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 (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, 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 […]
PARIS, May 31, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Karolina Pliskova came into this year’s French Open coming off a title run in Rome, her third career clay-court title. The World No. 2 had reached the quarterfinals or better in seven of […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Roland Garros champion Simona Halep’s second-round match against No. 87 Magda Linette took two hours and 11 minutes to complete on Court Suzanne Lenglen Thursday night. For the record, the No. 3 […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 Novak Djokovic won his 23rd straight Grand Slam match with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Swiss lucky loser Henri Laaksonen on Thursday and advanced to the third round at Roland Garros for the 14th consecutive […]
PARIS, May 30, 2019 Dominic Thiem faced a tricky test on Thursday by taking on Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in the second round at Roland Garros. The No. 4 seed from Austria, however, handled the unconvential game style of his […]
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