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1:26 pm at Roland Garros. Rafael Nadal converts his match point to 7: 6 (4), 6: 4 and 6: 1 (all the information >>>) after almost 3 hours of play in the duel against Jannik Sinner. He achieved his 98th victory in game 100 at the French Open.
The game couldn’t start until 10:30 pm, in part due to the five-hour battle between Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman. A fact that causes little understanding among the Spanish.
Probably justified, as the thermometer shows unusually cold 12 degrees for tennis players at the end of the game. “It is dangerous for our body to play in these conditions,” criticized the semifinalist at the press conference at 2 in the morning.
Nadal: “Too cold to play tennis”
The problem for him is less the weather than the temperature in Paris. After all, one is used to late-night sessions where games can continue into the evening. But by no means under the given weather conditions.
“It is too cold to play tennis. I know that footballers play in similar conditions. But that is different: they are constantly on the move, while we always have breaks,” Nadal said.
Even in the game between Thiem and Schwartzman, they were repeatedly criticized for why the newly installed roof was not closed. Time after time there were brief rains or gusts of wind that made conditions difficult, especially in sand.
For the Spaniard, however, that is the lesser evil. The game plan bothered him much more, because in his opinion it would have been possible to avoid such a mess of dates. “I really don’t know why they put five games on center court.”
The disaster was predictable
In fact, in addition to the two men’s quarter-finals, there were also a total of three women’s matches. Why then all the singles of the day crowded into the largest square of Roland Garros can only answer those responsible in Paris.
All the side seats were freely playable. In theory, the organizers could at least have moved the women’s quarterfinals between the Polish Iga Swiatek and the Italian Martina Trevisan to the Suzanne-Lenglen court. Even if you don’t have a roof like the one on the Philippe-Chatrier pitch, why is one needed when not in use?
Nadal himself saw disaster coming on Monday: “When the organizers sent me the game plan, I thought this could happen. And it did. That’s bad luck, but I tried my best. Deal with it.”
Thiem Schwartzman’s conqueror awaits in the semifinals
On Friday the semifinals will be played between Rafael Nadal and Diego Schwartzman. “He has a slight advantage because he beat me the last time,” emphasized the 12-time French Open champion at the late-night press conference. The last Argentine had the advantage at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome with 6: 2 and 7: 5.
“The conditions are a bit more adapted to his game. I have to accept this challenge. After all, it is a semi-final.”
If “Rafa” reaches the final of the French Open, the 34-year-old has a chance to celebrate the 13th Paris title with his 100th win in the 102nd game. An incredible result!
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