ATP Paris - Wednesday Schedule: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic to play
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will start their campaign in Paris on Wednesday. The Spaniard will face the local hero Adrian Mannarino as first match of the night session at 7:30 PM, while the Serb will play against another player coming from France, the young Corentin Moutet. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will try to back up his win over Andrey Rublev, although it will definitely be more difficult as he faces Matteo Berrettini who reached Vienna, Shanghai and US Open semifinals over the last months. After his withdrawal from a quarter-finals match against Roger Federer in Basel, Stan Wawrinka will face Marin Cilic, while Gael Monfils and Benoit Paire will face each other in an all French clash.
Gilles Simon spoke about the reasons behind his retirement against Denis Shapovalov in the Paris Masters first round. The Frenchman said: "I felt bad twice. It should be my adductors, but I don't know yet. I will make tests tomorrow. I've never had this pain till now. So when you feel two strains in a row like this, you have to decide quickly whether you will endure such a pain for a longer period of time or stop altogether. I felt bad twice in a row. Because he was back on my forehand, and I felt, Oh, my God, it's not going well at all. I'm not going well at all. That's it. I didn't have the right mindset in this tournament. I felt that this week was a week too much. It was not a surprise. And when you feel it as early in a match, with a pain that you know nothing about where you could actually have anything, the discussion is wrapped up."
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