French Open

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Jarry bringing the big man tennis up 3-0 in 3rd set. Crowd in booing the Jarry slam dunk overheads ha. Moutet at his irritating best in this atmosphere.

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The annoying Moutet playing very well up 2 sets to love over Jarry. The crowd is loving it.

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How did I miss that Kei Nishikori is entered? Surprised he's healthy enough. Long, long comeback trail.

Just saw the score under way with Kei up 7-5, 7-6(3), 2-1

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Nicolas Jarry vs Corentin Moutet might see some soccer hooligan-level behavior.

Apparently, team Moutet didn't appreciate the crowds when they met in Santiago and is promising revenge>

Moutet coach Petar Popovic:

"All in all – Sunday, he (Jarry) is fu**ed! He made his own bed. We won that match in Santiago, but we were so disgusted with everything that we even had a conversation: ’When he comes to Paris, there will be hell waiting’. And I really hope that the hell will await, so that Jarry grows sick of tennis at least for a few weeks."

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Incredible crowd support for Gasquet in a tight 3 set win over Coric. His beautiful backhand in full flight. Such great hand skills. I think he could win a couple of Majors if his career was just starting. The 3 just really took the wind out of his sails. He has won more matches on the ATP than any Frenchman ever.

I believe match point was a one-handed backhand, if I remember correctly. Fitting.

Took 34 games for a break

P.S. Good thing the ATP site has live scores because the Roland Garros site isn't updating. Sigh. What's that old joke about heaven and hell, in Hell the Germans do the food and the French do the organization?

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Incredible crowd support for Gasquet in a tight 3 set win over Coric. His beautiful backhand in full flight. Such great hand skills. I think he could win a couple of Majors if his career was just starting. The 3 just really took the wind out of his sails. He has won more matches on the ATP than any Frenchman ever.

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Alcaraz is through in straight sets. Although his opponent, J.J Wolf, is only ranked 104, it's a good sign that he was hitting his forehand well.

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Nadal presser:

“I am improving in different ways. I have less limitations than three, four weeks ago, without a doubt,” Nadal said in Saturday’s press conference. “I am having a good week of practices. I probably will say this is the first week since I came back playing tennis that I am able to run the proper way without having a lot of limitations. That encourages me.

“In the practices, without a doubt I improved. Especially in terms of movements. So I don't feel the limitations that I felt in Rome in terms of running to both sides, so that's a lot for me.”

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Ruud wins Geneva and looks very strong and fit, absolutely primed for the FO. I like his draw also. He looks like a very good smart money bet as the 6th favorite to win the FO. His forehand, with the highest RPM's in tennis, is a clay court marvel. It seems like he never is going to miss it.

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Tomorrow/ Sunday's First Round Matches include:

* Stan vs Sir Andy, one I wish I could see live. On Chatrier sans doute
* Alcaraz vs Wolf - is Carlos 100% physically and (per his own words) mentally
* Rublev vs Daniel. Several prognosticators have put Rublev among their favs. I like him, but I don't know why.
* Katie Volynets vs Krunic -- Because, by golly, she's lives a few miles away from me and fought her way through qualies, so there

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2024 French Open odds, contenders, favorites


See 2024 French Open picks at SportsLine.

Iga Swiatek -160
Aryna Sabalenka +500
Coco Gauff +850
Elena Rybakina +1100
Danielle Collins +2100
Jelena Ostapenko +3400
Qinwen Zheng +3600
Mira Andreeva +4400
Maria Sakkari +4500
Ons Jabeur +5000
Elina Svitolina +5000
Barbora Krejcikova +7000
Victoria Azarenka +7000
Dayana Yastremska +7000
Marketa Vondrousova +7500
Sofia Kenin +9000

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2024 French Open odds, contenders, favorites via CBS


See 2024 French Open picks at SportsLine.

Carlos Alcaraz +225
Novak Djokovic +275
Jannik Sinner +400
Alexander Zverev +600
Stefanos Tsitsipas +700
Casper Ruud +1000
Rafael Nadal +2200
Andrey Rublev +2500
Holger Rune +2500
Daniil Medvedev +2800
Taylor Fritz +5000
Felix Auger-Aliassime +8000
Nicolas Jarry +8000
Hubert Hurkacz +8000
Alejandro Tabilo +9000
Grigor Dimitrov +9000

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Women's Full Draw

Quarters

Swiatek v Vondouskova
Zheng v Rybakina
Gauff v Jabeur
Sakkari v Sabalenka

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Men's Full Draw

Quarters

Djokovic v Ruud
Rublev v Alcaraz
Zverev v Medvedev
Hurkacz v Sinner

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Some ATP favs' paths:

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