WASHINGTON, October 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) What began with 128 players in the women’s singles draw a fortnight ago has pared down to just two at Roland Garros: Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek. They will walk out on Court Philippe-Chatrier […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, September 9, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) In the first semifinal match on Friday, No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated 12th seed Diego Schwartzman from Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(0) in three hours and 10 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. […]
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout this Parisian fortnight, 19-year-old Iga Swiatek has proved that dreams do come true. Over the course of 70 blustery minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Thursday afternoon, the Polish teen from Warsaw dominated […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 8, 2020 Teenager Iga Swiatek and No. 4 seed Sofia Kenin will meet in Saturday’s title match at Roland Garros. In one of the most unexpected Grand Slam semi-finals in recent times, Swiatek fully justified her status as […]
WASHINGTON, October 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) For a Grand Slam tournament with no “night sessions,” this year’s French Open sure has featured a lot of tennis after dark. Fortunately, some of the best tennis at Roland Garros is still […]
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In his 100th career French Open match, Rafael Nadal won for the 98th time on the red clay of Roland Garros and reached his 13th semifinal with a 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-1 victory […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 6, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-three-year-old Nadia Podoroska continues to make history in Paris following a straight-set win over No. 3 seed Elina Svitolina. The Argentinian No. 1 player managed to upset Svitolina 6-2, 6-4 in just 80 minutes. […]
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) If you were preoccupied or blinked, you might have missed Petra Kvitova‘s 6-2, 6-4 defeat of China’s Zhang Shuai at Roland Garros on Monday, which lifted the Czech star into the quarterfinal round of […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 5, 2020 Novak Djokovic reached his 11th consecutive quarterfinal at Roland Garros with a straight-sets victory against Russian 15th seed Karen Khachanov. The World No. 1 from Serbia, whose only French Open title win came in 2016 when […]
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Italians Martina Trevisan and Jannik Sinner are both alive and well in this Paris fortnight. Together, they are through to their first major quarterfinal at the French Open. In a day full of surprises at […]
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