![]() The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris. Favorite us! Follow French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking. Muchova took out 2021 French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-5, 6-2, to make her second major semifinal after the 2021 Australian Open. 3, returned to competition in April from childbirth. 1 ranking from Iga Swiatek if Swiatek loses before the final, or if Sabalenka makes the final and Swiatek does not win the title. Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion, swept Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4 to complete her set of semifinals in all four Grand Slams. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and 43rd-ranked Czech Karolina Muchova advanced to face off in Thursday’s semifinals. That meant Djokovic had a 50 percent chance to wind up in Alcaraz’s half, and that’s what the random draw spit out two weeks ago.Įarlier Tuesday in the first two women’s quarterfinals, No. “Reminds me of someone from his country that plays with a left hand.”Īlcaraz and Djokovic were set to be on opposite halves of the draw - and thus not able to meet until the final - until Medvedev won the last top-level clay event before the French Open to move ahead of Djokovic in the rankings. ![]() “ brings a lot of intensity on the court,” Djokovic said, before breaking into a smile. Djokovic and Nadal share the record 22 men’s major titles.ĭjokovic and Alcaraz met once, with Alcaraz winning last year on clay in Madrid 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5). 2 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round. The Djokovic-Alcaraz semifinal will produce the clear favorite for Sunday’s final given left-handed 14-time French Open champion Nadal is out this year with a hip injury and No. Open became the first male teen to win a major since Rafael Nadal in 2005, is at this event the youngest man to be the top seed at a major since Boris Becker at 1987 Wimbledon. I always say that if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.”įRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Women | Men | Broadcast ScheduleĪlcaraz, who at last year’s U.S. “I really wanted to play this match as well. “This match, everyone wants to watch,” Alcaraz said. Later Tuesday, top seed Alcaraz crushed fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (5) to consolidate his status as the favorite in Friday’s showdown. The Serb reached his 45th career major semifinal, one shy of Roger Federer‘s men’s record. MORE: NBCUniversal set for unprecedented 6,755 Olympic programming hours Follow Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play in the French Open semifinals on Friday in the most anticipated match of the tournament.Įach man advanced with a quarterfinal win on Tuesday.ĭjokovic, eyeing a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam men’s singles title, rallied past 11th-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4. *Based at NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Jamie Bestwick, Analyst (BMX/mountain bike)* The Olympian with the most medals is actually a Winter Olympian, eight-time short track speed skating medalist Apolo Ohno. The roster of 170 (some still to be announced) includes Olympians who won a combined 59 medals. ![]() TODAY’s Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira and Hoda Kotb will host the Opening Ceremony on Aug. Al Michaels will host daytime on NBC, Ryan Seacrest will host late night, and Dan Patrick, Rebecca Lowe, Carolyn Manno and Liam McHugh will also serve as hosts. The commentators will spread across NBC, NBCSN, Bravo, CNBC, Golf Channel, MSNBC, USA Network, Telemundo, NBC Universo, the NBC Sports app, and .īob Costas will host primetime for an 11th time. NBC Olympics will have 170 commentators for the Rio Games, a record amount for a single Olympics. ![]()
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