2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.Īlcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles.
Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.
1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.įRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Women’s Drawīut the No. The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking. Favorite us! Follow 2023 French Open Women’s Singles Draw MORE: All you need to know for 2023 French Open women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, is the top hope to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who has three wins over Swiatek this year, withdrew before her third-round match due to illness. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round. 2 seed, is her top remaining challenger in Paris. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. She retired from her last pre-French Open match with a right thigh injury and said it wasn’t serious. Having turned 22 on Wednesday, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.įRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Men’s Drawīut Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000. The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.
Favorite us! Follow the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall. The race in Florence also includes American Trayvon Bromell, who ran the world’s fastest 100m times in 2021 before and after the Olympics, but was eliminated in the semifinals in Tokyo. Jacobs withdrew from last year’s worlds before the semifinals due to leg injuries. sweep of the men’s 100m medals at the world championships.
Last year, Kerley improved his best to 9.76 and led a U.S. Their last meeting was the Tokyo Olympic final, where Jacobs won in 9.80 seconds, relegating Kerley to silver in 9.84. He also cautioned, “If he shows up, I don’t know.” Last week, Kerley said he “will definitely win” if and when he faces Jacobs. In April, Jacobs and Kerley traded social media jabs with Kerley going as far as to write over a Jacobs training clip on Instagram with a Daffy Duck and the caption “Ya the best at ducking.” That implied that Jacobs avoids racing the world’s best sprinters. It has been so long since this kind of head-to-head took place because 1) Bolt held both crowns for much of the 2010s and then retired in 2017, 2) it is hard for most non-championship meets to afford to pay appearance fees for the top two athletes in a marquee event and 3) sometimes, top sprinters are reluctant to face each other and risk defeat outside of trials and global championships where they are required to run. It would mark the first time that the reigning Olympic gold medalist and reigning world champion in the men’s 100m face off in a 100m at a meet other than a global championship or trials since 2005, when American Justin Gatlin defeated Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, according to. It would mark the first time that the reigning Olympic gold medalist and reigning world champion in the men’s 100m face off in a 100m since the 2012 Olympic final, when Jamaican Usain Bolt beat countryman Yohan Blake. Jacobs and Kerley are entered in the 100m at a Diamond League meet in Florence, Italy, on June 2 (live on Peacock). Now, the Olympic 100m champion and world 100m champion are set to take their rivalry to the track. Italian Marcell Jacobs and American Fred Kerley clashed on social media in recent weeks.
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