PARIS, June 1, 2019 Three-time champion Serena Williams was stunned in the third round at Roland Garros on a sunny Saturday afternoon by unseeded US-American Sofia Kenin. The 37-year-old was seeded 10th in Paris, but lost 6-2, 7-5 to her […]
PARIS, June 1, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff and Croatian Borna Coric enlivened things as the evening wore on, on Saturday at Roland Garros. Their four-hour-22-minute, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(1), 11-9 bonanza kept even the most neutral audiences […]
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 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 […]
