If that was his strategy, it worked out beautifully. In the semi-final, a day prior, Bolt jogged to victory while seemingly trying to conserve energy for a strong performance in the final. Their aspirations of defeating Bolt were quickly dashed as the Olympic champion just blew the competition out of the water. The Jamaican stunned the Berlin crowd by effortlessly surpassing his previous best of 9.69 seconds which he had clocked at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.īolt’s major rivals - America’s Tyson Gay and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell finished second and third respectively. 13 years ago, on this day, Usain Bolt ran 100 metres in 9.58 seconds in the final of the World Athletics Championship to break his own world record. In the history of World Athletics, 16 August, 2009, bears special significance. man to make the French Open quarterfinals was Andre Agassi in 2003. Lleyton Hewitt).Īll of the American men lost before the fourth round. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon ( Ivo Karlovic d. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.Īlcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.įRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Women’s Drawīut the No. The 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. Favorite us! Follow 2023 French Open Women’s Singles Draw MORE: All you need to know for 2023 French Open women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, is the top hope to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who has three wins over Swiatek this year, withdrew before her third-round match due to illness. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round. 2 seed, is her top remaining challenger in Paris. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
She retired from her last pre-French Open match with a right thigh injury and said it wasn’t serious. Having turned 22 on Wednesday, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.įRENCH OPEN: Broadcast Schedule | Men’s Drawīut Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000. The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris. Let the games begin! /U4UcyKngrSĪt the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall. She’s now second fastest of all time behind only Flo-Jo. Favorite us!įollow this 10.63 (1.6) PR BOMB from World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Fraser-Pryce trailed both of them coming into Saturday with a 10.84 from last week. Thompson-Herah ranks third in the world this year with a 10.78. Going into Saturday, the Olympic favorite appeared to be 21-year-old American Sha’Carri Richardson, who clocked 10.72, 10.74 and 10.77 so far this spring.
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Now 34, Fraser-Pryce bids this summer to become the first woman to win one individual Olympic track and field event three times, plus the oldest woman to win an individual Olympic sprint title. She bettered the national record of 10.70 that she shared with 2016 Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. “I’m at a loss for words because 10.6 has been a dream, a goal,” Fraser-Pryce said. Only Florence Griffith Joyner went faster - 10.49, 10.61 and 10.62, all in 1988. Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the world’s fastest women’s 100m in nearly 33 years on Saturday and re-established herself as the favorite for a third gold in Tokyo.įraser-Pryce, the Jamaican who won the 2019 World title coming back from childbirth, clocked 10.63 seconds at a meet in Kingston.
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