French Open

Dominic Thiem of Austria lost to No. 1 seed and four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday at Roland Garros in Paris, France, in the second round of the French Open. Nadal is the only man with eight major titles from the same Grand Slam tournament, yet the humble champion thinks highly of Thiem, whom he called the future of the sport. “A generation is walking away, and others will replace us,” Nadal said. “It will not come overnight, but it will come.”

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Dominic Thiem of Austria lost to No. 1 seed and four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday at Roland Garros in Paris, France, in the second round of the French Open. Nadal is the only man with eight major titles from the same Grand Slam tournament, yet the humble champion thinks highly of Thiem, whom he called the future of the sport. “A generation is walking away, and others will replace us,” Nadal said. “It will not come overnight, but it will come.”

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PARIS – A look at the French Open on Thursday:

Weather: Cloudy. High of 68 degrees (20 Celsius).

Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 7 Andy Murray, No. 12 Richard Gasquet, No. 14 Fabio Fognini, No. 19 Kevin Anderson, No. 23 Gael Monfils, No. 24 Fernando Verdasco, No. 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 32 Andreas Seppi.

Men’s Seeded Loser: No. 26 Feliciano Lopez.

Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 4 Simona Halep, No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No. 6 Jelena Jankovic, No. 10 Sara Errani, No. 11 Ana Ivanovic, No. 15 Sloane Stephens, No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 23 Lucie Safarova, No. 26 Sorana Cirstea, No. 27 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 28 Andrea Petkovic.

Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 21 Kirsten Flipkens, No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (retired).

Stat of the Day: 10 – number of games Nadal has dropped in the first two rounds.

Quote of the Day: “I think what I say is fairly mild compared to the guys that speak the other languages that people don’t pick up on,” Murray said on using expletives on court.

On Court on Friday: No. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 25 Marin Cilic, No. 4 Roger Federer vs. No. 31 Dmitry Tursunov, No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. No. 27 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 10 John Isner vs. No. 17 Tommy Robredo; No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Ajla Tomljanovic, No. 7 Maria Sharapova vs. Paula Ormaechea, No. 8 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova, No. 9 Dominika Cibulkova vs. No. 19 Samantha Stosur.

Friday’s Forecast: Chance of rain. High of 68 degrees (20 Celsius).

Associated Press