What he said: “After seeing the results today, it turns out the injury is a little more serious than we all expected. I need to listen to my body and do what’s best for me, so it doesn’t affect me in the future,” said Alcaraz.

Flashback: It’s not the first time Alcaraz has suffered similar injuries during the clay season. In 2024, he only played Madrid leading into Roland-Garros, which he won (and then Wimbledon…and got to the finals of the Olympics).

Next: It’s a bit unclear. Alcaraz is slated to compete at the Madrid Open, which begins on Monday. We’ll see if he does.

Poke in the AO eye: Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said that tennis should “maintain respect for privacy,” noting that, “Players need a private area, something which will not change…no cam access.”

Humans, not robots: Roland-Garros will not adopt electronic line-calling and will keep human line judges, saying, “They are not 100 percent reliable, but our decision was to stick to our way.”

Best of five? Mauresmo said the possibility of women playing best of five could be in the future for Roland-Garros. “You can't change a format overnight to go from best of three to best of five. But if we think about it, would it be only the semifinal, the final, or for all matches?” she posed. “This could be a win-win situation, but we have to talk about this with the women players.”

Scheduling: After a few years of criticism for the lack of scheduling women in the night session, Mauresmo still had little to offer when asked about the topic. “We will talk about scheduling when the time comes,” she said. “Nothing is closed, and nothing is set in stone; it depends on the draws and the lineups.” 🫤

The record: Lorenzo Musetti leads the head-to-head record over Corentin Moutet 2-0.

On the line: Musetti is attempting to make up some of the points he lost last week when he didn’t defend his finalist points in Monte Carlo, which dropped him from five in the world to nine. Meanwhile, Moutet is looking to build on his current career-high ranking of 31 as he slides into his home slam in Paris.

Karolina Muchova vs. Elise Mertens (2nd rd)

Alycia Parks vs. Mirra Andreeva (2nd rd)

Elena Rybakina vs. Diana Shnaider (2nd rd)

Liudmila Samsonova vs. Coco Gauff (2nd rd)

Leylah Fernandez vs. Zeynep Sonmez (2nd rd)

Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Linda Noskova (2nd rd)

Hailey Baptiste vs. Iryna Shymanovich (2nd rd)

Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Veronika Podrez (2nd rd)

Xinyu Wang vs. Sorana Cirstea (2nd rd)

Anna Bondar vs. Oleksandra Oliynykova (2nd rd)

Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Francisco Cerundolo (2nd rd)

Daniel Altmaier vs. Alex Molcan (2nd rd)

Alexander Zverev vs. Gabriel Diallo (2nd rd)

Denis Shapovalov vs. Fabian Marozsan (2nd rd)

Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andrey Rublev (2nd rd)

Corentin Moutet vs. Lorenzo Musetti (2nd rd)

Arthur Fils vs. Brandon Nakashima (2nd rd)

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