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 […]
STARNBERG, October 5, 2020 Rafael Nadal began his French Open 2020 journey by winning against Egor Gerasimov of Belarus. He is on a mission to acquire his 13th French Open title to take his Grand Slam total to 20. For […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 4 ,2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) Sunday, during the first match of the day on Court Philippe-Chatrier, 19-year-old Polish prospect Iga Swiatek produced one of her best career-performance so far, easing past No. 1 seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-2 in just 68 minutes, which ended […]
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When 87th-ranked Paula Badosa of Spain was a junior player, she recalled how there were a lot of expectations placed upon her in her country, saying she needed to be “the next [Maria] Sharapova … […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 3, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic remained flawless in Paris after easing past Colombian qualifier Daniel Ehali Galan 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 in just under two hours to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros. […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 3, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-two-year-old German qualifier Daniel Altmaier continued his fairytale run at Roland Garros following a third-round win over No. 7 seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy, prevailing 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-4 in two hours and 15 […]
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The best revenge is massive success and that’s what World No. 2 and French Open top seed Simona Halep is enjoying at Roland Garros. On Friday, Halep delivered a knock-out punch to 2019 Roland […]
PARIS/STARNBERG, October 2, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) Rafael Nadal continues his quest for a 20th major singles title – aiming to match Roger Federer’s record – following a hazard-free 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 win over 28-year-old Italian Stefano Travaglia in just […]
WASHINGTON, October 2, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s seventh seed Petra Kvitova achieved her 25th career match-win at Roland Garros on Thursday. Her quick and efficient, 84-minute 6-3, 6-3 victory over Italy’s 94th-ranked Jasmine Paolini in the first match of […]
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