The top social haps of Day 3 in Paris. They’ll be coming fast and furious and we’ll try to keep up.
And away we go…
1. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s first ever Grand Slam match had a few rough moments, like this. He fell in three to Australia’s Jordan Thompson.
2. Double legend alert…
3. Timeless timepieces, timeless player—Sloane Stephens is thrilled to join Federer and Thiem and Rolex.
4. The old boys get rewarded… 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic faced 37-year-old Feliciano Lopez in the oldest men’s match-up at Roland Garros – in terms of combined age – in the Open Era. It will also become the 7th oldest men’s match-up in terms of combined age at a Grand Slam in the Open Era. Karlovic won the match in four sets.
5. Wonder what Serena has been up to on her off days? Here you go…
6. Somehow she survived. Naomi Osaka comes through a tough scrap with Anna Karolina Schmiedlova to set up a second-round clash with Victoria Azarenka.
7. Bernard Tomic talks long-term plans after his straight-sets loss to Taylor Fritz, which dropped his lifetime record at Roland Garros to 3-10.
8.Love this trio—Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jim Courier, Lindsey Vonn.
9. This Roland Garros ballboy has no interest in Fernando Verdasco or his problems.
10. Hear her roar – Bianca Andreescu is pumped up after earning her first career Roland Garros win.