Greeks at Roland Garros (French Open)

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsitsipas will face Carlos Taberner from Spain in the first round. Tsitsipas is considered favourite as he is ranked #40 and his opponent #194.

#7 seed Austrian Dominic Thiem should normally be the next opponent for the winner of the tie between Tsitsipas and Taberner.

[Dutch Eagle]

Maria Sakkari saw Mandy Minella from Luxembourg popping out as her opponent at the draw. Minella has a protected status (rank #301) as she gave birth to a daughter last October. She normally wasn’t allowed to take even part at the qualifiers with that ranking.

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsitsipas won 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3 and will now meet Thiem (no surprise there either) in R2.

[Dutch Eagle]

Sakkari won 7-6 and 6-2 in faces #23-seed Carla Suarez Navarro in R2.

[Antaeus7]

Both of them will likely go out unless they pull off an upset. 

[paokarag4]

Tsitsipas down 2-1 sets against Number 7 seed Theim. Match was postponed due to bad weather. Should be taking to the court in the next half hour or so to complete his match. Let's hope the break has done him some good and he pulls off an upset. 

Remember he beat Theim just a few weeks ago en route to the Barcelona final. 

[Dutch Eagle]

On ‎5‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 9:59 PM, Molon Lave said:

Both of them will likely go out unless they pull off an upset. 

Sakkari pulled the upset and defeated the Spanish with 7-5, 6-3.

Next opponent: #14-seeded Daria Kasatkina from Russia.

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsitsipas could not do the trick again against Thiem and lost 2-6, 6-2, 4-6 and 4-6.

[Antaeus7]

For Maria Sakkari, this is her 4th grand slam event in reaching the third round. 

Edited May 31, 2018 by Molon Lave

[Dutch Eagle]

A few days late but Sakkari was eliminated by Kasatkina: 1-6, 6-1 and 3-6.

[Dutch Eagle]

Tomorrow the French Open 2019 starts. 

#29 seed Maria Sakkari faces Anna Tatishvili of the USA, who has a protected ranking.

#6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet German Maximilian Marterer, the current #110 on the ATP-ranking.

[Dutch Eagle]

An easy R1 for Tsitsipas against Marterer: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6.

Next opponent in R2 is Hugo Dellien from Bolivia.

[Dutch Eagle]

Sakkari hammered Tatishvili: 6-0, 6-1. Next opponent Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic.

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsitsipas won with some difficulties: 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 and 7-5. His next opponent in R3 is the winner of Carballes-Krajinovic.

[Antaeus7]

What is with Sakkari against Czech players? 
She is eliminated by Siniakova 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (8-10), 6-3

[Blackhawk]

And that's after leading the first set 5-1 only to lose it 7-6

[Antaeus7]

Well, if Sakkari had advanced, she would have to face #1 seed Naomi Osaka. 

[paokarag4]

Tsitsipas up 2-0 sets and locked at 5-5 in the third before play was suspended due to bad light. He rallied from 2-5 down in the third (2 breaks) to level it up. Hopefully he can see it out the match tomorrow and make it through to the 4th round

[Antaeus7]

Tsitsipas is through to the round of 16 after beating Krajinovic 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6

[Dutch Eagle]

Next opponent is Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

[Antaeus7]

If Tsitsipas advances into the quarterfinals, it's possible he will have a rematch with Roger Federer. 

[Dutch Eagle]

No rematch for Tsitsipas as he was eliminated by Wawrinka in 5 sets: 7-6, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6.

But this was his best result ever at Roland Garros and the best result for any Greek.

[Antaeus7]

Maria Sakkari advances into the second round in straight sets over Croat-Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0 7-5. 

Edited September 27, 2020 by Molon Lave

[Antaeus7]

Stefanos Tsitsipas is battling back from Spain's Jaume Munar 4-6. 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 
Now playing in the 5th set 
Tsitsipas survives winning the final set 6-4 to advance into the second round. 
Talk about close call. lol

Edited September 29, 2020 by Molon Lave

[Dutch Eagle]

That was close to the edge.

Next opponent is Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.