We’ve been learning a lot about Galileo lately in the Il était une fois (Once Upon a Time) series, the third installment of which deals with the scientist’s experiments with pendulums, which move in a very specific way:Ĭaption 11, Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. ![]() In this lesson, we’ll just focus on four more, all from our most recent videos BANNER PLACEHOLDER In French, these are called faux amis (literally, “false friends”), and there are too many French-English ones to count. "I'm pretty happy that I could kind of have a good mentality and just focus on what I want to do tennis-wise.You may recall our previous lesson on three adverbs that were false cognates, or words that look similar in two languages but mean different things. "I wanted to win really, really hard, but I knew that I can't really focus on that and just I have to keep doing my job as I did in previous matches," said the Pole. On Sunday, she defeated Australian Open champion and second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-4 to claim a second successive Stuttgart title. "It is the last match and the last push, so you try to find a way," said Rune who heads to Madrid having never previously played in the tournament.Īlso heading to Madrid with confidence is women's world number one Iga Swiatek, the reigning US and French Open champion. Plagued by a shoulder injury, which needed a medical time-out, the Dane came back from 5-2 down in the third set and saved four match points to see off Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/3) in a rematch of last year's final. Holger Rune, like Alcaraz also just 19, defended his Munich title on Sunday but unlike the Spaniard, had to battle back from the brink of defeat. Winning the tournament here in Barcelona gives me extra confidence for what's to come." ![]() "It's a tournament I really want to win, but now we are focused on Madrid and then Rome. "Roland Garros is a clear short-term objective," added Alcaraz. Two of those defeats came against Djokovic who shares the men's record of 22 majors with Nadal.ĭjokovic reached that mark with a 10th Australian Open victory in January.ĭespite concerns over his elbow, he knows that traditionally he improves as the clay season progresses - his record shows two Monte Carlo titles, three at Madrid and six in Rome, the last significant event before Roland Garros.ĭjokovic has successfully bounced back from elbow worries in the past - in February 2018, he needed surgery on the injury but still won Wimbledon and the US Open later that year.īoth Nadal and Djokovic are sitting out the Madrid Masters where Alcaraz is the defending champion. Despite Nadal's continuing injury woes, he boasts a stunning win-loss record at the French Open of 112 wins against just three losses since his title-winning 2005 debut. "Let's hope he continues to play for a long time and that we can enjoy his tennis, but obviously we are not here to take over from anyone, but to build our own history."Īlcaraz's caution is justified. "I've always wanted to play against the best, it's a shame that we haven't been able to enjoy Rafa these last two years," added Alcaraz. His win on Sunday was his fourth in four meetings against fifth-ranked Tsitsipas. "In the two years that Rafa hasn't been here, I've been lucky or, let's say, I've won the title," said Alcaraz who defended his Barcelona title without dropping a set. Nadal hasn't played since his second round exit at the Australian Open and has missed Masters events at Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo as well as sitting out Barcelona for a second successive year. "I don't want to be anyone's replacement," said world number two Alcaraz when confronted with his status as heir apparent to Nadal who turns 37 in June. However, he was quick to dampen speculation that he is the French Open champion-in-waiting, just five weeks out from the second major of the year in Paris. ![]() With 14-time French Open champion Nadal sidelined since January with a hip injury and world number one and two-time Roland Garros winner Novak Djokovic struggling with an elbow problem, Alcaraz reinforced his credentials as a major contender to add the clay-court Grand Slam title to the US Open he captured last year. The 19-year-old brushed aside Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 to add the Barcelona trophy to wins in Buenos Aires and Indian Wells in 2023.
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