PARIS, June 5, 2018 World No. 72 Marco Cecchinato became the first Italian man in 40 years to reach a Grand Slam semi-final with a memorable 6-3, 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-6(11) victory over 2016 French Open champion Novak Djokovic after three […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Men’s No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev did not have his best day as a pro against unseeded and 60th-ranked Dusan Lajovic of Serbia on Wednesday during his second-round match at the French Open. Although the […]
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 […]
