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[ponchi101]

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well, Nadal has done it (retaining a major title) some 10 times, and I would say Swiatek is in the same league when it comes to clay so why not?

I was talking WTA. In the ATP, Rafa and Novak has done it repeatedly.
And if you are putting Swiatek in the same league as Rafa.... she'll love you for that

[Suliso]

Swiatek is not Nadal, but she is the 2nd coming of Henin. I can't think of any two Slam winners who would remind me of each other so much (never mind the one handed backhand).

[ashkor87]

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well, Nadal has done it (retaining a major title) some 10 times, and I would say Swiatek is in the same league when it comes to clay so why not?

I was talking WTA. In the ATP, Rafa and Novak has done it repeatedly.
And if you are putting Swiatek in the same league as Rafa.... she'll love you for that

I am not saying Swiatek will win 14 ! But a couple back to back? Sure, why not? Her dominance on clay is pretty , well, not absolute, but high for sure.

[ponchi101]

I know what you mean. And yes, she will be the favorite. As I said, it was just the only possibility I see for her not to win.
And I say she will end with 5-6 RG's. She just loves the surface too much.

[ashkor87]

Swiatek is not Nadal, but she is the 2nd coming of Henin. I can't think of any two Slam winners who would remind me of each other so much (never mind the one handed backhand).

Swiatek reminds me of Seles more than Henin- rhe impossible angles, flat winners from anywhere, the mental strength ..the awkward-looking shots I would not advise any kid to emulate, above all, the disregard for the score at any moment in the match .

[ponchi101]

Swiatek is not Nadal, but she is the 2nd coming of Henin. I can't think of any two Slam winners who would remind me of each other so much (never mind the one handed backhand).

Swiatek reminds me of Seles more than Henin- rhe impossible angles, flat winners from anywhere, the mental strength ..the awkward-looking shots I would not advise any kid to emulate, above all, the disregard for the score at any moment in the match .

100%

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ROLAND-GARROS 2023: WILDCARDS ANNOUNCED
MONDAY 15 MAY 2023
The wildcards for the Roland-Garros 2023 women’s and men’s qualifying competitions and final draw competitions have been finalised.

At the suggestion of National Technical Director Nicolas Escudé, the President of the FFT, Gilles Moretton, and Tournament Director Amélie Mauresmo are delighted to announce the wildcards allocated for the Qualifying tournament (22nd to 26th May) and for the main draw of the women’s and men’s singles tournaments (28th May to 11th June) at Roland-Garros 2023.

Please note that the wildcards allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and the Australian and American tennis federations (Tennis Australia and USTA) will be announced at a later date.

Women's singles (main draw)

Clara BUREL - Age 22 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.108 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - International race

Séléna JANICIJEVIC - Age 20 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.189

Léolia JEANJEAN - Age 27 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.125

Kristina MLADENOVIC - Age 30 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.153

Diane PARRY - Age 20 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.109

Men's singles (main draw)

Arthur CAZAUX - Age 20 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.197

Arthur FILS - Age 18 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.119 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - French tour

Hugo GASTON - Age 22 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.110

Hugo GRENIER - Age 27 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.124

Giovanni MPETSHI-PERRICARD - Age 19 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.233

Benoît PAIRE - Age 34 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.160 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - International race*

*Erratum: following an FFT review, the internatonial race Wildcard initially awarded to Hugo Gaston will be given to Benoît Paire

Jessika PONCHET - Age 26 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.119 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - French race


Women's singles (Qualifying)

Audrey ALBIE - Age 28 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.241

Loïs BOISSON - Age 19 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.495

Emeline DARTRON - Age 23 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.393

Fiona FERRO - Age 26 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.392

Emma LENE - Age 23 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.418

Daphnée MPETSHI-PERRICARD - Age 14 - No WTA ranking

Nina RADOVANOVIC - Age 19 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.558

Margaux ROUVROY - Age 22 - WTA ranking (8th May): No.292 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - French race

Alice TUBELLO - Age 22 ans - WTA ranking (8th May): No.342


Men's singles (Qualifying)

Dan ADDED - Age 24 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.251

Térence ATMANE - Age 21 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.249 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - International race

Gabriel DEBRU - Age 17 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.533

Titouan DROGUET - Age 21 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.275

Mathys ERHARD - Age 21 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.361

Arthur GEA - Age 18 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.982

Antoine GHIBAUDO - Age 18 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.734

Sascha GUEYMARD-WAYENBURG - Age 19 - ATP ranking (8th May): No.396

Harold MAYOT - Age 21 ans - ATP ranking (8th May): No.196 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard - French race


https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/arti ... qualifying

[ashkor87]

So Alcaraz lost at Rome.. good for him, he can learn from defeats - he is still young. He is still my favorite to win the French Open.. slightly less so than Swiatek because of the formidable presence of Djokovic, and perhaps Nadal..

[ti-amie]

I really hope Rafa doesn't play.

[ashkor87]

Well, he has to show up somewhere, sometime..RG could be a good place ..

[ponchi101]

He can show up for his HOF induction ceremony and that will be fine.
If the last image we have of him at Philip Chatrier is him holding the 2022 trophy, that is fine too. I just don't want the last photo to be him shaking hands to some player ranked 50+, exiting the tournament in 2R.

[JazzNU]

Nicolas Escudé? Feel like I haven't heard that name referenced in decades.

The FFT's wildcard process continues to suck.

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UPDATED Mens Singles Entry Lists

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Novak Djokovic 1 1
2 Carlos Alcaraz 2 2
3 Daniil Medvedev 3 4
4 Casper Ruud 4 3
5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 5 5
6 Andrey Rublev 6 6
7 Holger Rune 7 7
8 Jannik Sinner 8 8
9 Taylor Fritz 9 10
10 Felix Auger-Aliassime 10 9
11 Karen Khachanov 11 11
12 Frances Tiafoe 12 12
13 Cameron Norrie 13 13
14 Rafael Nadal 14 14
15 Hubert Hurkacz 15 15
16 Borna Coric 16 21
17 Tommy Paul 17 18
18 Alex de Minaur 18 19
19 Lorenzo Musetti 19 20
20 Matteo Berrettini 20 22
21 Pablo Carreno Busta 21 17
22 Alexander Zverev 22 16
23 Marin Cilic 23 23
24 Daniel Evans 24 26
25 Roberto Bautista Agut 25 25
26 Denis Shapovalov 27 28
27 Jan-Lennard Struff 28 64
28 Sebastian Korda 29 27
29 Botic van de Zandschulp 30 29
30 Francisco Cerundolo 31 32
31 Yoshihito Nishioka 32 35
32 Grigor Dimitrov 33 31
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 34 38
Ben Shelton 35 37
Tallon Griekspoor 36 34
Miomir Kecmanovic 37 33
Bernabe Zapata Miralles 38 41
Jiri Lehecka 39 36
Sebastian Baez 40 30
Maxime Cressy 41 39
Andy Murray 42 52
Emil Ruusuvuori 43 40
Richard Gasquet 44 42
Adrian Mannarino 45 46
Dusan Lajovic 46 70
Brandon Nakashima 47 43
Lorenzo Sonego 48 45
Alexander Bublik 49 55
Ugo Humbert 50 72
Roberto Carballes Baena 51 53
Mikael Ymer 52 50
J.J. Wolf 54 47
Mackenzie McDonald 55 54
Nicolas Jarry 56 51
Yibing Wu 57 56
Jack Draper 58 49
Alex Molcan 59 73
Marcos Giron 60 68
Tomas Martin Etcheverry 61 59
Laslo Djere 62 78
Gregoire Barrere 63 57
Benjamin Bonzi 64 44
Daniel Altmaier 65 93
Jason Kubler 66 66
Corentin Moutet 67 62
Pedro Cachin 68 69
Zhizhen Zhang 69 95
Constant Lestienne 70 60
Quentin Halys 71 65
Albert Ramos-Vinolas 72 58
Ilya Ivashka 73 61
Filip Krajinovic 74 74
Jaume Munar 75 83
Alexei Popyrin 77 81
Christopher O'Connell 78 82
Cristian Garin 79 86
Jordan Thompson 80 91
John Isner 81 67
Marc-Andrea Huesler 82 63
Marco Cecchinato 83 85
Stan Wawrinka 84 84
Luca Van Assche 85 87
Christopher Eubanks 86 90
Max Purcell 87 88
Nuno Borges 88 79
Arthur Rinderknech 89 80
Federico Coria 90 76
Diego Schwartzman 91 48
Marton Fucsovics 92 75
Alexander Shevchenko 93 98
Daniel Elahi Galan 94 96
Juan Pablo Varillas 97 92
Thiago Monteiro 98 89
Alexandre Muller 100 97
(WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis 104
David Goffin 107 99
Taro Daniel 109 100
(WC) Hugo Gaston 110
Oscar Otte 114 94
(WC) Arthur Fils 119
(WC) Hugo Grenier 124
Hugo Dellien 157 73 (PR)
(WC) Benoit Paire 160
(WC) Arthur Cazaux 197
(WC) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 233
Lloyd Harris 297 47 (PR)
(WC) Patrick Kypson 326
Gael Monfils 389 35 (PR)
Jiri Vesely 456 94 (PR)
Kyle Edmund 473 48 (PR)
Guido Pella 484 75 (PR)
Jeremy Chardy 591 88 (PR)
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Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Dominic Thiem 96 101
2 Michael Mmoh 118 102
3 Fabio Fognini 130 103
4 Aleksandar Kovacevic 113 104
5 Matteo Arnaldi 99 105
6 Roman Safiullin 103 106
8 Pavel Kotov 108 108
9 Borna Gojo 102 109
10 Radu Albot 112 110
12 Yannick Hanfmann 101 112
13 James Duckworth 106 113
14 Tomas Machac 125 114
15 Yosuke Watanuki 111 115
16 Otto Virtanen 117 116
17 Facundo Bagnis 123 117
18 Jurij Rodionov 132 118
19 Sebastian Ofner 122 119
20 Emilio Gomez 116 120

Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

Nick Kyrgios 26 24
Jenson Brooksby 76 71
Soonwoo Kwon 95 77

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UPDATED Mens Qualifying Entry Lists

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Aslan Karatsev 53 121
2 Dominic Thiem 96 93
3 Matteo Arnaldi 99 105
4 Yannick Hanfmann 101 108
5 Borna Gojo 102 110
6 Juan Manuel Cerundolo 105 104
7 James Duckworth 106 102
8 Pavel Kotov 108 101
9 Yosuke Watanuki 111 117
10 Radu Albot 112 103
11 Aleksandar Kovacevic 113 107
12 Dominic Stricker 115 129
13 Emilio Gomez 116 115
14 Otto Virtanen 117 114
15 Michael Mmoh 118 113
16 Giulio Zeppieri 120 125
17 Zsombor Piros 121 118
18 Sebastian Ofner 122 130
19 Facundo Bagnis 123 116
20 Tomas Machac 125 123
21 Francesco Passaro 126 120
22 Aleksandar Vukic 127 142
23 Gijs Brouwer 128 122
24 Filip Misolic 129 126
25 Fabio Fognini 130 127
26 Zizou Bergs 131 132
27 Jurij Rodionov 132 119
28 Norbert Gombos 133 134
29 Facundo Diaz Acosta 134 160
30 Fabian Marozsan 135 137
31 Lukas Klein 136 143
32 Denis Kudla 137 146
Liam Broady 138 136
Rinky Hijikata 139 141
Raul Brancaccio 140 140
Jozef Kovalik 141 147
Pedro Martinez 142 139
Tomas Barrios Vera 143 133
Timofey Skatov 144 144
Andrea Vavassori 145 164
Elias Ymer 146 149
Kaichi Uchida 147 150
Maximilian Marterer 148 145
Dominik Koepfer 149 158
Thiago Agustin Tirante 150 151
Luca Nardi 151 152
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 152 131
Enzo Couacaud 153 153
Tim van Rijthoven 154 155
Joao Sousa 156 162
Leandro Riedi 158 156
Vit Kopriva 159 166
Andrea Pellegrino 161 170
Gabriel Diallo 162 169
Jelle Sels 163 171
Mattia Bellucci 165 165
Ivan Gakhov 167 167
Riccardo Bonadio 168 180
Zdenek Kolar 169 206
Franco Agamenone 170 148
Emilio Nava 171 173
Damir Dzumhur 172 186
Nikoloz Basilashvili 173 138
Dennis Novak 174 159
Felipe Meligeni Alves 175 176
Kimmer Coppejans 176 178
Oleksii Krutykh 177 183
Luciano Darderi 178 190
Jan Choinski 179 179
Geoffrey Blancaneaux 180 174
Tung-Lin Wu 181 181
Francesco Maestrelli 182 172
Flavio Cobolli 183 182
Seong-chan Hong 184 194
Joris De Loore 185 198
Maximilian Neuchrist 186 184
Steve Johnson 187 185
Thiago Seyboth Wild 188 226
Ryan Peniston 189 163
Alejandro Tabilo 190 154
Alexander Ritschard 191 195
Marc Polmans 192 209
Yu Hsiou Hsu 193 188
Juncheng Shang 194 189
Laurent Lokoli 195 187
(WC) Harold Mayot 196
Andrea Collarini 198 177
Antoine Escoffier 199 196
Chun-Hsin Tseng 201 193
Matteo Gigante 202 199
Antoine Bellier 203 201
Nicolas Kicker 204 210
Nicholas David Ionel 205 202
Rio Noguchi 206 203
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 207 205
Brandon Holt 208 192
Gauthier Onclin 209 214
Dimitar Kuzmanov 211 191
Adrian Andreev 212 207
Shintaro Mochizuki 213 222
Hamad Medjedovic 214 212
Frederico Ferreira Silva 215 223
Ricardas Berankis 216 217
Raphael Collignon 217 211
Altug Celikbilek 218 208
Federico Delbonis 220 215
Nick Hardt 221 220
Genaro Alberto Olivieri 222 200
Henri Laaksonen 223 218
Michael Geerts 224 216
Juan Pablo Ficovich 225 221
Zachary Svajda 228 227
Dalibor Svrcina 229 219
Li Tu 241 225
(WC) Terence Atmane 249
(WC) Dan Added 251
(WC) Titouan Droguet 275
Evan Furness 288 213
(WC) Mathys Erhard 361
Alex Bolt 378 203 (PR)
(WC) Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 396
Pierre-Hugues Herbert 397 225 (PR)
Pablo Cuevas 455 218 (PR)
(WC) Gabriel Debru 533
Egor Gerasimov 672 173 (PR)
Lucas Pouille 678 215 (PR)
(WC) Antoine Ghibaudo 734
(WC) Arthur Gea 982

Alternates
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Cem Ilkel 231 228
2 Lorenzo Giustino 267 229
3 Mariano Navone 219 230
4 Nicolas Mejia 235 232
5 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 237 233
6 Jesper de Jong 210 234
7 Renzo Olivo 260 235
8 Marco Trungelliti 227 236
9 Sho Shimabukuro 234 237
10 Dane Sweeny 236 238
11 Pablo Llamas Ruiz 239 239
12 Aziz Dougaz 232 240
13 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 648 240 (PR)
15 Bu Yunchaokete 164 242
16 Abdullah Shelbayh 243 243
17 Alexis Galarneau 250 244
18 Yuta Shimizu 245 245
19 Alessandro Giannessi 230 246
20 Tennys Sandgren 244 247

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Thanasi Kokkinakis 104 111
Taro Daniel 109 109
Hugo Gaston 110 106
Arthur Fils 119 124
Hugo Grenier 124 128
Benoit Paire 160 161
Arthur Cazaux 197 204

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The Qualifying Tournament will run from May 22 - to May 26.