One of the biggest tennis tournament, that is, the French Open 2021 has just begun and the fans are enthusiastically waiting for today’s match. The tournament will be held from 30th May 2021 and will end on 13th June 2021 and will consist of singles, doubles and mixed play. Before this, the qualifying round took place from 24th May to 28th and thereafter, the tournament is all set to play its first round in the women’s single. This is the 125th edition of the tournament and also the second Grand Slam event and a total of 128 tennis players have taken part in the French Open. In the first round, Patricia Maria Tig of Romania will compete against Naomi Osaka of Japan.
Match Details
- Tennis tournament: French Open 2021
- Category: Grand Slam tournament
- Round: First Round
- Players: Naomi Osaka vs Patricia Maria Tig
- Date & Day: 30th May 2021, Sunday
- Venue: Philippe Chatrier
- Timings: 2:30 PM (IST)
The match between the duo is scheduled to take place on 30th May 2021, that is, today at 2:30 PM in Philippe Chatrier Court. Today’s match is extremely important for Osaka as she certainly needs to work on her statistics on the clay court and also she has never passed the first round of the French Open. However, world no.2 must be in high spirit as she has recently won the Austalian Open Title for the second time.
As of now, Osaka has won the Austalian single open and the US single Open and the other two major tournaments. Meanwhile, Tig’s ranking in the women singles is 64 and the chances that she will win the French open is 50%. Last year in the month of September, Tig won the title of Women’s tennis association (WTA) for the first time at the Istanbul Cup 2020. Tig and Osaka are competing against each other for the second time. In the year 2015, Tig was defeated by Naomi in three sets in the 1st round at Hua hin.
French Open 2021: Prize Money & Where to Watch
The winner of the French Open 2021, will be rewarded with a cash prize of €34,367,21 in Euros. Looking at the current scenario, a limitation on the number of Sepcitaors has been set. From 30th June to 8th June 2021, only 5,388 spectators will be allowed per day. You can watch the French Open 2021 on various streaming platforms and channels including Amazon Prime Video, Disney + Hotstar, ESPN, Star Sports Select, Fox Sports, TV Tokyo, Channel Nine, NBC Universal and Sky. We will keep you updated, till then, stay tuned with us.
