It was a tough end to Roger Federer’s return to clay, on which he was playing for the first time since 2016 and for the first time at the French Open since 2015. That he lost to Rafael Nadal in Friday’s first semifinal will not be a tough pill to swallow; Nadal was a massive favorite. […]
Rafael Nadal reaching the French Open semifinals was never in doubt. It was all up to Roger Federer to add another chapter to their historic rivalry. Despite being tested for this first time this fortnight, Federer made it happen by battling past fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday. […]
Two days after running into some unexpected press-room controversy, Dominic Thiem made sure it was his tennis doing the talking. Thiem took his level to greater heights and crushed an in-form Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 during fourth-round action on Monday afternoon. […]
There were after Stan Wawrinka outlasted Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6 in a five-hour and eight-minute slugfest on Sunday afternoon that determined a place in the French Open quarterfinals. Wawrinka is through to a showdown with Roger Federer. […]
Alexander Zverev continues to take the scenic route at Grand Slams. Of course, for him taking any route at all to the second week is–pun intended–a major victory. Zverev is joined in the fourth round by fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff, who beat Borna Coric 11-9 in the fifth. […]
Once cruising against David Goffin, Rafael Nadal ran into a sudden mid-match roadblock but quickly recovered to prevail 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and 49 minutes. Nadal is joined in the fourth round by Roger Federer, who defeated Casper Ruud. […]
Winning is the only name of the game, and whatever consequences come with the struggle to get there can be dealt with down road. That is without question the mentality Dominic Thiem and Juan Martin Del Potro will express through their first two respective matches at the French Open. […]
Making his first French Open appearance since 2015, Roger Federer has coasted through two matches and now finds himself in the third round. Federer followed up a rout of Lorenzo Sonego by beating lucky loser Oscar Otte 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. […]
Alexander Zverev fended off John Millman 7-6(4), 6-3, 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-3 after four hours and nine minutes of play to begin the final day of first-round action. Gael Monfils advanced much later with a quick three-set rout of Taro Daniel just before darkness fell. […]
Nadal kicked off Monday’s slate of men’s singles action on Court Philippe Chatrier with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 rout of qualifier Yannick Hanfmann. Djokovic took the court immediately thereafter and disposed of an in-form Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
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