PARIS, May 31, 2019 Rafael Nadal cruised through the opening two rounds at Roland Garros, but the challenge stepped up a notch on Friday, with the 11-time Paris champion up against No. 27 seed David Goffin on Court Philippe Chatrier. […]
PARIS, May 31, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Friday was absolutely engaging as it was thoroughly entertaining at Roland Garros. There was the thrall of five-set matches, an unexpected mid-match retirement and matches resuming after Thursday’s rain-delay postponement. And then there […]
PARIS, May 31, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Karolina Pliskova came into this year’s French Open coming off a title run in Rome, her third career clay-court title. The World No. 2 had reached the quarterfinals or better in seven of […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Roland Garros champion Simona Halep’s second-round match against No. 87 Magda Linette took two hours and 11 minutes to complete on Court Suzanne Lenglen Thursday night. For the record, the No. 3 […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 Novak Djokovic won his 23rd straight Grand Slam match with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Swiss lucky loser Henri Laaksonen on Thursday and advanced to the third round at Roland Garros for the 14th consecutive […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 Dominic Thiem faced a tricky test on Thursday by taking on Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in the second round at Roland Garros. The No. 4 seed from Austria, however, handled the unconvential game style of his […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When top seed Naomi Osaka and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, both two-time major champions, squared off in the first match on Day 5 at Roland Garros, a familiar pattern developed for the […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 Mikael Ymer advanced to the second round at Roland Garros. At his first ever Grand Slam appearance, the 20-year-old Swede fought past fellow qualifier Blaz Rola of Slovenia, winning 6-0, 6-3, 7-6(5) on Tuesday afternoon. Out […]
PARIS, May 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 4 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, a smart pick by many to win Roland Garros after lifting the biggest trophy of her career earlier this month at Madrid, instead, saw her […]
PARIS, May 29, 2019 Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the French Open. The 11-time champion at Roland Garros remained untroubled in his 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over Yannick Maden from Germany, who battled through the qualifying to […]
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