PARIS, June 2, 2019 Johanna Konta continued her great run of form at Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals in Paris. The 26th seed from Great Britain eased past No. 23 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday […]
PARIS, June 2, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) The fourth-round clash between Stan Wawrinka and Stefanos Tsitsipas was touted to be the match of the day on Sunday. And with the longest finish of the 2019 French Open at five hours […]
PARIS, June 2, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Watching Marketa Vondrousova go about her business of crafting powerful forehands mixed with deceptively accurate drop shots brings to mind a couple of other illustrious Czech left-handed stars, namely Hall of Fame great […]
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 […]
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