoon in France, which also has the return to the big stages of Roger Federer, who has not played a Grand Slam since January 2020.
However, the Swiss will have to wait a bit, since The action in the Phillipe Chatrier will begin at 5:00 am in Mexico, with the debut of the defending champion of the French Open. Iga Swiatek will face Kaja Juvan, the Slovak who has defeated in the WTA 500 in Melbourne at the beginning of the season.
This meeting will be followed by the appearance of Daniil Mdvedev, the current world number two who has never managed to add a victory in Roland Garros and that, if he did, he would approach Novak Djokovic, who could only score points if he won the tournament. His rival will be Alexandr Bblik.
It was only after these two shifts that it was time for Roger Federer, who played with Denis Istomin, who is remembered for that historic five-set victory over the Serbian in the second round of the 2017 Australian Open, in the year that witnessed Her Majesty’s tense rebirth.
As the closing of the activities in the central court, we will have another long-awaited return. Serena Williams try to break the bad streak against Irina Begu, the Romanian with whom she only has a precedent in Rome 2016, with victory for the American 6-4, 6-1.
Other notable crosses of the second day in Roland Garros They will be Sofa Kenin vs Jelena Ostapenko in Suzanne Lenglen (7:15 am approximately), Nadia Podoroska vs Belinda Bencic and Jannik Sinner vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
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