Rafael Nadal knocked out Richard Gasquet in the 2nd round of the Roland-Karos: 6-0, 7-5, 6-2

Richard Gasquet had to climb Everest in the hope that Roland Carros would advance to the 3rd round. The French did not win. As expected, the ATP rankings N53 lost to Rafael Nadal (6-0, 7-5, 6-2) in three sets. Caskett, who has faced the reigning champion four times, missed the start of the match entirely on Thursday night at Philippe-Chatterjee Court, responding a little more by releasing his shots to the Spaniard in the second round.

But in the end, Mallorgan won in a dictatorial manner, facing Britain’s Cameron Nori in the next round. For French tennis, the hour is intense: for the first time since the beginning of the open era in 1968, 29 Frenchmen who entered the men’s and women’s table will not play in the 3rd round.

Nadal set the tone

The day of French tennis could not be darker: among all the French men and women still involved (Monfils, Ferro, Miladenovic and Gasquet), no one was able to cross this second round of the French Open on Thursday. This night’s session was not a gasket to change the course that was vacant for the public in a Philip Chartreuse court.

If the atmosphere says that the gasket was not paralyzed because there were locals in front of the thirteen-time Roland Gros winner Natal, the truth turned out to be even more horrific for Pietrois. From the start, his game was so frightening that Nadal was already ready to go to war and enter the court. The Frenchman openly admits the first round of the game with a break, then a double break and without checking any game (6-0) in 29 minutes.

A break for a thrill

Shock, gasket? No doubt he gave his sad record of sixteen defeats to several encounters against Natale from the beginning of his career. “Richie” started releasing his punches in the second inning, convincing people that it was impossible. Thanks to a 5-3 lead for the Spaniard, the Frenchman came close to winning a set against Nadal, which has not happened to him since 2008.

But as the points became more important and the game got harder, the Manacore bull pulled out the muscles and mind to break the gasket again in the worst times (7-5). The rest, once for the Spaniards who wrapped up the final round and match in 2 hours 19 minutes. For Rafa, it was enough to celebrate his thirty-fifth birthday with a smile. For French tennis, on the other hand, time is not really a party …