Lyon Open, Qualification Latest Scores & Results

Sunday, 21 May 2023

FT

Beibit ZhukayevLloyd Harris George

FT

Zhizhen Zhang Batalia Oriol Roca

66⁸6

27¹⁰1

FT

Pablo Llamas Ruiz Matteo Martineau

7⁹6

6⁷3

FT

Ugo Blanchet Alvaro Lopez San Martin

Saturday, 20 May 2023

FT

Lloyd Harris GeorgeManuel Guinard

366

641

FT

Dane Sweeny Beibit Zhukayev

FT

Matteo Martineau Daniel Michalski

FT

Pablo Llamas Ruiz Guido Andreozzi

266

612

FT

Alvaro Lopez San Martin Hernan Casanova

FT

Kyrian Jacquet Batalia Oriol Roca

472

656

FT

Zhizhen ZhangMaxime Janvier

7⁷6

6⁴2

FT

Hugo GrenierUgo Blanchet

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Baking on the clay: How players are feeling the heat in a French Open furnace

Jannik Sinner has blamed illness rather than high temperatures for his shocking exit while the locker room is divided over the weather at Roland GarrosJannik Sinner, the No 1 men’s tennis player in the world, was still leading by two sets and serving for a place in the third round of the French Open when it became clear he was in significant danger on the baking clay in Paris on Thursday afternoon. He was undone in the second round of the only Grand Slam he has yet to win, not by the ingenuity of his opponent or even the immense pressure that comes with being the prohibitive favourite, but rather by his own body. The Italian – who had not lost a match since February – said afterward that he had been struggling with an illness.Despite waving away suggestions he had wilted in the high temperatures, the unprecedented heat wave in the first week of the French Open this year could not have helped his cause. He fell 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo before a stunned, packed audience on Court Philippe-Chatrier, the crowd veering between cowering from the sun and astonished at the sight of a historic result unfolding. Sinner could barely walk and was completely uncompetitive in the second half of the match. Continue reading...

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'Nobody is a robot' - Sinner had 'no energy' in shock French Open defeat

Jannik Sinner says he "couldn't find any energy" as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years - but the world number one says the Paris heat was not to blame.

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