I usually like preparing my day at Roland Garros, and write down the matches I want to watch but more often than not I end up watching different matches than those planned. I had in mind to attend either Coric-Fritz on court 8 or Bouchard-Siegemund on court 16. But given the long long long queues to enter the stadium and the queue to access court 16, I made my way to court 17 as I wanted to watch the end of the match between 2010 French Open finalist Sam Stosur and Misaki Doi. But first on court 17, 74-ranked Qiang Wang faces 17-year-old French wild card Tessah Andrianjafitrimo.
Qiang Wang defeats Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6-0 6-0
I have nothing against that player I had never heard of before, but I really don’t get why Roland Garros officials awarded a wild card to Tessah Andrianjafitrimo who is ranked 311th and has never won a WTA match. 6-0 6-0 for Wang in an hour… no comment.
Kei Nishikori defeats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4
Kei Nishikori survived a right wrist injury scare to defeat 26th-seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in four sets.
A relatively calm day at the Australian Open, after yesterday’s upsets of Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep. All the favorites playing today cruised into the third round except 2-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, beaten by rising Aussie player Daria Gavrilova.
Relive day 3 through Brian’s tweets:
New day has dawned. Which can mean one thing… #Tennis! #AusOpen let's go! ????? pic.twitter.com/nfnKo4mNBQ
— Brian Peel (@Brian_Peel) January 19, 2016
Straight sets win for Kei Nishikori over Austin Krajicek:
Roof closed here at #MCA – it's @keinishikori up against USA's #Krajicek! #AusOpen #Tennis ? pic.twitter.com/wgK6ydGPu3
— Brian Peel (@Brian_Peel) January 20, 2016