July 30, 2024, 12:39 PM
July 30, 2024, 12:39 PM
The Tears appeared on the centre court of Olympic tennis in the surprising Coco Gauff’s removalon a Tuesday with the Nadal-Alcaraz duo in action and celebration of the Olympic gold defender, Alexander Zverev.
On the clay courts of Roland Garros, Croatian Donna Vekic beat Gauff 7-6 (9/7) and 6-2 in a match in which nerves got the better of the United States’ flag bearer at these Games.
After a first set decided in a tiebreak, the 20-year-old American lost her composure after the judge changed a match.which was initially contrary to Vekic.
“They are cheating me in this game“They’re not being fair to me,” Gauff said, her eyes welling and visibly upset.
Without a drop of concentration, Gauff let the match go by quickly against Vekic (No. 21 in the WTA) and the hope of an Olympic medal.
Italian Jasmine Paolini, a finalist in 2024 at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, also suffered on the Parisian clay. Slovak Anna Schmiedlova beat her 7-5, 3-6 and 7-5 in a long two-and-a-half-hour match under the intense early afternoon sun in Paris.
Instead, the celebrations continue for the Angelique Kerber wins against Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4 and 6-3, in what will be the German’s last tournament in her career.
– South American defeats –
Latin America also suffered with the Colombian Camila Osorio loses to Danielle CollinsThe American defeated her 6-0, 4-6 and 6-3.
Osorio felt the rhythm of the matchin a tournament in which in the first two rounds she defeated players ‘Top 30’ and which he reached with little preparation due to injuriesand after fighting in the second set, she succumbed to the power of the North American.
“I gave it my all, it was a dream to bring a medal for Colombia,” said a dejected Osorio, minutes after battling under the sun on court 14 of the French complex.
With its fall, Latin America is left no hope of a medal in the women’s singles tennis tournament.
In men’s competition, the day also had shadows for the region. The Italian Lorenzo Musetti knocked Argentine Mariano Navone out of the race in partial scores of 7-6 (7/2) and 6-3.
The ATP logic weighed in this match, and the number 16 in the ranking beat the number 37 by committing fewer unforced errors and continuing a great year in which he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon.
– Solid advance from Zverev –
In it men’s draw the favorites continue to set the pace.
Central Philippe Chatrier had the victory of the German Zverev defeated Czech Tomas Machac 6-3, 7-5.
With the fans being the protagonists of the Parisian centre, in the midst of an oppressive heat, the fourth player in the world knew how to get through a tough match against the 39 in the ATP rankings.
Earlier, the American Taylor Fritz tHe also made it to the third round by beating the British Jack Draper 6-7 (3/7), 6-3 and 6-2.
While Alexei Popyrin of Australia knocked out the Stan Wawrinka (former Roland Garros champion) by 6-4 and 7-5.
No time to rest, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz They started their second match as a duo in Paris-2024 on Tuesday facing Taloon Griekspor and Koolhof from the Netherlands.
It will be Nadal’s return to action, one day after fall in singles in his 60th match against Novak Djokovic.
