ITF Press Release, June 4, 2018 Australian legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley will be presented with the ITF’s highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, at the 2018 ITF World Champions Dinner tomorrow evening, Tuesday 5 June, in Paris at the Pavillon […]
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Shortly before she was due to face No. 28 seed Maria Sharapova in the fourth round of the French Open Monday afternoon, Serena Williams pulled out of Roland Garros with an arm injury. The 23-time […]
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Top-seeded Simona Halep dropped just three games during her 59-minute fourth-round route of Belgian Elise Mertens at the French Open on Monday afternoon. As she moves closer to achieving her first Grand Slam […]
PARIS, June 3, 2018 Novak Djokovic reached an Open Era record 12th quarterfinal at Roland Garros and equalled Roger Federer’s record of 9 straight appearances in the last 8 in Paris. The 31-year-old from Serbia defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in Sunday’s final […]
PARIS, June 3, 2018 Alexander Zverev reaches his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal after a third consecutive five-set victory at Roland Garros. The No. 2 seed from Germany rallied past Russian young gun Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 on […]
PARIS, June 2, 2018 The ladies headlined Saturday’s French Open third round matches in the later afternoon. Three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams put together a commanding performance to see off 11th favourite Julia Görges 6-3, 6-4 and set up a fourth-round […]
PARIS, June 2, 2018 Maximilian Marterer becomes the 70th man to reach the round of 16 on their debut appearance in Roland Garros‘ Open Era. The 22-year-old German defeated Estonia’s Jurgen Zopp 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday. Marterer was in […]
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Andrea Petkovic is enjoying success on her own terms at the 2018 French Open. That means not only is she competing in the women’s singles draw, she’s also writing about her experiences – on deadline […]
PARIS, June 1, 2018 Pablo Carreno Busta lost in the third round at Roland Garros. The 10th seeded Spaniard has fallen apart since taking the opening set 6-2 against Marco Cecchinato, going on to lose the next three 7-6(5), 6-3, […]
PARIS, June 1, 2018 The bottom half of the men’s draw is in third round action at Roland Garros on Friday led by No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev, who saved one match point to battle past Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia […]
