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Salut à tous et bienvenue à Roland-Garros 2026 – huitième jour!
Well this has escalated quickly. A jazzer of a première semaine exploded astatine its backmost end, and we statesman nan travel location without a hint what’s going to hap erstwhile we get there.
We statesman coming pinch what could easy create into 1 of nan matches of nan tourney – and nan barroom is already stratospherically high. Iga Swiatek, nan four-time champ, faces nan surging Marta Kostyuk, whose blend of powerfulness and touch can, connected a bully day, beryllium excessively overmuch for anyone.
They’re nether measurement now, truthful excessively Wang Xiyu, a qualifier, and Sorana Citstea, neither of whom were expected to still beryllium pinch us. Following them, we’ve Elina Svitolina and Belinda Bencic, 2 attacking demons seeking to move from contender to imaginable winner, while Mirra Andreeva, bursting pinch talent and desire but possibly lacking a definitive weapon, meets Jil Teichmann, successful nan shape of her life.
Then, rounding retired nan time sesh, Jakub Mensik, truthful awesome against Alex de Minaur, meets nan lovable and maturing Andrey Rublev, while Jesper de Jong seeks to break Alexander Zverev’s heart, nan German served nan opportunity of a life pinch Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner each gone. He and unit are not friends; tin he cope?
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