French Open day four: Rafael Nadal’s brilliant streak as No 2, Sara Errani unimpressed by Kiki Bertens’ ‘joke’
We look back at day four at the French Open as Serena Williams was forced to pull out ahead of her second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion came into the tournament nursing an Achilles injury she picked up during her semi-final defeat at the US Open earlier this month.
Meanwhile, 12-time champion Rafael Nadal laid down a marker with a thumping 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 win over Mackenzie McDonald.
Picture of the day
Stat(s) of the day
95th RG victory
44-0 as No. 2 seed
25th consecutive win in ParisThat’s @RafaelNadal 👏#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/ZUwm9MdAy5
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 30, 2020
Smash of the day
That poor racket 💥😳@PutintsevaYulia certainly wasn’t happy here… 😡
🇫🇷 #RG20 LIVE
📺 Eurosport 1&2
📱💻 Uninterrupted coverage: https://t.co/7Sr1bWyVse pic.twitter.com/g0QVZBjK4H— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) September 30, 2020
Yulia Putintseva’s win over Nadia Podoroska wasn’t all plain sailing.
Quote of the day
Match of the day
Sixth seed Alexander Zverev is no stranger to a five-set marathon and he came through another to squeeze past Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
The German, runner up to Dominic Thiem at the US Open earlier this month, won 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4.
Fallen seeds
Women: Serena Williams (6)
Men: John Isner (21), Benoit Paire (23)
Up next
Day 5️⃣ order of play is here! 👇#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/WUEwd51XBN
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 30, 2020
Novak Djokovic and Stephanos Tsitsipas headline on Chatrier while former champion Garbine Muguruza faces Kristyna Pliskova on Suzanne Lenglen.
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