Nadal & Federer Wrap Up Week 1 At Roland Garros

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer look to reach the Roland Garros quarter-finals against a pair of Argentines on Sunday. Second seed Nadal faces Juan Ignacio Londero and third seed Federer takes on Leonardo Mayer.

Sunday’s schedule also includes sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas squaring off with 2015 champion and No. 24 seed Stan Wawrinka. Seventh seed Kei Nishikori looks for his third quarter-final at this event against home favourite Benoit Paire.

Nadal dropped a set in his third-round victory on Friday over David Goffin, but has looked sharp and made clear that he’s primed for a 12th title in Paris. The Spaniard holds a staggering 89-2 record here and seeks his 13th quarter-final at the second major of the year. He also picked up his 34th ATP Masters 1000 title last month at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (d. Djokovic). Londero is competing in a Grand Slam main draw for the first time. The 25-year-old won his first ATP Tour title this February on home soil at the Cordoba Open (d. Pella).

Federer leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head series with Mayer 3-0, including an epic comeback where he saved five match points at the 2014 Rolex Shanghai Masters. The Swiss star hasn’t lost a set this week and is showing that he’s a contender for the title. The 32-year-old Mayer is making his first fourth-round appearance in Paris.

Tsitsipas has more tour-level victories (32) this year than any other player. The #NextGenATP Greek’s clay season includes a win over Nadal en route to a runner-up finish at the Mutua Madrid Open (l. to Djokovic), semi-final showing in Rome and his third ATP Tour title at the Millennium Estoril Open (d. Cuevas). Wawrinka has scored impressive straight-sets victories this week over Cristian Garin and Grigor Dimitrov. The Swiss is looking for his first Grand Slam quarter-final since finishing runner-up here in 2017 (l. to Nadal)

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— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) June 1, 2019

Nishikori leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Paire 6-2 and has won their past four matches, including a five-set victory here last year. The Japanese has endured a challenging draw that included a tricky second-round battle with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and a thrilling five-set win over Laslo Djere that spanned well over four hours. Paire is riding an eight-match winning streak after prevailing on home soil last week at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon (d. Auger-Aliassime). This is his best showing in 10 main draw appearances at this event.

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ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, 2 JUNE 2019

Court Philippe-Chatrier start 11:00
WTA match
[3] Roger Federer vs Leonardo Mayer
[2] Rafael Nadal vs Juan Ignacio Londero
WTA match

Court Suzanne Lenglen start 11:00
Two WTA matches
[6] Stefanos Tsitsipas vs [24] Stan Wawrinka
[7] Kei Nishikori vs Benoit Paire

Court Simonne-Mathieu start 11:00
Gregoire Barrere / Quentin Halys vs Guido Pella / Diego Schwartzman
[4] Oliver Marach / Mate Pavic vs Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies
Mixed doubles match

Court 1 start 11:00
WTA match
[8] Henri Kontinen / John Peers vs [11] Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Mixed doubles match and two WTA matches

Court 7 start 11:00
Rohan Bopanna / Marius Copil vs Dusan Lajovic / Janko Tipsarevic
[3] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah vs Dusan Lajovic / Janko Tipsarevic
WTA match and two mixed doubles matches