A Bitter Pill For Sam To Swallow
American, Sam Querrey learned a painful lesson today; he was up two sets to none and served for the match in the third set, only to waver beneath the ferocious and persistent onslaught of [13] Andrey Rublev. It will be a bitter pill to swallow; however, that is what makes tennis fascinating for fans. We get to see how belief and will can conquer reality.
Rublev could have folded and given the victory easily to the American; yet, because of his belief and will to succeed, he never considered the score or paid attention to how much work he would have to do to get the victory. His reality was victory and with clarity and focus, his reality became truth.
Embed from Getty ImagesThe Numbers Keep Decreasing
| American Men (13)>>>>8 | American Women (19) >>>>8 |
| [21] John Isner [27] Taylor Fritz [48] Tennys Sandgren [59] Tommy Paul [95] Marcos Giron [211] Sebastian Korda (Q) [234] Mackenzie McDonald [302] Jack Sock (Q) | [4] Sofia Kenin [6] Serena Williams [25] Amanda Anisimova [29] Sloane Stephens [53] Cori Gauff [57] Danielle Collins [60] Bernarda Pera [79] Christina McHale |
Fallen Non-American Seeds
There were two seeded upsets today. On paper they may appear as upsets; however, they were not going into Roland Garros with much confidence and that gave their opponents an opportunity to gain the victory. [26] Donna Vekic lost in straight sets to qualifier, [142] Irina Bara and [31] Nikoloz Basilashvili lost to [84] Thiago Monteiro in three sets.
Americans Remaining In Singles
I was a bit surprised that Brady lost; yet, making the transition to clay is often not the easiest thing for Americans to do. Thus, at the end of the day there are eight men and eight women left in the singles draw (those in red won their first round matches today).
