PARIS, June 7, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Spaniard Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer’s five-match winning streak against him, as he defeated the Swiss 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 25 minutes in their semi-final at Roland Garros. Despite the […]
PARIS, June 7, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When Ashleigh Barty and Amanda Anisimova walk out on Court Suzanne Lenglen to play their women’s semifinal singles semifinal match at Roland Garros on Friday, it will be a far cry from the semifinal […]
PARIS, June 6, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Ruthless. That is the only way to describe fourth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem’s performance against Russian 10th seed, Karen Khachanov. Thiem dropped just eight games in his hour-and-47-minute long quarter-final, winning 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. […]
PARIS, June 6, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) A day after rain washed out both remaining women’s quarterfinal-round matches at Roland Garros, the Parisian skies were smiling on Thursday. Each of the four competitors – defending champion Simona Halep, teenager Amanda […]
PARIS, June 5, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Defending French Open champion Simona Halep is three wins from successfully defending her title. However, if she is to win her second Grand Slam crown, she will have to do it over three […]
PARIS, June 4, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will go head-to-head in the semi-finals of the 2019 French Open, about 14 years after they first faced each other in the stage of the final four in […]
PARIS, June 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When Johanna Konta of Great Britain and No. 7 seed Sloane Stephens from the United States walked out on Court Philippe Chatrier Tuesday afternoon amid partially overcast skies and very heavy, humid conditions […]
PARIS, June 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) After reaching the second week of Roland Garros, 104th-ranked Polish teenager Iga Swiatek earned the unenviable task of facing defending champion and No. 3 seed Simona Halep. And guess what? Swiatek revealed during […]
PARIS, June 3, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem routed the 14th seeded Gael Monfils in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Monday. Monfils’ loss ended the French men’s campaign in the draw […]
PARIS, June 3, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Continuing from where he had left off on Sunday, the seventh-seeded Kei Nishikori survived a determined surge from Benoit Paire to move into the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. The Japanese overcame the wasting […]
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