PARIS, June 1, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) That quickly a week’s worth of action has sped by at the 2019 French Open. The men’s top half played their third-round matches on Saturday along with three bottom-half matches that were derailed […]
PARIS, June 1, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) As Day 7 unfolded with the completion of the women’s third-round singles at Roland Garros on Saturday, defending champion Simona Halep entered her match against No. 27 seed Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine on […]
PARIS, May 31, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Garbiñe Muguruza is a familiar name and face around Roland Garros — especially during the second week of the Parisian fortnight. After all, she lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup after beating Serena Williams […]
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 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 […]
