Alexander Zverev won a third consecutive five-set match on Saturday, and a third from two sets to one down, when he overcome Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 during fourth-round action. Zverev will face Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals. […]
With Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sidelined and Gael Monfils less than 100 percent going in, this French Open was always expected to be a tough one for the host nation. It was even worse than anticipated, and it came to an unceremonious end on Saturday. […]
Alexander Zverev came perilously close to another first-week Grand Slam disappointment, but this time he recovered from the brink of what would have been a disastrous defeat. Zverev battled past Damir Dzumhur and is joined in the fourth round by Novak Djokovic.
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It took an extra day, but Dominic Thiem earned a spot in the French Open third round. Thiem beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets, while Lucas Pouille also returned from an interruption to win in four sets over Cameron Norrie. […]
Alexander Zverev almost endured another early-round disaster at a Grand Slam. Nonetheless, he is still alive at the French Open. Zverev outlasted Dusan Lajovic in five sets, and the world No. 3 is joined in the last 32 by fellow five-set winner Grigor Dimitrov. […]
Eight lucky losers got into the French Open main draw and four advanced. None was more impressive (even though Marco Trungelliti certainly made more headlines) than Simone Bolelli, and Bolelli didn’t even win. Rafael Nadal beat him in three sets on Tuesday. […]
The King of Clay is once again the King of Rome. Alexander Zverev came close to staying on the throne at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but he did not have quite enough to get across the finish line against Rafael Nadal on Sunday evening. […]
Rafael Nadal came out on top to cement his status as an overwhelming favorite for the French Open, while Novak Djokovic built confidence in time for the season’s second major as the Spaniard survived a stern test from the Serb in 7-6(4), 6-3 fashion during semifinal action in Rome. […]
A 6-4, 6-1 margin is borderline close by Rafael Nadal’s recent clay-court standards. Thursday’s contest with Denis Shapovalov was not as close as the score suggested. Losing a grand total of five points in eight service games, Nadal crushed Shapovalov in one hour and 22 minutes. […]
As players often do following big-time wins, Dominic Thiem has only gone south since stunning Rafael Nadal in the Madrid quarterfinals. Thiem lost his Rome opener to Fabio Fognini on Wednesday, while Nadal eradicated Damir Dzumhur. […]
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