Roland Garros: Sinner, Sonego and Giorgi, the program of May 28th

The last passes for the round of 16 at Roland Garros are up for grabs and three Italian home players are competing for the second week of the event: Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego and Camila Giorgi. Inauguration of the day on the field Simonne Mathieu, the South Tyrolean who at 11 will be opposed to Mackzie McDonald. For Sinner this is the second career match with the American, who he already defeated in the final last year in the Washington tournament (7-5 ​​4-6 7-5, the score). Afterwards, on the same field, Italian is still spoken with Camila Giorgi engaged for the third time in her career with the Belarusian n.7 in the world ranking Aryna Sabalenka. The balance of the precedents is in absolute balance, with Camila winning the last match in the quarter-finals of Eastbourne, in 2021. Finally, at the end of the program on field 14, the match between Lorenzo Sonego and Casper Ruud. The Norwegian has won all three previous matches with the Turinese.

THE CENTRAL

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The programming will start at 12 with the world number one Iga Swiatek ready to face Danka Kovinic (n. 95 Wta) to reach the second round and bring her winning streak to 31. Following ample space still for the French with the darling of Alizé Cornet house that challenges the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (n. 74 Wta). Then it will be the turn of Gilles Simon who will attempt the feat against the giant Marin Cilic, n.20 of the tournament. To conclude the programming of the central court, not before 20.45, will be the protégé of the Mouratoglou Academy Holger Rune, and the revelation of the tournament Hugo Gaston.

THE BIG

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Distant in everything, in life and on the pitch, Stefanos Tstitsipas and Daniil Medvedev but in the end somehow the opposites always end up attracting each other. The Russian and the Greek will in fact be engaged on the same field in the second day dedicated to the round of 16. The number 2 in the world will find the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the second match scheduled on Suzanne Lenglen, while for the number 4 there will be the Swede Mikael Ymer. The match between Cristian Garin and Andrey Rublev, staged on the pitch 14 to 11, could also have interesting implications, not to be missed also the match between David Goffin and Hubert Hurkacz, third in order of play on the Mathieu.