Week 20 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - men's qualifying

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 20 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - men's qualifying

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not easy but that's a decent-ish draw - given three of our guys are in the 200s, you can't expect miracles....

For reference and to compare with the other federations, here are the French wildcards:

Qualifying men's singles

1. Arthur CAZAUX (Age 19 / World No.308)
2. Sean CUENIN (Age 18 / World No.595)
3. Gabriel DEBRU (Age 16 / World No.782)
4. Arthur FILS* (Age 17 / World No.405)
5. Evan FURNESS** (Age 23 / World No.214)
6. Sasha GUEYMARD WAYENBURG (Age 18 / World No.587)
7. Laurent LOKOLI (Age 27 / World No.278)
8. Clément TABUR (Age 22 / World No.360)
9. Luca VAN ASSCHE (Age 17 / World No.377)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 23rd of May 2022 09:17:31 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So Jay is first up tomorrow, on court 4, at 9 am, I think, UK time

None of the others are down for tomorrow

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Eurosport is reporting that Andy is pulling out of RG so that he can focus on Wimbledon. He probably should have made this decision sooner.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
Eurosport is reporting that Andy is pulling out of RG so that he can focus on Wimbledon. He probably should have made this decision sooner.

But Andy never planned to play in the French did he? He said from way back that he wouldnt play any clay. He entered Stuttgart and is considering Surbiton. So not sure why he stayed on the list to be honest and yes, seems strange unless he considered changing his mind.

flamingowings · All-time great

wolf wrote:
QR1: Ryan Peniston WR 200 vs Andrey Kuznetsov (***) WR 232 (CH 39 in 2016)
QR1: Paul Jubb WR 230 vs Christopher Eubanks (USA) WR 157
QR1: Renzo Olivo (ARG) WR 177 (CH 78 in 2017) vs (q29) Liam Broady WR 142
QR1: Jay Clarke WR 166 vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT) WR 218 (CH 126 in 2019)

I saw the match where Olivo beat Tsonga live at RG.

Could be worse draws, it's just great to see so many actually be ranked high enough for quals.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Liam beat Olivo in 2019 on hardcourts in Leon (Mexico?).

Ofner beat Jay at Wimbledon FQR way back in 2017, from two sets down to win in 5.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
wolf wrote:
QR1: Ryan Peniston WR 200 vs Andrey Kuznetsov (***) WR 232 (CH 39 in 2016)
QR1: Paul Jubb WR 230 vs Christopher Eubanks (USA) WR 157
QR1: Renzo Olivo (ARG) WR 177 (CH 78 in 2017) vs (q29) Liam Broady WR 142
QR1: Jay Clarke WR 166 vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT) WR 218 (CH 126 in 2019)
I saw the match where Olivo beat Tsonga live at RG.
Could be worse draws, it's just great to see so many actually be ranked high enough for quals.

Absolutely.

I mean, ignoring Wimbledon, this is the first time that either Paul or Ryan have played a Grand Slam, no? That's a huge moment.

And Paul is only 22. And Ryan's hardly an old man at 26.

(Jay is only 23 too but he's been here before, of course)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jay is up and running - 3-2*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But then went a little pear-shaped - Jay lost the first set 4-6

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 16th of May 2022 08:59:04 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Sebastian Ofner (AUT) WR 218 defeated Jay Clarke WR 164 by 4 & 4 cry

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

The betting odds weren't in Jay's favour, although I am unsure why based on the rankings and recent form. I guess on to the grass for him.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

13 Italians in qualis here - with no wildcards - it's pretty monstrous .....

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

Does anyone know is Jack Draper playing the French Open ?

I cant see confirmation of that .

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

nicofrance wrote:
Does anyone know is Jack Draper playing the French Open ?

I cant see confirmation of that .

he pulled out of qualies last week at some point, sadly.