Roger Federer will play in the Noventi Open final for the 13th time in his illustrious career on Sunday after taking care of Pierre Hugues-Herbert 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals. David Goffin awaits a ninth career contest between the two players.
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Playing for the first time since the Miami Masters due to an elbow injury, Kevin Anderson returned in style with a 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 victory over Cameron Norrie in round one of the Fever-Tree Championships on Monday afternoon. Anderson needed two hours and 21 minutes to advance. […]
All three top 10 players in action this week lost their opening matches on Thursday. Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov crashed out of the Mercedes Cup, while Stefanos Tsitsipas got the boot from the Libema Open.
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In a second straight French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem, there was no proverbial passing of the clay-court torch…. Not even close. Thiem snagged a set this time after getting trounced in the 2018 championship match, but Nadal still triumphed 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. […]
Rafael Nadal staved off a persistent Dominic Thiem to claim a record 12th French Open title in Paris on Sunday evening. The undisputed King of Clay defeated world No. 4 Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 for his second title of 2019. […]
Already a top 10 player thanks to impressive results in both 2018 and the earlier stages of 2019 (including a title in Miami), Ashleigh Barty enjoyed the biggest day of her career by triumphing at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over unseeded Marketa Vondrousova. […]
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. […]
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