On a day that witnessed few upsets but lots of drama and emotion, Andy Murray had his favourite argument with the umpire about the Spidercam, Eugenie Bouchard showed up late to her match, and Juan Martin del Potro melted hearts worldwide.
Murray had a tough time on court against an inspired Martin Klizan before he advanced in four tight sets. During the match, the world No1 threatened the umpire he would sit down if the Spidercam kept turning up in his line of vision while he was serving.
This is not a new pet peeve of Murrayâs. He hates that thing. He elaborated once again in press.
âI donât like it when the Spidercam is â I donât know how many times I have spoken about it in here. You guys know, I donât like it when itâs in my ball toss. And it was there at the beginning of the match. It was the same thing yesterday in the first round. It happened three or four times in the first round where it was there. I asked for it to be moved. They moved it. Then it comes back,â said Murray.
âI just donât like it there. It puts me off, and I asked a few times today, and it kept coming back. I just said, If itâs there in my ball toss again, Iâm going to sit down and wait for it to move, you know, because I just donât feel I should have to be asking for it every change of ends to not be there. Itâs quite a simple thing to change.â
We apologise on the French Openâs behalf, Sir Andy!
Meanwhile, Bouchard turned up several minutes late for her second round against Anastasija Sevastova on Court 2. Players usually step on court together so it was a bit unusual when she didnât show up on time.
She explained later what happened.
âWell, there was a retirement before (Almagro retired on the same court against Del Potro). So, I mean, I had to do my whole routine. I had to get my ankle taped. I canât just do everything in 10 minutes,â said the Canadian.
Asked how her opponent got there before her she said: âShe ran ahead of me, I donât know.â
In a heartbreaking moment in the Nick Kyrgios press conference, a reporter asked him if he could talk about his late grandfather who passed away five weeks ago. Kyrgios was very close to his grandfather and told us itâs been difficult to find motivation for tennis since his death.
In attempt to respond to the reporterâs question, Kyrgios said without looking us in the eye: âI mean, it was â yeah, when I was back home, it was tough. I mean, I canât talk about it. I canât.â
We were all smart enough to let him go after that.
Hereâs a look at how day 5 went down at Roland GarrosâŠ
(Worst) Points of the day
There were plenty of impressive points today, but I prefer to highlight these two atrocities from Tatjana Maria and Martin Klizan instead.
Maria did this:
While Klizan did this to get broken while serving for the fourth set:
Stats of the day
19 â weeks since Agnieszka Radwanska had won back-to-back matches prior to Thursday
30 â men aged 30 or over reached the second round in Paris, an Open era record at a Grand Slam
67 â unforced errors committed by Martin Klizan in his four set second round defeat to Andy Murray
78 â minutes, the length of the fourth set between Murray and Klizan â longest set of the day
Quotes of the day
âI wish. Itâs not that easy, especially comparing me to Federer, letâs come back to reality.â
â Agnieszka Radwanska when asked if she would âpull a Federerâ and skip the clay season altogether in the future
âGet me a beer now. Get me one right now. Honest to God.â
â Nick Kyrgios, on court, after dropping serve in game three of the fourth set in his loss to Kevin Anderson. Because, why not?
âNo. I could be close, between you and me.â
â John Isner when told his next opponent Karen Khachanov is married at the age of 20 while the American was not. Not sure how Isner thought his answer would be âbetween him and the reporterâ.
Upset of the day
Karen Khachanov bt. Tomas Berdych [13] 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
Playing his first Roland Garros main draw, and just his third Grand Slam overall, Khachanov upset 2010 semi-finalist Berdych in a two-hour 13-minute affair.
GIFs of the day
Fail of the day
Anna Chakvetadze and her fellow Eurosport presenters/commentators went around asking Roland Garros fans to pronounce difficult Russian surnames. Which is a hilarious idea. It all went well until Chakvetadze decided to say âarigatoâ (thank you in Japanese) to a woman from Taiwan. Itâs beyond me why they didnât edit it out.