Grand Slam

Top Seed Halep Sprints To Roland Garros Quarterfinals

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 […]

Djokovic To Face Cecchinato In Roland Garros Quarterfinals

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 […]

Marterer Sets Up Nadal Clash At Roland Garros

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 […]

Carreno Busta Crashes Out In Third Round Of The French Open

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, […]

King And Queen March On In Paris

PARIS, May 31, 2018 Ten-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal dominated Guido Pella of Argentina for a spot in the third round at Roland Garros. The King of Clay sent down eight aces, hitting 37 winners and broke his opponent’s serve […]

Serena Is Back In Style! Williams Wins In Her 2018 French Open Debut

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) It didn’t matter whether unseeded Serena Williams won or lost in her first Grand Slam appearance since the Australian Open in 2017 – although, it seemed, most of the fans packed into Court Philippe Chatrier […]

A Different Kind Of Tour De France For Trungelliti

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The best road show of the year got better by the hour as the luckiest loser of them all, Marco Trungelliti of Argentina, drove into the second round of the 2018 French Open after he […]