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2021 ROLAND GARROSDAY 6 MEN’S NOTESFriday 4 June3rd Round Bottom Half

No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v No. 32 Reilly Opelka (USA) No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v No. 31 John Isner (USA) No. 6 Alexander Zverev (GER) v Laslo Djere (SRB) No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v Steve Johnson (USA) No. 15 Casper Ruud (NOR) v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) No. 22 Cristian Garin (CHI) v Marcos Giron (USA) No. 27 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Federico Delbonis (ARG) Kei Nishikori (JPN) v (Q) Henri Laaksonen (SUI) On court today… • Stefanos Tsitsipas faces John Isner in the night match on Court Philippe-Chatrier today, with the Greek aiming for his 36th match-win of the season. He has won more matches than any player on Tour this year – and is also joint-top of the list for most Tour-level clay court match-wins this season with another man in action today. Tsitsipas and Federico Delbonis, who takes on No. 27 seed Fabio Fognini in the 2nd match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, are both bidding to record their 19th clay court victory of 2021. • Fognini, meanwhile, will vie for a slice of Italian Grand Slam history when he steps on court today – he is looking to record his 63rd Grand Slam victory today, which would see him claim sole ownership of 2nd place on the list for most Grand Slam match-wins by an Italian man, ahead of Adriano Panatta. The great Nicola Pietrangeli is the only Italian man to have recorded more victories at the Grand Slams than Fognini. The No. 27 seed has looked to be in assured form here, having recorded 2 straight sets wins this week – and having won 5 of his previous 7 matches against Delbonis, including a 2nd round meeting here in 2019, he will be confident of further success today. • It has been a good tournament for American men so far this year, with 4 Americans making it through to the 3rd round of the men’s draw here – the highest number through to this stage since 1996, when 6 Americans reached the 3rd round here. All 4 of them (Isner, Reilly Opelka, Steve Johnson and Marcos Giron) are in action today – and should at least 2 of them win today, it will be the first time that multiple American men have reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros since 2001, when Andre Agassi and Michael Russell reached the last 16 here. Should 3 Americans win it will be the most through to the last 16 here since 1995 and should all 4 Americans win it will be the most through to the last 16 here since 1991. • Kei Nishikori has recorded 5-set victories against both Alessandro Giannessi and Karen Khachanov this week – and will presumably hope for a quicker victory when he plays Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen on Court SimonneMathieu this afternoon. Nishikori’s 5-set run at Roland Garros actually extends to the 2 matches he played here in 2020, when he defeated Daniel Evans before falling to Stefano Travaglia. The former world No. 4 has proved his mettle in 5-set clashes – the defeat to Travaglia is his only loss in his last 12 five-set matches. Laaksonen, who is through to the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time, recorded his career-best victory against No. 11 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round and will aim to achieve another upset today.

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