After a first day of Sunday in Roland loaded with sunshine and tricolor on the courts, this Monday will be marked by the entry into the competition of heavyweights Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. But rest assured, there will also be plenty to do from a French point of view.

Today's poster

We warn you directly, it is THE new foal of the sports team of 20 Minutes. Recent winner of the ATP 250 of Lyon – the first victory of his career in tournament – Arthur Fils enters the competition this Monday on a Simonne-Mathieu court that can quickly turn into a volcano. For that, it will be necessary to take the match by the right end against a small customer on clay, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, seeded number 29 at Roland. But given the meteoric progression of the kid from Bondoufle and the confidence that has accompanied him since his debut on the pro circuit, we want to believe that the boy has the resources to pass this first round.



Today's favourites

While you will be quietly enjoying the heat and this Monday holiday, gang of little guys, the heavyweights of the men's circuit will make their entrance on the Parisian clay. It will be an opportunity to see where Novak Djokovic is, whose body has not stopped squeaking lately (elbows and upper back), who faces the American Kovacevic, 114th in the world, perfect unknown not really comfortable on clay this season. For his part, Carlos Alcaraz will drink whey against the young (but still older than him, 19 years old vs 21 years old) Italian Flavio Cobolli, who fell to the Frenchman Lokoli in qualifying on Friday.

The French of the day

We have already mentioned the 1st round of Arthur Fils, let's come to the second youngster who makes us want to believe in the awakening of French tennis, Lucas Van Assche. From the top of his 19 years, the most beautiful blonde curls of the pro circuit will face the Italian Marco Cecchinato, who is currently achieving a season on clay not too crazy given his rank in the ATP (73rd). We will also have an eye on Benoît Paire after his rant and his forcing on the FFT to get a wild card, even if, against Cameron Norrie, number 14 seed, the stain looks severely hairy. The same goes for Alexandre Müller, who was opposed in the evening session to the elegant Jannik Sinner. Finally, on the girls' side, in addition to Kiki Mladenovic against American Kayla Day, Caroline Garcia will enter the track on Centre Court against China's Xiyu Wang.

Today's weather

Given the fortnight that Météo France announces, it is not excluded that we end up blowing up the weather point quite quickly. Monday, as every day between now and the end of the week, great weather in Paris, with a peak of 24 ° at the best of the day. What do the people demand!

The daring prono of the day

You will cry scandal in the face of our lack of patriotism, but given the current (mis)form of Caroline Garcia, at the bottom of the hole both sportingly and morally for several weeks, we do not exclude an unpleasant surprise from the outset for the French against Wang (64th in the world). In reality, we would dream of an easy victory and a rise in power of the Lyon in order to regain some confidence, so we hope to plant ourselves like blues.

  • Tennis
  • Sport
  • Roland-Garros 2023
  • Novak Djokovic
  • Carlos Alcaraz