Monstrous Ritchie!

The guy is participating in his 21st Roland Garros 🤪 and we don't even know if it will be his last!

Crazy stat when you think about it anyway. Year of his first Roland: 2002. Arthur Fils was not born (it's 2004). It reached 16th several times when it was at its peak, and even 1/4 in 2016, but for the last 5 years, it has been a drought. It's no secret that Richard is physically fishing and lacks a little power. In a 3 set format, and on earth, and in somewhat heavy conditions (balls that get bigger, cloudy, even rainy weather), and against a huge sewer rat whose greatest strength is to make the guys crack up in the exchange, what is your Tennis Metrics prediction? 😅. Afterwards, you know as I do, a Frenchman in Roland is capable of anything. Richard beat Zverev in 3 sets in 2019. I swear! And the atmosphere this year is really crazy. Enough to make Borna Coric freak out? Possibly. In any case, the Croatian is really not in good shape on earth, and has never done anything exceptional at Roland. In preparation tournaments, he often loses against a more powerful and aggressive guy. Against Richard, exchanges will often take place. Borna Coric's tactic will be simple: make Richard run out of steam by offering him a big physical fight. Be careful, Coric doesn't just hand it over eh. In any case, Richard will have time to organize himself and build his point, and that is good news. If he excels at finishing, he can do it... A draw not so bad in the end I think!