Wilander, a seven-times Grand Slam champion, is in Paris as lead pundit for Eurosport, and spoke to Reuters during a break in play. The former world number one stressed the need for a simple game plan at Roland Garros, and admitted he never really managed to find one against the enigmatic Slovak. Mecir beat Wilander in the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 1988 – Wilander's only Grand Slam defeat that year – and the Swede winces at the memory. So if you have a simple game plan against these quality players that's the way to play them." The Czech certainly deployed a simple game plan in Melbourne, pumping the ball up the centre of the court to deprive Mecir angles.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 11:48 UTC