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After Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva’s successful campaigns at Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic and Novak Djokovic both had strong starts in their quest for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title on Tuesday.

Three days after winning 100 ATP titles in Geneva, the 38-year-old Djokovic faces the 98th-ranked American Mackenzie McDonald.

Djokovic, who is seeded sixth and playing in Paris for the first time since winning Olympic gold in August of last year, said, “Obviously winning 100th title, that is a nice milestone, and of course, definitely much needed for my game and confidence level coming into Roland Garros.”

I needed to win matches, especially on this surface.

I need to win some matches before the big tournaments because I’m the type of player.

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Djokovic, a three-time Roland Garros champion, and Alexander Zverev, a year’s runner-up, who defeated American teenager Learner Tien 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, are on the same side of the draw.

Zverev, the third Grand Slam finalist, hopes to go further than he did a year ago when he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets. This is his third defeat.

After suffering a last-16 defeat in Hamburg, his plane was struck by lightning on the way to Paris. His preparation has been far from ideal.

On Court Suzanne Lenglen, the 19-year-old Tien was too strong for the player who defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 16 of the Australian Open in January.

Zverev will next face Francesco Passaro of Italy or Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands, who has reached at least the semi-finals of each of their four French Open competitions.

Medvedev, a five-time Grand Slam winner, was dumped out in Paris for the sixth time in a dramatic match against Cameron Norrie (7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5).

Grigor Dimitrov called it quits after leading American Ethan Quinn by two sets to one at the fourth consecutive Grand Slam event due to a leg injury.

Alex de Minaur, the ninth seed, defeated Laslo Djere of Serbia 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) to reach the quarter-finals of each of the previous four majors.

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Olivia Gadecki of Australia was beaten out by 2022’s Gauff in the women’s draw, 6-2, 6-2.

Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion, reached the finals of this month’s Madrid and Rome tournaments after missing last year’s WTA Finals.

In each of her previous four Roland Garros appearances, the American, age 21, has reached the quarter-finals or better.

The second seed said, “I knew it wasn’t going to be a clean match with how windy it was.”

Depending on which side of the court you were on, “truly,” it was two different matches.

Andreeva, a rising Russian star, is aiming for her first Grand Slam success after winning the first set 3-3 to Spaniard Cristina Bucsa in Dubai and Indian Wells.

The 18-year-old quickly overcame the double-breakback and triumphed over the world number 98 with 6-4, 6-3.

The sixth seed said, “With time, I played better and better, so I felt like closer to the end of the match was playing good, not like in the beginning,”

On Thursday, Andreeva will face American Ashlyn Krueger or Dutch Suzan Lamens in the second round. She made it to the semi-finals last year.

In a mother-to-beetle clash on Court 6, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka wrested Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer, who will retire after Wimbledon, 6-0, 6-0.

Sofia Kenin, the finalist for the 2020 championship, defeated Frenchman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 6-1, as well.

After a car struck a crowd of football fans to celebrate Liverpool’s promotion to the Premier League, four people were taken to a hospital on Tuesday and are now in critical condition.

What we know is as follows:

What transpired?

A car struck the crowd on Water Street in central Liverpool on Monday just before 6 p.m. (GMT), which had been closed to traffic.

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According to videos posted on social media, the car reversed and then accelerated, hitting people on both sides of the road, causing an angry bystander.

Numerous people were thrown onto the bonnet or knocked over. One child suffered serious injuries among the others who were trapped beneath the car.

How many people were hurt?

Four children were among the 47 people who were hurt, according to the emergency services.

According to Liverpool region mayor Steve Rotheram, 67 people were taken to the hospital, with four of them in critical condition.

On Monday evening, twenty more people received treatment at the scene and made their way home.

How about the bus driver?

In an unprecedented move to quell social media speculation, Merseyside Police made the announcement that “a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was arrested.”

The ethnic makeup of suspects is not typically disclosed by British police.

However, the force had to deal with the aftermath of a large-scale stabbing that occurred in nearby Southport last year and resulted in the deaths of three young girls at a dance party with Taylor Swift in mind.

Far-right organizations’ online rumors about the attacker’s identity were to blame for widespread riots aimed at asylum seekers.

What caused it to occur?

Jenny Sims, the assistant chief constable for Merseyside police, rejected the idea of “terrorism.”

She stated at a news conference on Monday evening, “We don’t know if this is an isolated incident, and we aren’t looking for anyone else in relation to it.”

What are we unaware of?

Police have not released the identity of the man arrested or provided an explanation for why the incident occurred in accordance with law.

On a road that was closed to traffic, drivers are being asked how they came to be in panic and how they were surrounded by angry crowds.

The parade’s driver appeared emotional and agitated, according to Harry Rashid, a witness.

His hands were swaying around. He continued, “I believe they tried to pull the door open before he tried to close it.” “They tried to pull the door open before he tried to close it,” he said.

According to the region’s mayor, four people were “very, very ill in hospital” on Tuesday after dozens of people were hurt the night before when a car struck a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League title parade.

Police said they were not treating the incident as terrorism, but a 53-year-old white British man was reportedly the car’s driver on Monday.

Steve Rotheram, the mayor of the Liverpool City region, stated to BBC Radio that “we are hoping that they will prevail.”

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Images of the terrible incident appeared in the morning newspapers.

What ought to have been a jubilant night for the Reds, who were celebrating their 20th English league title, was summed up by headlines like “Horror at Liverpool parade” in The Sun daily and “Carnage at parade” in The Daily Mail.

A dark-colored vehicle swerved through the dense crowds and struck people in its path just as the players’ open-topped bus passed nearby.

Twenty-seven football fans were taken to the hospital, according to emergency personnel in a press conference late in the evening, two of whom had suffered serious injuries.

One seriously hurt one of the four children who were hurt.

‘Horrible’

According to Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims, “We think this is an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it.”

She continued, “The incident is not being treated as terrorism.”

In torrential rain, hundreds of thousands of people showed up for the victory parade in the northwest of England.

Just moments before the team’s bus struck the crowd on Water Street, according to witnesses, the bus had already passed nearby.

Harry Rashid, 48, a resident of Solihull, close to Birmingham, central England, who was present with his wife and two young daughters, said, “It was very fast.

He told reporters that “we just initially heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the car’s bonnet.”

You could hear his bumps as he passed over the people, he said.

Remarkable bravery

In a large, blue tent that had been set up on the street, twenty more people received treatment for their injuries at the scene.

According to Nick Searle, chief fire officer for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, four people were trapped beneath the vehicle and had to be taken out.

The “remarkable bravery shown by the police and other emergency services” was commended by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In a statement, he stated that “the entire country stands with Liverpool and that they are supporting and caring for those injured in these terrible events.”

As police attempted to stop the car, angry fans stormed the back windows and sprayed the vehicle’s interior with blood.

Before the Premier League title, Liverpool’s supporters had already been a sea of red as they crowded the city’s streets to celebrate with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, manager Arne Slot.

“Difficult day”

Liverpool FC stated on X that they were working with Merseyside police, adding that “Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this serious incident.”

Liverpool’s rivals on the Merseyside, Everton, added that the club’s “thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this serious incident in our city.”

Tragic events have ruined Liverpool’s football history.

In a crush at a game at the Sheffield Hillsborough stadium in 1989, 97 Liverpool fans died.

The worst sporting disaster in British history, which still afflicts the port city, also left more than 760 people dead.