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Djokovic Wants Water Rights at Roland Garros

Djokovic Wants Water Rights at Roland Garros

The Serb things players should take part in the discussion about when to water the courts at Roland Garros. Novak Djokovic is finding his footing in 2018 after a long period of difficulty that saw him undergo elbow surgery, experience disarray with his coaching team and struggle with his form. The last thing he needs is to lose his footing on the red clay just when his game is coming together.

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That’s why he was upset when Court Philippe-Chatrier groundcrews elected not to water the court after the first set of his round of 16 victory over Fernando Verdasco on Sunday. Both Djokovic and Verdasco felt that the clay was slippery (and reportedly Rafael Nadal has said that he feels the clay was more slippery this year than in other seasons) and could have used some water, but they were not involved in the conversation about when to water the courts.

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After the match Djokovic explained why he was frustrated with the decision.

“What I don’t like is that there is no participation of the players,” Djokovic told reporters. “So they don’t ask players—we are the ones who are playing and sliding and not sliding, so we can give them the most important feedback. It doesn’t seem like they care too much about our opinion, and that’s something I don’t like.”

You can hear the full press conference below:


Djokovic had a calm discussion with the chair umpire early in the second set, and expressed similar views on court.

“If we reach the consensus that we should water or not, that’s okay with me." He said in press. "If majority decides that it shouldn’t be watered, I’ll be okay with the decision. But I think we deserve to be part of it.”

Zverev Brimming for Another Fight as Thiem Challenge Awaits

Zverev Brimming for Another Fight as Thiem Challenge Awaits

The German is getting ready for another five-setter ahead of his first ever major quarterfinal.

Alexander Zverev told reporters on Sunday in Paris that he’s expecting another five-setter when he faces Dominic Thiem in quarterfinal action on Tuesday.

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And if his expectations are met, the 21-year-old German says he’ll be ready.

“I’m not concerned,” said Zverev. “Mentally definitely not, because I’m in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam—if you’re mentally fatigued than something is wrong with you.”

Zverev says that stamina won’t be a problem either.

“Physically obviously it’s not easy to play back-to-back-to-back five-set matches,” Zverev said. “But I’ll manage it somehow, I’ll do everything I can to recover. … And I’ll make sure to be ready in two day’s time.”

The World No.3 has achieved several career firsts this week in Paris, and removed a few monkeys from his back. He defeated a Top 50 player for the first time at a major in the third round when he defeated Damir Dzumhur (he was previously 0-7), and on Sunday he booked a spot in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal (in his 12th major) with his 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 over Russia’s Karen Khachanov.

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"I'm very happy about being in the quarter-finals here, going the hard way, going long distance every single time and showing myself,showing everybody, that I can play for as long as I need to," said Zverev.

On Tuesday the stakes will be higher when Zverev faces one of the best clay-courters in the world in Thiem. The Austrian, into a third straight quarterfinal at Roland Garros after defeating Kei Nishikori in four sets on Sunday, fell to Zverev in this year’s Madrid final but owns the 4-2 lifetime edge over his rival.

Thiem also took their only meeting at a major in 2016 when he defeated Zverev in four sets in the third round at Roland Garros. Four of their previous six meeting have gone to a deciding third set, but the pair have never gone the distance in a best-of-five format.

Playing 18 sets in four matches at the most grueling Grand Slam is certainly not a good plan, but it seems to have worked for Zverev until now. He’ll certainly not lack belief after what he’s gone through in Paris. Zverev came to Roland Garros on a three-match losing streak in five-setters at the majors. Now he is the eighth player in Roland Garros history to ever win three straight consecutive five-setters.


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If Zverev has his way, by Tuesday night he’ll have become the first player in ATP history to have won four straight five-setters at a major. It’s hard to fathom that this was a player labelled for underperforming at the majors and lacking the physicality to excel in the best-of-five matches.

Things change fast in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of high stakes tennis.

Zverev is well on his way to establishing himself as a clutch performer at the majors now. And he’s still got more to prove.

“I’m expecting another five-set match,” said Zverev. “I’ll get myself ready for that.”

Roland Garros Day 9 Order of Play

Roland Garros Day 9 Order of Play

Day 9 of Roland Garros features Simona Halep, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams on Chatrier Tennis Express

Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]
Not before 12pm
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]
To be completed: Kasatkina leads 7-6(5) 3-3
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Maximilian MARTERER (GER)
Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]
John ISNER (USA)[9] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [12] vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) & John PEERS (AUS) [3]
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) [13]
Steve JOHNSON (USA) & Jack SOCK (USA) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]

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Court 4
Play starts at 11am
Jesper DE JONG (NED) vs Daniel MICHALSKI (POL)
Alexa NOEL (USA) [4] vs Iga SWIATEK (POL)
Yanki EREL (TUR) or George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) vs Deney WASSERMANN (NED)
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)
Baptiste ANSELMO (FRA) & Emilien VOISIN (FRA) vs Tristan BOYER (USA) & George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)

Court 5
Play starts at 11am
Hong Yi Cody WONG (HKG) vs Qinwen ZHENG (CHN) [11]
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP) vs Jack DRAPER (GBR)
Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Katie VOLYNETS (USA)
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Elina AVANESYAN (RUS)
Chloe BECK (USA) & Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS) vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA) & Peyton STEARNS (USA)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Diane PARRY (FRA) vs Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (ITA) [9]
Harold MAYOT (FRA) vs Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [4]
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Naoki TAJIMA (JPN)
Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO) or Clara BUREL (FRA) [13] vs Sofya LANSERE (RUS)
Harold MAYOT (FRA) & Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Nick HARDT (DOM) & Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) [7]
Mylene HALEMAI (FRA) & Manon LEONARD (FRA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE) & En-Shuo LIANG (TPE) [4]

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Yifan XU (CHN) [5]
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Abigail SPEARS (USA) & Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL)
G.DABROWSKI (CAN ) / M.PAVIC (CRO) [1] or A.SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE ) / E.ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) vs K.MLADENOVIC (FRA ) / A.MUSIALEK (FRA) or D.SCHUURS (NED ) / M.MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Alexey ZAKHAROV (RUS) vs Clement TABUR (FRA) [12]
Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS) vs Mylene HALEMAI (FRA)
Cori GAUFF (USA) [16] vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)
Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)
Sergey FOMIN (UZB) Tao MU (CHN) vs Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) & Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Loudmilla BENCHEIKH (FRA) vs Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN)
Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) [13]
Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) or Stefan PALOSI (ROU) vs Valentin ROYER (FRA) or Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]
Himari SATO (JPN) or Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU) vs Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) or Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Jack DRAPER (GBR) & Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) & Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [3]

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Yshai OLIEL (ISR) vs Carlos LOPEZ MONTAGUD (ESP)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]
Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) or Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP) vs Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) or Drew BAIRD (USA) [16]
Francesca CURMI (MLT) & Melania DELAI (ITA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO) & Alexa NOEL (USA) [7]
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) & Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA) [1] vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) & Emilio NAVA (USA)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) & Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI) & Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Adrian ANDREEV (BUL) [7] vs Arthur CAZAUX (FRA)
En-Shuo LIANG (TPE)[1] vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA)
Emma RADUCANU (GBR) or Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) or Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]
Maxence BEAUGE (FRA) & Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) & Tyler ZINK (USA)
Gabriella PRICE (USA) & Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) & Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS)

Video: Watch Coyote Peterson Catch a Shark with His Bare Hands

Video: Watch Coyote Peterson Catch a Shark with His Bare Hands


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Coyote Peterson actually doesn’t get bitten for once! Usually when we’re sharing a video by Coyote Peterson, he’s on the receiving end of a nasty bite or sting from some creature. But for today’s video, he’s bringing a little something different. Peterson and his cameraman are exploring shallow tide pools in South Africa when they

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Roland Garros Day 8 Order of Play

Roland Garros Day 8 Order of Play

Round of 16 action begins on Sunday in Paris, with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens headlning Chatrier. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Madison KEYS (USA) [13] vs Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31]
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [7] vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25] vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [20] vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26] vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ)
David GOFFIN (BEL)[8] vs Marco CECCHINATO (ITA)
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]

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Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) & Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) & Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8]
Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) vs Calvin HEMERY (FRA) & Stephane ROBERT (FRA)
Robin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] To be completed: Haase/Middelkoop lead 5-4
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) & Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs IC.BEGU (ROU ) / Q.WANG (CHN) or A.KLEPAC (SLO ) / MJ.MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [3]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) & John PEERS (AUS) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Alexander PEYA (AUT)
Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) & Robert FARAH (COL) [5] vs Wesley KOOLHOF (NED) & Artem SITAK (NZL)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) & Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) & Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [9]
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) & Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA) vs Demi SCHUURS (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 4
Play starts at 11am
Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Margaryta BILOKIN (UKR)
Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) [14] vs Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA)
Naoki TAJIMA (JPN) vs Marko MILADINOVIC (SRB)
Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) vs Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Himari SATO (JPN) vs Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU)

Court 5
Play starts at 11am
Natasha SUBHASH (USA) vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)
Cannon KINGSLEY (USA) vs Jonas FOREJTEK (CZE)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Francesca CURMI (MLT)
Peyton STEARNS (USA) vs Kamilla RAKHIMOVA (RUS)
Gabriella PRICE (USA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Nick HARDT (DOM) vs Hugo GASTON (FRA) [5]
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Manon LEONARD (FRA)
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Mathys ERHARD (FRA)
Sofya LANSERE (RUS) vs Clara BUREL (FRA) [13]
Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]

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Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Vania KING (USA) & Franko SKUGOR (CRO) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO) [2]
Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) & Jamie CERRETANI (USA) vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]
Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) & Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Rayane ROUMANE (FRA) vs Wojciech MAREK (POL)
Katie VOLYNETS (USA) vs Yasmine MANSOURI (FRA)
Cori GAUFF (USA)[16] vs Stefania ROGOZINSKA DZIK (POL)
Deney WASSERMANN (NED) vs George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)
Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) vs Drew BAIRD (USA)[16]
Simona WALTERT (SUI) vs Salma DJOUBRI (FRA)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Elsa JACQUEMOT (FRA)
Trey HILDERBRAND (USA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)
Tristan BOYER (USA)[11] vs Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
Andrew FENTY (USA) vs Admir KALENDER (CRO)
Alice TUBELLO (FRA) vs Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS)
Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA) vs Daniela VISMANE (LAT)

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs Uisung PARK (KOR)
Ana Paula MELILO (BRA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]
Arnaud BOVY (BEL) vs Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS)
Lenka STARA (SVK) vs Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO)
Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) vs Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG) vs Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA)[8]
Tao MU (CHN) vs Nicolas MEJIA (COL)[9]
Rudolf MOLLEKER (GER) [3] vs Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA)
Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) [15] vs Yanki EREL (TUR)
Emma RADUCANU (GBR) vs Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS)

Court 15
Play starts at 11am
Elina AVANESYAN (RUS) vs Adrienn NAGY (HUN)
Mateus ALVES (BRA) vs Philip HENNING (RSA)
Dalibor SVRCINA (CZE) [10] vs Ray HO (TPE)
Leylah Annie FERNANDEZ (CAN) [15] vs Nika RADISIC (SLO)
Varvara GRACHEVA (RUS) vs Xinyu WANG (CHN) [2]
Lea MA (USA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO)

Court 16
Play starts at 11am
Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [6] vs Mateo BARREIROS REYES (BRA)
Ana GELLER (ARG) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)
Sergey FOMIN (UZB) vs Ondrej STYLER (CZE)
Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) vs Stefan PALOSI (ROU)
Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) vs Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]

To be announced
Not before 6pm
Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) & Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) & Jean-Julien ROJER (NED) [5]

Video: Nadal Battles it out with Leo, Roland Garros Ball Kid

Video: Nadal Battles it out with Leo, Roland Garros Ball Kid

Leo delivered some pretty nice groundies, but it was Nadal who, once again, prevailed. Rafael Nadal didn’t break much of a sweat in taking down Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Saturday, but that’s okay. Enter ball kid Leo. The young man was introduced by Marion Bartoli during Nadal’s post-match interview and Nadal said he’d be happy to have a hit with the young lad.

Here’s how it shook out:

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We’re sure a lot of you will argue with Marion Bartoli’s assessment that Leo is Nadal’s biggest fan, but we must say, the young man acquitted himself nicely against the King of Clay. And here is today's impromptu French lesson: Ball kid = ramasseur de balles!

See the full video below… .

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