It will be around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Maybe a little earlier. For what looks very much like the last match of his career, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has an appointment with Casper Ruud on the Philippe-Chatrier court.
The best French tennis player of the last decade, who chose Roland-Garros as his last dance, will not have an easy task against the world number 8.
A true clay-court specialist, brought up and trained on the surface in the academy of a certain Rafael Nadal, Ruud is not only the best Norwegian tennis player in history, he is also an outsider for this tournament. Winner in Geneva a few days ago now, he will obviously leave with the favors of the forecasts for a match where he will, for sure, have to take out the handkerchiefs.