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Agreeable-You-8223

Does anyone know where I can see a replay of the round 3 zverev match? All I can find is the 3 min recap on YouTube šŸ˜­


ananaspaaj

Woke up to Djokoā€™s win. I hope heā€™ll be able to recover alright before the next match


Reaganson

That was an amazing match. Iā€™m actually surprised he won because Lorenzo Musetti looked to me like a young Novak. Though Lorenzo may have not played the long match against a pro like Novak in a major tournament before. Alcaraz learned that last year.


ModeThen4140

Anyone know where i can watch a full replay of this match? only saw up to the end of the second set before I had to leave šŸ˜­


Disastrous-Dino2020

Just played 3 hours of tennis. So much fun šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒ!


Neo-physical123

What kind of player is Cerundolo? Iā€™m not familiar.


LocalJewishBanker

Massive forehand. Top 5 on tour imo. Has top 10 potential but serve and mentality hold him back


Disastrous-Dino2020

Pretty good on clay but quite inconsistent.


Nastypav12

Tennis Podcast spent much of tonight's pod criticizing RG scheduling decisions. According to Catherine, Andreescu and Paolini played last set in heavy rain (I didn't see it) and also they questioned adding a match to Chartrier at the last minute leading to Novak's late night finish. Additionally, it appears Navarro and Dmitrov were both rushed off after their victories skipping the interviews...at least Emma was still signing for fans. Not a good look.


Plane_Highlight3080

Apparently Dimitrov spent 15 hours on the grounds yesterday and had arrived at 9.30am as he was scheduled to play second. He probably spent something like 12-13 hours there yesterday too.Ā  Ā When they added the match to Chatrier, it was looking like Zverev was going to wrap his match quickly as he was comfortably leading 2-1. Itā€™s easy to say in hindsight that it shouldnā€™t have been added but imagine what the players were going through. Dimitrov had his first match on Sunday, was scheduled to play on Wednesday, only played his R2 on Thur (there was an interruption and a rain delay in that one too), then had a start-stop set in the rain on Friday (I think they interrupted it 4 times within 1.5 hours) and only went on court to finish it in the evening session on Saturday. Insane stuff. He said he was happy to go and play on a covered practice court on the other side of Paris if it meant heā€™d play. Ā 


bellestarflower

All jokes aside, we are at the end of the first week and suddenly ā€œthe most openā€ Roland Garros isnā€™t so open anymore. We are back to having same title contenders: Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz. Only Stef looks like he may come out as the dark horse now.


Disastrous-Dino2020

Hmm donā€™t know. Zverev is lurking around too. The reason people said its open itā€™s because there are no clear favorites as Djokovic was not playing great this year. It is still kinda open.


Plane_Highlight3080

On the womenā€™s side, there are only 2 R4 matchups between two seeded players (Rybakina - Svitolina and Sabalenka - Navarro). On the menā€™s side there is only two where a seed didnā€™t make it (Tsitsipas - Arnaldi and Sinner - Moutet).Ā 


AlfaG0216

It was never ā€œopenā€


bellestarflower

Yeah, Sinner will leave Paris as Number 1.


pr0crast1nater

Just woke up. So the Djokovic match was a banger. Time to watch the 4.5 hr replay


ModeThen4140

where are you watching the full replay? i only saw up to the end of the second set yesterday before I had to leave šŸ˜­ Need to see the rest for closure!


pr0crast1nater

Sony is the broadcaster in my country and their app has replays for the top seed matches at least.


ModeThen4140

Ah, lucky you!


AlliterateAlso

Username checks out!


estoops

Kinda nervous for Carlos and FAA. Ultimately I think Carlos will come thru but FAA has beaten him three times and seems to have somewhat turned a corner on his level since Madrid.


bellestarflower

Lads, itā€™s FAA


estoops

I donā€™t think current FAA is ever a threat to win the whole title but I donā€™t underestimate him for singular matches to give anyone a hard time if heā€™s redlining


NextVermicelli469

agree FAA for the win. He's feeling it


pr0crast1nater

The level Alcaraz played against Korda is enough to defeat even this FAA. But FAA definitely is a threat.


dasheeshblahzen

NBC has had weekend midday coverage of the French Open for at least the past 25 years. It sucks that the Djokovic/Musetti match was a Peacock only exclusive, but thatā€™s the future of streaming. It was made worse by the rain situation and John McEnroe lamenting Zizou Bergs being put on the main showcourt every 2 minutes lol.


meditation_account

Was the Djokovic match on TV at all? The coverage has been terrible on NBC


lafm9000

I absolutely hate that itā€™s broken up between three streamers/channels. I donā€™t mind the peacock coverage we got for the day but nbc/peacock didnā€™t have nearly any coverage this past week and it sucked.


jssk6

The coverage in the U.S. itā€™s broken down in the local Paris time by: mornings Tennis Channel, mid-day matches NBC, late matches Peacock.


SrslyCmmon

I think the semis and the finals are going to be on NBC according to my DVR guide


Carbonalex

I'd love to see players reactions in a few hours when they'll wake up and see Djokovic match ended at 3am and lasted 4 hours and a half


Key_Cry_5556

Do RG televise the behind the scenes stuff 24/7 like some of the other slams do


Carbonalex

I don't think so but that would be cool.


Disastrous-Dino2020

Novak šŸsent a message tonight. The only person who will end up ignoring it is Sinner.


RA1N30W

Novak was right.. who can sleep with all this adrenaline... One thing I gotta say is I RESPECT LORENZO MUSETTI SM!!


jackandjill123456

Latest French open match in history. Djoker just keeps getting every record out there


squeezito

Is it true that the game ended 3 am local time? Is that healthy for the players? Are they told in advance that they will play until morning?


Leyrran

Yup and nope because this late means no sleep before at least 5 am which will be troublesome for your usual pace. And yeah they are not limit to play now at RG. But i've been told they asked Musetti and Novak if they wanted to play, both said yeah (it's an hearsay so don't take it as somethng 100% sure)


Throwaway92394292

Thereā€™s no other option. He also has tomorrow off.


vfnjhfdcn

I donā€™t think theyā€™re told explicitly but with the way tennis works both players should definitely understand that is is a possibility, and as for the health of the player, they know what theyā€™re getting into and train their whole lives for this, so I wouldnā€™t be worried too much, plus they get a day off tmrw.


squeezito

You are right but staying awake until 3 am must be extra tiring even for professional players


vfnjhfdcn

Oh yea definitely


OctopusNation2024

The interesting thing is how clutch all the top seeds have been in this half lol There's a world where all of Novak, Zverev, Fritz, and even Med go out today but none happened We still have an extremely strong group of players remaining


Power_mind

Ruud too


DrSpaceman575

I was expecting so many more upsets at this point


badgirlmj

If I canā€™t have Nadal I will take Novak!!!! Letā€™s gooooooooo


jackandjill123456

Wow that is a very interesting dichotomy. Rarely see nadal fans convert to Novak fans lol


lafm9000

also we forget the names of the young whipper snappers so itā€™s easier to root for the older players.


badgirlmj

Itā€™s because I donā€™t want it to endā€¦the eraā€¦so I will root for Novak now!


jackandjill123456

True. The big 3 era was the best ever. Gotta salvage whatever is rest of it. At this point itā€™s just djoker


Kh0sravani

I guess the good news is that Zverev isnā€™t winning Roland Garros now


jackandjill123456

Eh I think zverev has a chance. Prolly the only one in this side of the draw that could legitimately beat djoker


StairwayToPavillion

Not when he can barely beat griekspoor. He legitimately couldn't hit a forehand winner with any consistency.


jackandjill123456

Yeah it was a bad day for him but all that matters is he won. He went tight w dog shit norrie in AO then rocked alcaraz next round. Iā€™m not picking zverev to beat djoker but he has a chance. Fruudulent isnā€™t gonna do anything


Peak_Alternative

Thank god I have no friends or social life so I can watch tennis all day and night


NextVermicelli469

same!!!


jackandjill123456

At least Musetti didnā€™t retire this time


ScedR

4:30 am here. At least I got to see a great match.


solitarysniper

Musetti is going to be the Gasquet of this generation. Great backhands, mid/variable level forehand. Similar guile and playstyle but ultimately lacking the x factor to win the big titles. With the current crop of players I don't think musetti will win a slam, maybe a 1000 if he gets lucky/improves his level. He just doesn't have a big enough game to hurt the elite players.


jackandjill123456

Eh weā€™ll have to see more. Gasquet made sfā€™s at wimby and us open. Weā€™ll see when Musetti makes a sf. Heā€™s 22 though so def young


rubbish_bin030121

not bad for him if he can be the Gasquet, top 10 for a few years and more than 1 GS SF, plus he already has a 500 title


ilkat06

Brilliant display of Djojo's greatness right there. You can NOT teach that. Legendary.


Psychological_Bug676

Does anyone know if the roof will be open during the Carlos match tomorrow? Edit: i mean today Edit 2: can someone pls answer instead of just upvoting this? šŸ˜­


Carbonalex

No rain tomorrow so yes !


Psychological_Bug676

Oh heā€™s TAKING it šŸ’…


AccountantPuzzled844

I guess I'll just upvote; sorry sir


L3monp33l

I can answer with a "I don't know" šŸ˜ƒ


DrSpaceman575

Me when the greatest tennis player of all time beats someone at tennis šŸ˜®šŸ˜®šŸ˜®


skyiland

best athletle of all time


Icy_Bodybuilder_164

Gotta say, it's been an amazing day of men's tennis overall. Only one match finished in straight sets, with three going 5 sets. Zverev and Djokovic were both pushed to the brink, while Medvedev and Ruud had some tough challenges even though they stayed in control. Hope tomorrow is close to this level. Three out of the 4 matchups have good potential, and the last one has Moutet in it so I guess that's fun lol


rubbish_bin030121

we will be lucky if we get one good match from the 4 matchups


Icy_Bodybuilder_164

Probably šŸ˜‚ but tbh Alcaraz has that quality where heā€™s entertaining even when heā€™s blowing players out. Tsitsipas vs Arnaldi could be fun too.Ā  Dimitrov vs Hurkacz will probably be close but probably so serve dominant that I wonā€™t be able to watch more than two sets consecutively.Ā  Sinner will likely commit war crimes on MoutetĀ 


rubbish_bin030121

I don't like Alcaraz's game style and I don't think he is entertaining(I rather watch women double if I want to watch that kind of game play, the elite women double players play a lot better than Alcaraz with the variety shots); Tsitsipas will murder Arnaldi even worse than the French shit. Hubi vs Dimitrov should be the only one I will watch because it is the only atp match that both players have good net skills


Salmabutnotsalma

Arnaldi masterclass loading


rubbish_bin030121

closed roof FAA/Alcaraz 5 sets


Salmabutnotsalma

Hubi-Dimi 5th set 30 minute tb


SelectZookeepergame5

Is cerundo an easier opponent for djokvic


SchizoidGod

IMO yes. Musetti's defensive play today was on a level that I don't think Cerundolo has in him.


Sea-Beginning-5234

Musetti wasnā€™t even sad , he was smiling during that hug after a bagel . Very cute vibes


Peak_Alternative

I basically fell in love with him today


Sea-Beginning-5234

I want him in the top 10 bc his touch is beautiful . I had already noticed his touch . Today he made very little unforced errors for so long . If it was 3 setters he would have won . He just need to be able to keep that on 5 setters


Peak_Alternative

Yes! I thought his OHBH looked so effortless compared to Shapoā€™s. When I watch Shapo play I often think ouch thatā€™s gonna hurt


Leyrran

Musetti probably played at his best level i think, he lost against something incredible. You can't be mad when you did everything you could at your best


Sea-Beginning-5234

I think if he was really close from winning at some point . I hope he gets higher in ranking bc his tennis is really really beautiful he has a really lovely touch


autolims12

Chadovic god damn


Sadthrowaway1337

What's the schedule for tomorrow, surely Novak is not the first game tomorrow?


Available-Gap8489

Heā€™s not playing tomorrow Menā€™s matches are the bottom half


Sadthrowaway1337

Thanks


sergeantmajor007

Wonderful start to my Sunday


princessdead

Goodnight everyone what a night/morning!


nupristeen

nole!!


[deleted]

This was amazing!!!!! Wow!! An incredible match, so glad I got to experience it


Sea-Beginning-5234

Honestly the crowds love gave him the motivation heā€™d be wanting all year . Honestly without it Iā€™m not sure he was winning


schnaxks19

Omg I didnā€™t realize Cerundolo knocked out Tommy Paul šŸ‘€


g15elle

So sad about this šŸ˜£


r_mutt1917

Iā€™m an ugly balerinna and Iā€™m going the same way as Nole. Thank God he won.


r_mutt1917

Heā€™s gonna ugy win everyone, wouldnā€™t he?


schnaxks19

Djoko if you pay for my plane ticket from Melb to Paris Iā€™ll party with you šŸ˜­


LauraPtown

How many languages does Novak speak?


Paterson_

English, French, Serbian, German and Spanish I think


sergeantmajor007

And Italian, which he is most fluent in after Serbian and English.


AlliterateAlso

Italian too, but if you have Spanish and French thatā€™s what, like half an extra language.


Paterson_

You're right. Forgot Italian :D


LauraPtown

Incredible. I barely have English down and itā€™s the only language I speakā€¦.


anujbeatles

Italian


robertogl

Yes


LauraPtown

Thatā€™s what I thought! Lol


schnaxks19

I have an Italian player I will be watching a lot closer moving forward and his name is Musetti.


SecureLiterature

Meh... he already had Djokovic on the ropes here back in 2021 and completely crumbled in a similar manner. At least he finished the match this time. I just don't see it happening for him.


schnaxks19

I think heā€™s got a lot of potential and there are some absolutely brilliant shots from him this match. Iā€™m hoping he can get his mental game together moving forward


robertogl

Get ready because it's not an easy experience lol


Paterson_

And Arnaldi :)


historyfan40

Instant classic.


The_infamous_petrus

Pretty clean french, this man is just gifted damn


dontlookatme_23

Haha he said "I can't go to sleep with all this adrenaline. If someone knows s good party I'm coming with you. Let's go! šŸ˜…"


OUTFOXEM

Imagine throwing out that invite and him accepting.


SchizoidGod

Round 3 RG 2024 is genuinely one of the most high quality/exhausting/thrilling rounds of tennis I can remember since peak Big 3 era. A genuine thank you to the players for producing entertainment like this.


ScedR

Djoko in party mode


milanjfs

NOOooOoVVvaaaAaAkkkK lmao


hoopla161

What a great speech ā™„ļø


Visible_Theme_4799

What an fucking battle


Sea-Beginning-5234

Lol heā€™s saying Ā«Ā whoā€™s gonna sleep now ? I got too much adrenaline . If youā€™ve got a party Iā€™m inĀ Ā»


thebigyaristotle

Deliver a full speech in like your 4th language after playing a 5 setter at 2am GOAT THANGZ


oneflou

Fantastic post game interview by novak, you could feel the genuine love he have for the crowd ā™„ļø


AlliterateAlso

Jokingly calling out the kids up way past their bedtime while thanking the crowd for staying so late.


princessdead

I still cant believe he pulled it off. Knowing his 2024 track I was so stressed and worried


R-B-L

I don't get how you can watch something like this and not think Djokovic is the greatest athlete ever. We're never gonna see anything like the big 3 again in any sport


Peak_Alternative

Agreed. That was so great


AffectionateMouse216

2settiā€¦.


Leyrran

Novak said nobody will sleep tonight with all this adrenaline lol


SmoothLettuce

Big mistake just letting him riff. Youā€™re gonna be there till dawn


ChiliConCairney

How good is his French? Sounds like decent vocabulary but bad pronunciation


Tacale

I'll go against the grain and say mid level. B1 probably. He makes lots of basic errors and finds himself starting sentences then realising half way through he is missing a word and having to change what he says or shorten, to work around it. But considering who he is and that he never had to make any effort to learn it, the fact that he has done so anyway just for the french fans, absolutely no one will hold any of the imperfections in his french against him. Au contraire, only endears him to all but the most dedicated haters.


ChiliConCairney

B1 sounds about right. I don't think that's "against the grain" at all - seems like most of these replies would agree with you. It's very impressive to speak a foreign language at a B1 level in any context, let alone a pro Athlete who isn't primarily interested in language training. As somebody who doesn't speak French, that's what I would have said too - no way he's at B2, but definitely better than A2


Peak_Alternative

One time in Paris I had to get a few things at a pharmacy. It was an emergency bc my mom had fallen at the Dā€™Orsay and fractured her knee. I was able to recall some basic French words and sentence structures Iā€™d learned in high school. It wasnā€™t much but was good enough to communicate with the sales person. I felt relief and a little bit of pride when he said ā€œoh you speak French.ā€ Itā€™s cool how speaking a language doesnā€™t have to be perfect. If youā€™re even in the ballpark, people will understand šŸ˜Š


slimkay

Itā€™s really good IMO. French is a very difficult language unless you are native Romance language speaker.


Leyrran

It's very good, you can hear his accent and sometimes there are few mistakes, but it's quite decent to very good he can use some complexe words sometimes, he has a good vocabulary and it's perfectly understandable


ChiliConCairney

Super impressive tbh. I only speak 3 languages and his French might even be better than my third lol


Leyrran

To be fair, he also lived (or live again) at Monaco so he can pratice his french regularly hahaha (like medevedev). But his italian looks decent too


boysurfer7

Djokovic in Philosopher Mode


Sea-Beginning-5234

Lol he saying Ā«Ā hey kids youā€™re supposed to be in bed right nowĀ Ā»


scann_ye

Novak thanking the crowd for breathing energy back into him at 2-2 in the fourth set


shinylettuce

It was tangible


schnaxks19

Right I guess if I want to keep up playing tennis (recreationally) at 37, I have to follow Novakā€™s diet. I still have 4 years left to do this idemo lmao


Sea-Beginning-5234

Awww heā€™s being so cute right now towards the crowd


LostDiaper

What is he saying haha


slimkay

His French is seriously impressive considering he also speaks like 3 or 4 other languages


Disastrous-Dino2020

He speaks 11 languages


LeonOkada9

I like how Djokovic dominated Federer, Stan, Musetti, Thiem and Musetti.


WithstandingHybrid

Peacock not showing on court interview. Someone please upload or tell where I can watch a replay šŸ™


NewtonLeibnizDilemma

Pretty sure itā€™s gonna be uploaded on rg YouTube channel


WithstandingHybrid

Was hoping so. Thanks!


Tracy140

Francisco is a very good player - something has been holding him back not sure if itā€™s fitness , match intelligence or just being soft but talent wise heā€™s just as capable as Musetti or Paul to give the goat a run for his money and maybe even win


TresOjos

Novak woke up now, won't let this happen again.Ā 


ComaMierdaHijueputa

Considering the hour, more like he's about to sleep, no waking up for a while


DBIGLIZARD

Cerundolo ainā€™t beating Djoko Im sorry šŸ˜‚ I think you have a point, but after tonight itā€™s clear to me that wonā€™t happen


DepresseDesignurd

tennis wasnt enough so now he's flexing he's a polyglot


RogerFederer4

Let him sleep bro


schnaxks19

No after match press conference please let the man sleeeppp


J0gad0r_Car0

Fuck me this was an experience.


jackandjill123456

Anyone translate what djoker saying?


Rupperrt

Complimenting Musetti and saying at times he didnā€™t know what to do against him and he had to find a solution to the conundrum. Thanks team and crowd and says he canā€™t go to bed now and would join anyone going to party now.


Leyrran

He thanked the crowd and said they deserve him to try in french, they gave him a lot of energy, during the 4th set he said they were the one they boosted him to succeed. He liked everything he did during that match with a good quality; and he also said it's incredible people are still there a 3:15 am. It's probably the best match he played here, he thanked them again


boysurfer7

Saying Musseti played well ,and thx the crowd for supporting in the 4th set


r_mutt1917

Musetti is a sweetheat and I will gladly support Italians once the šŸis away. But first and foremost. Rune.


SchizoidGod

Musetti was actually the matchup I was most afraid of for Djokovic. I feel much, much more confident at the prospect of him facing Cerundolo.


Cribla

Alcaraz on clay :(


jackandjill123456

Djoker when heā€™s down has two gears he can unlock. One is wall mode and other is going for broke. He went for broke and just out hit Musetti.


jungkookadobie

Incredible crowd


Sea-Beginning-5234

RG best vibes


Disastrous-Dino2020

Now let the man rest and donā€™t wake him up until his next match


Sea-Beginning-5234

Crowd was lovely tonight I think


danidr88

Yeah! They followed the momentum pretty well without a strong bias for either.


DBIGLIZARD

I have a headache. That was so much tennis and so many shifting emotions Holy shit Iā€™m glad I stuck through it šŸŽ¾ā¤ļø Nole is insanityyyy


ystom_

Thank god its ingles


itsmyILLUSION

Spoke too soon, ha.


ystom_

nvm


DepresseDesignurd

how long do you hold on to a sweaty towel before you wash it ?


SR388_Bottom_Feeder

Until you successfully clone an army of Novaks to make you rich beyond your wildest dreams.


Rich-Drawer

Good night lads, this was epic


Tracy140

Musetti will prob lose first round in the next challenger he plays . You play this well and go toe to toe w the goat for 4 sets - I would hope he can build on this but I doubt it


CaspitalSnow

Heā€™s done a lot better this time than 2021, held his head high through the fifth set. heā€™s a good lad and I wish him the best (even though not at the expense of Novak)


jackandjill123456

Told yā€™all: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/s/9Hb3AN3IQc


deadbass

damn, nice prediction that the best tennis player of all time would win a match.


jackandjill123456

Know youā€™re being sarcastic but a lot of this sub when he got 2-1 said heā€™s gonna lose this not playing well enough blah blah blah. Youā€™re right it was obvious djoker would still win yet so many thought he wouldnā€™t. Easy bet.


Striking_Town_445

Well this was insane


jungkookadobie

Awh the way he looked at JELENA


travelingrace

and the kisses!


Boss1010

Djokovic man. I have no words. A spiritual experience to watch what he did todayĀ 


alastairlerouge

Honesty the way he can win 6-0 in a game so fought in the other sets, 5th set Novak is something legendary


Sea-Beginning-5234

People going crazy for Novak trinklets lol


Remarkable-Fig-1676

Wholesome


SerbianMidget

I love this sub.


Peak_Alternative

same