Grand Slam

Terrible Luck For Ailing Bertens At Roland Garros

PARIS, May 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 4 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, a smart pick by many to win Roland Garros after lifting the biggest trophy of her career earlier this month at Madrid, instead, saw her […]

Stephens, Muguruza March Into Roland Garros Third Round

PARIS, May 29, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Whether or not Sloane Stephens and Garbiñe Muguruza had 1 o’clock lunch dates to keep remains uncertain. However, both Top 20 players made quick work of their respective second-round opponents as Day 4 […]

Zverev And Del Potro Fight Into Second Round At Roland Garros

PARIS, May 28, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) The last of the first-round matches at Roland Garros were played on Tuesday, with the few remaining players in the top-half of the singles draw filling up the roster of play. Among the […]

Kvitova Withdraws From Roland Garros

PARIS, May 27, 2019 The Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, seeded 6th, has withdrawn from the Roland-Garros tournament with a left forearm injury. Kvitova, who was scheduled to meet Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the first round, was replaced by the Slovenian lucky loser Kaja […]

Federer Opens Paris Comeback With First-Round Win

PARIS, May 26, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Marin Cilic and Grigor Dimitrov among others set the ball rolling on the first day of the 2019 French Open. The baton of action was carried onward later in the […]

Tsitsipas Through To Second Round At Roland Garros

PARIS, May 26, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan and Florian Heer) The start of action at the 2019 French Open on Sunday not only saw some big names in the men’s singles draw – the bottom half, to be precise – […]