Djokovic to appear in record 82nd Grand Slam at the French Open with barely any match play
Novak Djokovic will set a record the moment he steps on court for his opening match at the French Open against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the night session on Sunday. Two days after his 39th birthday, Djokovic will play a men’s record 82nd Grand Slam tournament — one more than Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez. For all his experience, though — he shares the record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles with Margaret Court — Djokovic comes to Roland Garros with hardly any match preparation.
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Home hope Arthur Fils withdraws from the French Open with hip injury
Arthur Fils, the top-ranked French player at No. 19, withdrew from the French Open on Saturday because of a hip injury. Fils had retired in the first set of his opening match at the Italian Open in his last Roland Garros warmup. The 21-year-old Fils said his hip “was bothering me a lot” and while exams didn't reveal any issues he still felt “a lot of pain.”
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