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“Barely standing on my legs”: Novak Djokovic, 39, confirmed that physicality was a key factor of this early exit at Roland-Garros
Novak Djokovic, on his own account, did not have enough left on Friday. He described every place the fuel had run out: "I just ran out of gas, to be honest. I didn't feel good at all on the court." "It gave me more hope", Djokovic added.
Birth of a giant: 19-year-old Fonseca recovers from two sets down to end Djokovic’s Roland-Garros, the Serb’s earliest exit in 17 years
João Fonseca (No 28), 19, came back from two sets to love down and from 1-3 in the fifth to beat the 24-time Slam champion 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 in 4h 53min on a baking Court Philippe-Chatrier. Three aces in a row to close it out. Fonseca is the first teenager ever to beat Djokovic at a major.
Jodar comes back from two sets to one down to reach his first Grand Slam round of 16
Rafael Jodar (No 27), 19, came back from two sets to one down to beat Alex Michelsen 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 4h 16min on Simonne-Mathieu — his first Grand Slam round of 16. Ranked outside the world's top 700 a year ago, the Spaniard is now world No. 29.
May 29, 1990: The day Edberg and Becker were sent packing from Roland-Garros
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 29, 1990 the top two seeds were eliminated in the first round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in history
17-year old Kouamé saves the match from two points down to reach the third round, the youngest man in a major’s last 32 since Nadal in 2003
Moïse Kouamé, 17, ranked No. 318, was two points from defeat at 5-4 down in the fifth – and won. The French wild card beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(8) in five hours to reach the Roland-Garros third round, the youngest man in the last 32 of a major since Nadal at 2003 Wimbledon.
Osaka reaches the Roland-Garros third round for the first time in seven years, Jovic next
Roland-Garros under a heat dome: the draw is bending, and we have seen nothing yet
May 28, 1980: The day Connors came back from two sets to love down against a Frenchman and won over the Paris crowd
Djokovic finds his clay legs match by match, dropping a set but reaching the third round at the expense of Royer
Menšík collapses on court after surviving Navone in a fifth-set tie-break that ran to 13-11, the 26th seed unable to stand at the moment of victory
May 27, 2016: The day Rafael Nadal stunned the tennis world by pulling out of Roland-Garros
Auger-Aliassime survives 1-4 down in the fifth against Altmaier, the last first-round match of Roland-Garros and the first to be decided in a fifth-set tie-break
Four reasons Daniil Medvedev’s first-round Roland-Garros loss was not a surprise – if you listen to his open analysis (plus a mysterious one)
Walton ends Medvedev’s Roland-Garros early again, the biggest upset of the men’s draw
At 17, Kouamé beats former US Open champion Cilic on Grand Slam debut, the youngest man through to round two at Roland-Garros since 2009
May 26, 1956: The day Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Grand Slam
“Roland-Garros, I love you, I owe you everything, goodbye until we meet again” : Gaël Monfils’ last words to Paris
Monfils ends his Roland-Garros career in a five-set loss to Gaston, retiring at home where it all began
Rather lose 6-0, 6-0 than retire: Casper Ruud’s proud Roland-Garros comeback
“A dead person’s Achilles in my arm”: The Kokkinakis comeback no one in tennis had done before