PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The last four of the French Open women’s singles draw is set. With Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Tamara Zidansek set to do battle in Thursday’s semifinal round, it marks the […]
PARIS, June 9, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-five-year-old Maria Sakkari continued to make history in Paris following a remarkable straight-set victory over French Open defending champion Iga Swiatek on Wednesday. It ended the 20-year-old Swiatek’s 22-set winning streak at the clay-court major. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The semifinal for the lower half of the French Open women’s draw is set between unseeded Tamara Zidansek and No. 31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Huh? Who? At the start of this year’s Roland-Garros, […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, June 8, 2021 World No. 85 Tamara Zidansek became the first player representing Slovenia to reach a Grand Slam semi-final. The 23-year-old fought past Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 on Tuesday afternoon at Roland Garros. In sunny […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Roland Garros women’s titlist Iga Swiatek of Poland rounded out the quarterfinal field with her 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine Monday evening. Playing in her first night session match […]
PARIS, June 7, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) For the fifth time in his career, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic completed a comeback from two sets down to secure a place in the Roland Garros quarterfinal round. The 17-time major champion […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine the joy – or pressure – of being your country’s best tennis player at age 23. Imagine, too, becoming the first Slovenian player to reach the last eight of a Grand Slam […]
PARIS, June 6, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Elena Rybakina scored a massive victory at the French Open Sunday. The 21-year-old from Kazakhstan stunned three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams, ousting the American 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round to reach her […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer announced he has withdrawn from the French Open. The Roland-Garros tournament organizers learned of Federer’s decision Sunday afternoon. Both the tournament and Federer used their social media […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Roger Federer completed his remarkable three-hour and 36-minute, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-5 victory over Dominik Koepfer to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros at 12:43 a.m. Sunday morning, […]
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