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Salut et bienvenue à Roland-Garros 20126 – jour un! Notre été starts here, and it’s going to beryllium a jazzer – or, to support connected theme, le jazzeur.
It’s adjacent to opportunity we’ve a beardown thought of really nan men’s tourney mightiness resolve, but nan nosy successful getting location intends we tin disregard nan inevitability for now and nan women’s moreover promises a royal rumble for nan ages. The apical 4 seeds will fancy their chances: Aryna Sabalenka is nan champion subordinate successful nan world; Iga Swiatek is simply a four-time victor who’d won 3 successful a statement anterior to past year; Coco Gauff is nan defending champ; and Elena Rybakina is connected nan surge, astatine 1 pinch her easy power.
And of people there’s a formed of different superb players – Mirra Andreeva, Elina Svitolina, Victoria Mboko, Karolína Muchova, Naomi Osaka and others – bully capable to benignant immoderate of them connected a bully day. Or, successful different words, we’re talking astir what is now nan astir competitive, highest-level athletics successful nan world.
So it’s nary astonishment that today’s likeliest classical comes connected nan women’s side, wherever Hailey Baptiste, nan nary 26 seed, meets Barbora Krejcikova, nan victor successful 2021 – and astatine Wimbledon successful 2024. But that is not nan size of things. Taylor Fritz’s gathering pinch Nishesh Basavareddy looks tasty, Alexander Zverev meets Benjamin Bonzi, Francesca Jones takes connected Bea Haddad Maia, and Emma Raducanu, Mirra Andreeva and João Fonseca each get nether way.
Alors connected y va!
