PARIS (France) – Another test for Matteo Arnaldi, another chance to amaze everyone: the tennis player from Sanremo is making an excellent progress at Roland Garrosand after having overcome the first three rounds (having lost only one set against Arthur Fils on his debut) he faces the Greek today Stefanos Tsitsipas to enter the top eight of the Parisian Slam. Follow the live broadcast
1.41pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 1-1
Arnaldi wins an excellent exchange. Another point for the Italian. Tsitsipas lands a backhand down the line. Error in Arnaldi’s exchange. Another mistake from the Italian: break point. Arnaldi cancels the break point with a short ball: parity. Arnaldi’s backhand goes away: another break point for the Greek. Tsitsipas’ response is long. Free mistake by Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas’ error gives the point of the game.
1.35pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 0-1
The second set begins: Tsitsipas serves. The Greek gets a free point on Arnaldi’s mistake. Another mistake by the Italian in the exchange. Sensational error by Tsitsipas who misses the rebound. Tsitsipas comes down to the net and finds the point. Arnaldi pushes the response, the ball ends up in the net.
1.29pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 6-3
Tsitsipas comes to the net and gets the first point. Error in response from the Greek. Arnaldi sends the forehand downfield. Excellent forehand from the Italian! Tsitsipas’ forehand ends on the net: set point for Arnaldi. Winning service! The first set is from the Italian!
1.26pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 5-3
Arnaldi’s lob is long. Winning smash by Tsitsipas. Greek central ace. Arnaldi’s mistake: game to zero
1.21pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 5-2
Tsitsipas wins the first point. Arnaldi wins the exchange. One more point for the Greek. Two break points for Tsitsipas. Arnaldi cancels the first break point with a winning serve. The Italian cancels the second break point. Arnaldi point. Arnaldi wins the game
1.18pm
Cocciaretto eliminated by Gauff in two sets
The Italian leaves in the round of 16: the American wins in two sets with a score of 6-1, 6-2
1.17pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 4-2
Tsitsipas wins the first point. Arnaldi responds immediately. Arnaldi’s forehand ends up in the net. The Italian makes mistakes again. Winning response from Arnaldi! Ace by Tsitsipas who takes home the game.
1.13pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 4-1
Arnaldi wins the first point of the game. Tsitsipas’ backhand return is wrong. The Greek makes another gratuitous mistake. Another mistake by the Greek. Arnaldi wins the fifth game
1.11pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 3-1
Tsitsipas wins the first point. Error by the Greek on Arnaldi’s excellent defense. The Italian finds an incredible angle on a short ball from the Greek! Ace by Tsitsipas. The Greek’s forehand is wide. Another mistake from Tsitsipas! The Italian’s break arrives.
1.06pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 2-1
Arnaldi serves on Tsitsipas’ backhand and wins the point. Another great point from the Italian with a backhand at the crossroads. Splendid short ball from Arnaldi. Serve & volley: the Italian wins the game to zero
1.03pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 1-1
Service and forehand from the Greek. Another point for Tsitsipas who pushes with the forehand. Winning serve from the Greek. Short ball from Tsitsipas who wins the game to zero
1.01pm
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas: 1-0
The first point of the set belongs to the Greek. Ace by Arnaldi. Tsitsipas wins another point. The Greek still finds a winning point. Two break points for Tsitsipas. Free mistake by Tsitsipas. Second ace for Arnaldi with the second serve. Third consecutive point for Arnaldi. The Italian’s forehand is long: parity. Another mistake from Arnaldi. Another break point. Winning forehand from the Italian. Arnaldi’s winning serve! The blue misses the backhand exchange. It’s along Tsitsipas’ forehand. Perfect short ball from Arnaldi who cancels three break points for his opponent and wins the first game
12.54pm
The game begins!
Matteo Arnaldi serving
12.51pm
Cocciaretto loses the first set against Coco Gauff
In the women’s singles tournament, the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto lost the first set with a score of 6-1 against the American Coco Gauff
12.50pm
Arnaldi and Tsitsipas enter the field
The two tennis players entered the court on the Lenglen court: Arnaldi won the toss and chose to serve. Warm-up begins
12.45pm
The Roland Garros scoreboard
The winner of the round of 16 match between Matteo Arnaldi and Stefanos Tsitsipas will have the opportunity to challenge the winner of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
half past twelve
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ journey to Roland Garros
The Greek tennis player reached the fourth round of the Paris tournament having eliminated the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in the first round (7-6, 6-4, 6-1), in the second round he overcame the German Daniel Altmaier (6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4) and in the third round he beat the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in three sets (6-3, 6-3, 6-1).
12.15pm
Matteo Arnaldi’s profile
Matteo Arnaldi was born in Sanremo on 22 February 2001. He was one of the players who won the championship with Italy Davis Cup in 2023. He is currently at 35th place in the ATP rankings and it’s his best ranking in career. Access to the 4th round at Roland Garros represents his best result in Slam tournaments; this season he equaled his record achieved last year at the US Open.
12:00 pm
The opponent: Stefanos Tsitsipas
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas was born in Athens on 12 August 1998. In his career he won eleven ATP titles, among which the triumph at ATP Finals 2019 and the triple success at Masters 1000 Of Montecarlo in 2021, 2022 and 2024. He added the Roland Garros final in 2021 losing to Novak Djokovic. He currently occupies ninth place in the ATP rankings, his best world ranking is 3rd place obtained in 2021.
11.45am
Arnaldi-Tsitsipas, unpublished comparison
Matteo Arnaldi and Stefanos Tsitsipas face each other for the first time in their careers. What will take place in a few minutes at Roland Garros is an unprecedented comparison.
11.30
Arnaldi, an exhilarating journey
Matteo Arnaldi in Paris equaled his record in Slam tournaments by reaching the fourth round of the event as he did last season at the US Open. In his debut on the clay of Paris, the Italian tennis player defeated the Frenchman in four sets Arthur Fils (6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2), in the second round he overcame the Frenchman Alexandre Muller in three sets (6-4, 6-1, 6-3) while yesterday he ousted the Russian Andrei Rublev with the score 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.
