Nadal's unbeaten run on clay has ended with defeat to Thiem in the Madrid Open. It means that Federer will replace Nadal as the World No.1 on Monday.

Saw on twitter that in 2007 when Djokovic entered the top 15, Federer and Nadal were the top two, now in 2018 Djokovic leaves the top 15, Federer and Nadal are the top two. Crazy stuff.

It's incredible really those 2 are still the top top tier after all these years.

Nadal and Federer's staying power is unreal but is it also the inconsistency of the younger players who help them out?, Federer back at #1 but hasn't played for weeks, he's barely playing and managing to sustain rank.

 

Murrays return officially was and still is June, the week before Queens but I think he is going to be out longer, but nice to see Kyle go top 20 and keep British tennis on the up.

 

Kvitova must be a real contender for the French this year, some good wins of late and fab to have her back at her best after her horrific ordeal.

 

Last Weeks Winners

 

Madrid WTA / ATP

 

Mens Singles

 

Zverev BT Thiem 6/4 6/4

 

Mens Doubles

 

Metkic & Peya BT Bryan & Bryan 5/3 RET

 

Ladies Singles

 

Kvitova BT Bertens 7/6(8/6) 4/6 6/3

 

Ladies Doubles

 

Makarova & Vesnina BT Babos & Mladenovic 2/6 6/4 10/8

Did you see this from Karolina Pliskova:

 

 

 

Kyle Edmund beat another top-20 player as he saw off France's Lucas Pouille in straight sets to reach the Italian Open third round yesterday. He plays Alex Zverev in the next round.

 

 

Kyle lost in 2 tight sets to Zverev and Konta lost in 3 to Ostapenko, Kontas match was a bit feisty between herself and the umpire.

 

I didn't see the Pliskova incident but had heard of it

 

Just watched that video.. havent heard of a sanction yet but that deserves one

Edited May 18, 20187 yr by Mikee1981

Nadal claims an 8th Italian Open and returns to world #1, Svitolina defends title and again beats Halep

 

Title Winners

 

Rome ATP/WTA

 

Mens Singles

 

Nadal BT Zverev 6/1 1/6 6/3

 

Mens Doubles

 

Cabal & Farah BT Carreno Busta & Sousa 3/6 6/4 10/4

 

Ladies Singles

 

Svitolina BT Halep 6/0 6/4

 

Ladies Doubles

 

Barty & Schuurs BT Sestini Hlavackov & Strycova 6/3 6/4

Heather Watson scored her first win since Hobart in January yesterday beating Bondarenko in 3 sets

Hev lost to Fanny Stollar in 2 sets

 

James Ward and Dan Evans both progressing in Loughborough

 

And Cam Norrie has just beaten John Isner in Lyon to reach the semi finals... god win that for Norris

Great result for Norrie and a really good scalp too.

Good draw for Djokovic and the bottom half is land of the qualifiers.. I will edit them in when its updated

 

Mens Roland-Garros Draw 2018

 

(1) Nadal V Dolgopolov

Sousa V Pella

Jaziri V Youzhny

Seppi V Gasquet (27)

(24) Shapovalov V Millman

Harrison V Marterer

Bhambri V Lu

(Q) Zopp V Sock (14)

(11) Schwartzman V Hemery

Basic V (Q) Pavlasek

Ebden V Fabbiano

Coric V Kohlschreiber (22)

(28) Lopez V (Q) Stakhovsky

M.Zverev V Mayer

Bedene V Cuevas

Lorenzi V Anderson (6)

(3) Cilic V Duckworth

(Q) Hurkacz V Sandgren

Donskoy V Struff

Johnson V Mannarino (25)

(18) Fognini V Andujar

Sela V (Q) Ymer

Pospisil V Fucsovics

De Minaur V Edmund (16)

(9) Isner V Rubin

Zeballos V Sugita

(Q) Polansky V Herbert

Chardy V Berdych (17)

(31) Ramos-Vinolas V Kukushkin

Thompson V (Q) Ruud

Mayer V Benneteau

Mahut V Del Potro (5)

 

(8) Goffin V Haase

Karlovic V Moutet

(Q) Klizan V Djere

Benchetrit V Monfils (32)

(21) Kyrgios V (Q) Tomic

Cecchinato V Copil

Delbonis V (Q) Bellucci

(Q) Kovalik V Carreno Busta (10)

(13) Bautista Agut V Istomin

Baghdatis V (Q) Giraldo

(Q) Munar V Ferrer

(Q) Dutra Silva V Djokovic (20)

(30) Verdasco V Nishioka

(Q) Andreozzi V Fritz

Jarry V Donaldson

Troicki V Dimitrov (4)

(7) Thiem V (Q) Ivashka

Tsitsipas V (Q) Taberner

(Q) Otte V Berrettini

(Q) Gulbis V Muller (29)

(19) Nishikori V Janvier

Paire V Carballes Baena

Basilashvili V Simon

Tiafoe V Querrey (12)

(15) Pouille V Medvedev

Gojowczyk V Norrie

Khachanov V Haider-Maurer

Garcia-Lopez V Wawrinka (23)

(26) Dzumhur V (Q) Kudla

Barrere V Albot

Vesely V Lajovic

Berankis V A.Zeverev (2)

Edited May 26, 20187 yr by Mikee1981

Interesting battle of former champs Muguruza V Kuznetsova round 1 could be tricky, Konta tricky first round on her least fave surface, Serena's first slam back I am not expecting much and a possible second round of defending champ Ostapenko and returning Azarenka

 

Ladies Roland-Garros Draw 2018

 

(1) Halep V Riske

Georges V Townsend

Mattek-Sands V Larsson

Petkovic V Mladenovic (29)

(24) Gavrilova V Cirstea

Pera V Vesnina

Watson V Dodin

Lepchenko V Mertens (16)

(12) Kerber V Barthel

Bogdan V Vondrousova

Sasnovich V Allertova

Sabalenka V Bertens (18)

(27) Zhang V Kucova

Begu V Schmiedlova

Peng V Krunic

Duan V Garcia (7)

(3) Muguruza V Kuznetsova

Ferro V Witthoeft

Stosur V Wickmayer

Hercog V Pavlyuchenkova (30)

(19) Rybarikova V Kumkhum

Bencic V (Q) Chiesa

Tsurenko V Voegele

Siegemund V Vandeweghe (15)

(11) Goerges V Cibulkova

Van Uytvanck V Wallace

Kr. Pliskova V S.Williams

Vikhlyantseva V Barty (17)

(28) Sharapova V (Q) Hogenkamp

Bondarenko V Vekic

Safarova V Ponchet

(Q) Krejcikova V Ka. Pliskova (6)

 

(5) Ostapenko V Kozlova

Siniakova V Azarenka

Zheng V Makarova

Nara V Strycova (26)

(22) Konta V Putinseva

Brady V Hesse

Martic V Y.Wang

Q.Wang V V.Williams (9)

(13) Keys V Vickery

(Q) Dolehide V (Q) Golubic

Linette V Diyas

Kenin V Osaka (21)

(31) Buzarnescu V King

(Q) Peterson V Hsiesh

(Q) Schiavone V Kuzmova

Tomljanovic V Svitolina (4)

(8) Kvitova V Cepede Royg

Arruabarrena V Babos

(Q) Dulgheru V McHale

Brengle V Kontaveit (25)

(20) Sevastova V (Q) Duque Marino

Giorgi V (Q) Min

(Q) Frech V Alexandrova

(Q) Rus V Stephens (10)

(14) Kasatkina V Kanepi

Maria V Flipkens

Minella V Sakkari

Konjuh V Suarez Navarro (23)

(32) Cornet V Errani

Paquet V Parmentier

(LL) Jakupovic V (Q) Garcia Perez

Collins V Wozniacki (2)

Edited May 26, 20187 yr by Mikee1981

Have updated the draws with Qualifiers and any Lucky Losers I spotted.... Round 1 blockbuster fiery match ... Kyrgios V Tomic!!!

 

Roland-Garros 2018 ... Sunday 27th Order Of Play

 

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Play starts at 11am

 

Viktor TROICKI (SRB) vs Grigor DIMITROV (BUL) [4]

 

Alizé CORNET (FRA) [32] vs Sara ERRANI (ITA)

 

Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Daniil MEDVEDEV (RUS)

 

Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) [5] vs Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR)

 

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Play starts at 11am

 

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (AUS) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [4]

 

Elliot BENCHETRIT (FRA) vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32]

 

Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [9]

 

Ricardas BERANKIS (LTU) vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]

 

Court 1

Play starts at 11am

 

Kurumi NARA (JPN) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26]

 

Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19] vs Maxime JANVIER (FRA)

 

Johanna KONTA (GBR) [22] vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ)

 

David GOFFIN (BEL)[8] vs Robin HAASE (NED)

 

Court 3

Play starts at 11am

 

Madison BRENGLE (USA) vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25]

 

Jozef KOVALIK (SVK) vs Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) [10]

 

Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) vs Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK)

 

Federico DELBONIS (ARG) vs Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA)

 

Court 6

Play starts at 11am

 

Saisai ZHENG (CHN) vs Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)

 

Nicolas JARRY (CHI) vs Jared DONALDSON (USA)

 

Oscar OTTE (GER) vs Matteo BERRETTINI (ITA)

 

Magdalena FRECH (POL) vs Ekaterina ALEXANDROVA (RUS)

 

Court 7

Play starts at 11am

 

Damir DZUMHUR (BIH)[26] vs Denis KUDLA (USA)

 

Jennifer BRADY (USA) vs Amandine HESSE (FRA)

 

Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) vs Corentin MOUTET (FRA)

 

Magda LINETTE (POL) vs Zarina DIYAS (KAZ)

 

Court 9

Play starts at 11am

 

Petra MARTIC (CRO) vs Yafan WANG (CHN)

 

Martin KLIZAN (SVK) vs Laslo DJERE (SRB)

 

Guido ANDREOZZI (ARG) vs Taylor FRITZ (USA)

 

Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU) vs Christina MCHALE (USA)

 

Court 18

Play starts at 11am

 

Gregoire BARRERE (FRA) vs Radu ALBOT (MDA)

 

Arantxa RUS (NED) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA)[10]

 

Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30] vs Yoshihito NISHIOKA (JPN)

 

Chloe PAQUET (FRA) vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FR

A)

Men's Odds (Coral)

R.Nadal 2/5f

A.Zverev 7/1

N.Djokovic 11/1

D.Thiem 12/1

D.Goffin 33/1

G.Dimitrov 33/1

M.Cilic 33/1

JM.Del Potro 40/1

K.Nishikori 40/1

D.Shapovalov 50/1

S.Tsitsipas 50/1

S.Wawrinka 50/1

B.Coric 66/1

L.Pouille 66/1

N.Kyrgios 66/1

D S.Schwartzman 80/1

G.Monfils 80/1

K.Edmund 80/1

P.Carreno-Busta 80/1

J.Isner 100/1

JW.Tsonga 100/1

Women's Odds (Coral)

 

E.Svitolina 11/2f

S.Halep 6/1

M.Sharapova 11/1

P.Kvitova 12/1

S.Williams 12/1

G.Muguruza14/1

J.Ostapenko 14/1

Ka.Pliskova 16/1

D.Kasatkina 20/1

C.Wozniacki 22/1

A.Kerber 25/1

C.Garcia 25/1

K.Bertens 25/1

A.Kontaveit 33/1

J.Konta 33/1

E.Mertens 40/1

J.Goerges 40/1

N.Osaka 40/1

S.Stephens 40/1

V.Azarenka 40/1

M.Keys 50/1

V.Williams 50/1

A.Sevastova 66/1

C.Vandeweghe 66/1

CS.Navarro 66/1

D.Cibulkova 66/1

K.Mladenovic 66/1

A.Pavlyuchenkova 80/1

L.Siegemund 80/1

M.Vondrousova 80/1

S.Kuznetsova 80/1

A.Barty 100/1

Konta loses in 1st round again 6/4 6/3 to Putinseva, Venus also falls and Kyrgios is the 8th man to withdraw so far

Defending champion Ostapenko goes out in straight sets, only the second defending champion of Roland-Garros in its history to lose in 1st round, the other Myskina

Hasse complaining after being two sets up against Goffin and then losing in five sets.

What Konta said:

 

https://www.twitter.com/simonrbriggs/status...789293642780673