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Three representatives of the #NextGen summon a trio of players in the round of 16 of the French Open who will fight for the victory of the tournament in a privileged position: Sebastian Korda encounters Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner in Alexander Zverev Y Hugo Gaston versus Dominic Thiem.
by Jens Huiber
Last edit: October 03, 2020, 8:09 am
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Historically, Sebastian Korda may be the first player born after January 1, 2000 to reach the third round of the French Open. Regarding the degree of surprise in the participation in the round of 16, Hugo Gaston has the advantage: he is ranked 239 in the current ATP world rankings. Korda is in 213 place. Jannik Sinner, third in the group of players #NextGen, is number 75 in the world and almost plays in another dimension.
What the three young men have in common is that they have gotten rid of at least one great name: Sinner in the first round, a somewhat unwell David Goffin, Korda in the second round, good old John Isner, Gaston on Friday, the still better, just as old. Stan Wawrinka.
Korda names pet after Nadal
The stakes will rise again on Sunday, especially for Sebastián Korda. The 20-year-old American reportedly named a pet in honor of Rafael Nadal, but knowledge of the swarm on the internet has now been decided on a cat. It’s doubtful that this bothers the twelve-time Roland Garros winner. Nadal has not stopped another minute on the court, he only played five games against Stefano Travaglia. In addition, Sebastian Korda has so far only familiarized himself with the smaller venues, against Nadal there will be the premiere perhaps in Suzanne-Lenglen, but more in Philippe-Chatrier.
Hugo Gaston has already known one of the two great scenarios, the 20-year-old Frenchman could expect the greatest possible support against Wawrinka at this special French Open. And to a surprising and playful collapse of the 2015 champion. That’s not to be expected from Dominic Thiem, especially after the very convincing performance against Casper Ruud.
Zverev trained with Sinner in Australia
So does Jannik Sinner have the best chance to surprise against Alexandra Zverev? After his success against Marco Cecchinato, the German number one praised his next opponent. With whom I had already practiced at the ATP Cup in Brisbane. “It was then that I couldn’t win a match. So I took him to practice and we played for two or three hours. He also beat me in training. But my grandmother could have won against me. “
But seriously: “He is an incredible player, he has a lot of talent. Even at a young age, he has the most power on tour. It is going to be exciting. And also more difficult ”. Also because Jannik Sinner has won all three of his matches in three sets so far. Zverev had against Pierre-Hugues Herbert until the fifth.
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