{"id":302,"date":"2021-06-04T09:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/?p=302"},"modified":"2021-06-04T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:36:15","slug":"french-open-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/2021\/06\/04\/french-open-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open &#8211; Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Day 5 was another great day of tennis. This French Open continues to amaze us as seeds continue  to drop out like flies. Overall over the first 5 days we have lost and astonishing 22 male picks and 25 ladies picks. The biggest news on day 5 was the number 1 seed in the ladies draw, Ash Barty, retiring during the second set of her match. This means that the top 2 seeds are out. Could we see another first time ladies champion here at the French open? Mertens had to come back from a set down to take her match in three. The 32nd seed, Alexandrova, and the 9th seed, Pliskova joined Barty as the 3 ladies seeds that lost during day 5. On the mens side, we saw old timer, Kohlschreiber, upset the 24th seed Aslan Karatsev in 4 hard fought sets. Fritz, the 30th seed, and Monfils, the 14th seed, both lost in 4 sets as well. Sadly for us South African&#8217;s, Lloyd Harris, couldn&#8217;t beat Norrie and so there are no South African&#8217;s left in the singles draw. The big 3 all coming through their matches and are all in the 3rd round. A Federer, Djokovic Quarter final still on the cards. Sadly for the French crowd, with Gasquet losing to Nadal, there are officially no French ladies or men left in the singles draws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onto the fantasy league and what a day we had. With Barty losing, we saw 37 teams lose her which is a big in terms of the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mens picks that we lost on Day 5 included: De Minaur (1 pick), Cilic (2 picks), Monfils (1 pick), Harris (9 picks), Karatsev (2 picks), and Fritz (1 pick). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ladies picks that lost on day 5 included: Barty (37 picks), Pliskova (3 picks), Kvitova (5 picks), Alexandrova (8 picks), Giorgi (1 pick), Li (1 pick), Mladenovic (1 pick) and Wang (1 pick).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a new Leader!!!! What a day it was for team &#8216;Ronan the Man&#8217;. They scored an astonishing 39 points in 1 day. They moved up 13 spots from 14th to 1st and closed a 19 point gap to the lead. &#8220;Servivors&#8221; are just 2 points behind in second, with &#8216;Oh my Hat&#8217; coming in in third. Amazingly there are 6 teams at the front separated by just 4 points. We are in for a very close battle for the win. At the other end of the leaderboard, there is a tie for the wooden spoon. A mini battle to avoid coming last between &#8216;Frogs first&#8217; and &#8216;Barnards Pick&#8217;. Here is the leaderboard after Day 5.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Day-5-Top-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" \/><figcaption>The top half. Still all to play for.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"574\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Day-5-bottom-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Day-5-bottom-Half.png 457w, http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Day-5-bottom-Half-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption>The bottom half<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With such a close battle for the first 4 spots, every round becomes vital. Round 3 is a very important round because there are bonus points for making it into the 4th round and onwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4<sup>th<\/sup> round \u2013 1 point<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarter Finals \u2013 2 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semi-finals \u2013 3 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Runner-up \u2013 5 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good luck to everyone! No matter where you are in the leaderboard continue believing because things can change very quickly in fantasy leagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some results on Day 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kohlschreiber beat Karatsev (24) &#8211; 6-3; 7-6(4); 4-6; 6-1<\/li><li>Ymer beat Frenchman Gael Monfils (14) &#8211; 6-0; 2-6; 6-4; 6-3<\/li><li>Koepfer beat Fritz (30) &#8211; 6-3; 6-2; 3-6; 6-4<\/li><li>Norrie beat Harris &#8211; 4-6; 6-3; 6-3; 6-2<\/li><li>Cecchinato beat De Minaur (21) &#8211; 6-4; 6-1; 3-6; 6-1<\/li><li>Federer (8) beat Cilic &#8211; 6-2; 2-6; 7-6(4); 6-2<\/li><li>Alcarac beat Basilashvilli (28) &#8211; 6-4; 6-2; 6-4<\/li><li>Nadal (3) beat Gasquet &#8211; 6-0; 7-5; 6-2<\/li><li>Linette beat Barty (1) &#8211; 6-1; 2-2 (ret)<\/li><li>Krejcikova beat Alexandrova (32) &#8211; 6-2; 6-3<\/li><li>Stephens beat Pliskova (9) &#8211; 7-5; 6-1<\/li><li>Brady (13) beat Ferro &#8211; 6-4; 2-6; 7-5<\/li><li>Swiatek (8) beat Peterson &#8211; 6-1; 6-1 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Some matches to watch on Day 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pavlyuchenkova (31) vs Sabalenka (3)  (11:00)<\/li><li>Azarenka (15) vs Keys (23)  (12:00)<\/li><li>Williams (7) vs Collins  (16:00)<\/li><li>Badosa vs Bogdan  (16:15)<\/li><li>Nishikori vs Laaksonen  (12:15)<\/li><li>Giron vs Garin (22)  (13:35)<\/li><li>Johnson vs Carreno Busta  (14:15)<\/li><li>Opelka (32) vs Medvedev (2)  (14:15)<\/li><li>Tsitsipas (5) vs Isner (31)  (21:00<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5 was another great day of tennis. This French Open continues to amaze us as seeds continue to drop out like flies. Overall over the first 5 days we have lost and astonishing 22 male picks and 25 ladies picks. The biggest news on day 5 was the number 1 seed in the ladies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-french-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}