After the manic day 1, we wondered what day 2 had in stall for us and day 2 did not disappoint. Medvedev managing to win not only his first set at Roland Garros but also his first match. South African, Lloyd Harris, upset the ,26th seed, Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets. Musetti won his first main draw match at a grand slam beating David Goffin. I think we can all agree that it was awesome to see ,the master, Roger Federer playing some great tennis and making it through in straight sets. Sinner came through a tight match. He had to save a match point against Herbert before finally beating him in the fifth set. Day 2 saw both of the 2nd most picked ladies, Osaka and Muguruza, exiting the tournament. Muguruza losing in straight sets and Osaka causing more controversy by withdrawing from the tournament.

Onto the fantasy tournament…we saw a total of 7 male picks losing and 7 female picks losing. Bublik (8 picks), Sonego (7 picks), Paire (5 picks), Goffin (3 pick), Tsonga (1 pick), Tiafoe (1 pick) and Korda (2 picks) were amongst the male losers. Andreescu (2 picks), Martic (2 picks), Konta (1 pick), Muguruza (24 picks), Ostapenko (8 picks), Rogers (2 picks) and Bertens (2 picks) were amongst the ladies losers.

There is a 3 way tie for the lead after day 2. ‘Smash and Grab’, ‘Vamos! Allez’ and Servivors are all on 38 points with ‘Super Steve’ just 1 point behind. With many big names to play on day 3, Nadal and Djokovic being the biggest, there could still be some changes at the top. Day 3 is the last day of round 1 and I hope you are as intrigued as me to see who will end up leading after round 1. Here is the leaderboard after Day 2.

Day 2 saw 5 teams climb by over 20 places and 1 team managed to climb an incredible 31 spots. It also saw 4 teams drop by over 20 spots. ‘Winning ways’ sadly dropping from 5th to 46th. What will the last day of Round 1 hold…will we see more upsets?

French Open results – Day 2:

• Sinner defeated Herbert – 6-1; 4-6; 6-7(4); 7-5; 6-4
• Johnson came back from 2 sets down to beat fellow American Tiafoe – 6-7(5); 3-6; 6-4; 6-2; 6-1
• Ruud beat Frenchman Paire – 5-7; 6-2; 6-1; 7-6(4)
• Paul beat O’Connell – 6-2; 6-4; 4-6; 4-6; 10-8
• Medvedev beat Bublik – 6-3; 6-3; 7-5
• Harris beat Sonego (26) – 7-5; 6-4; 6-4
• Musetti beat Goffin – 6-0; 7-5; 7-6(3) – This win means he is currently the top male pick with 11 points to his name.
• Vondrousova (20) beat Kanepi – 4-6; 6-3; 6-0
• Peterson beat Rogers – 6-7(3); 7-6(8); 6-2
• Hercog beat Bertens(16) – 6-1; 3-6; 6-4
• Zidansk beat Andreescu (6) – 6-7(1); 7-6(2); 9-7
• Cirstea beat Konta(19) – 7-6(5); 6-2
• Kenin(4) beat Ostapenko – 6-4; 4-6; 6-3
• Kostyk beat Muguruza (12) – 6-1; 6-4
• Giorgi beat Martic(22) – 6-2; 6-7(5); 6-4

Matches to watch on day 3:

• Sevastova vs Brady(13) (11:00)
• Alexandrova(32) vs V.Williams (14:15)
• Wang vs Hseih (14:15)
• Petkovic vs Muchova(18) (16:15)
• Pliskova vs Vekic (16:15)
• Saurez Navarro vs Stephens (16:15) Saurez Navarro is coming back after Cancer treatment.
• De Minaur(21) vs Travaglia (11:00)
• Ramos-Vinolas vs Monfils(14) (12:15)
• Struff vs Rublev(7) (13:00)
• Seppi vs Auger-Aliassime (13:00)
• Kohlschreiber vs Verdasco (13:30)
• Gaston vs Gasquet (14:15)
• Nadal (3) vs Popyrin (16:00)
• Pouille vs Cuevas (17;00)
• Djokovic(1) vs Sandgren (21:00)

Jared

Jared matriculated in 2020 from Wynberg Boys High School in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. His passion for tennis afforded him the opportunity of travelling to Europe. He is a quizmaster and a fantasy organiser.