Nadal in danger of dropping a set here in the first round.
He dropped none last year and just 2 in 2019.
Set point Popyrin and he double faults.
Nadal breaks but serves to stay in the set.
Popyrin saves 4 break points in that game. Nadal will now serve to force a tie break.
Tie break.
Nadal has been iffy today but Popyrin has been really good in this third
Thought Popyrin would just give up after losing that game when he had 3 set points.
He will be a very dangerous 1st round opponent with that serve on grass or hard.
Terrible that the French Open has been ruined by Osaka.
Nishikori beats Khachanov is 5 sets, wonder is Nishikori will make the next round?
Berrettini playing unreal tennis against Coria.
Bit of a Barney between Federer and the umpire here. They are arguing in French so not sure what the issue is.
Seems Cilic complained about Federer playing too slow.
Yeah all about Federer taking his time between points when Cilic is serving. Cilic complained and it looks like it has got to Federer in this set.
This is a cracking tie.
Cilic levels it up at a set each. The winner of this set will do it in 4 I think.
Looks like Djokovic will progress to the QFs without having to face anyone inside the world’s top 60.
R1 - Sandgren (66)
R2 - Cuevas (91)
R3 - Berankis (92)
R4 - Musetti (76) or Cecchinato (83)
I’m going for a QF lineup of:
Djokovic v Berrettini
Nadal v Schwartzmann
Zverev v Rudd
Medvedev v Tsitsipas
If Federer should come through this then I’d expect him to get past Koepfer in the next round with little trouble. Berrettini would then be his R4 opponent and should be a very even tie. If Federer takes the first set I’d fancy him.
6 love service games in a row.
Tie break.
27 points on serve in a row here now