Professional Tennis
Defending champion Maria Sharapova saw her dream of repeating in Roland Garros come to an end on Monday as the second-seeded Russian fell to Lucie Safarova. The 13th seeded Czech pulled off the upset with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over the five-time Grand Slam champion. Safarova jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the opening…
Roger Federer moved into the fourth round of the 2015 French Open for the 11th straight year on Friday, downing world number 88-ranked Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. "I'd never played him before, he moves well … he's very quick. I didn't know him and I didn't know how he'd play on the key points,"…
The seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic is headed to the fourth round of the 2015 French Open after a dominant 6-0, 6-3 win over Donna Vekic on Friday. "After the first two matches I really started to get a little bit of feeling and groove, and I had an easy day yesterday," Ivanovic said. "Today, I really…
American Madison Keys was a straight set winner Thursday at the French Open, dismissing Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-0, 6-3 to advance to round three in Paris. Bencic, a past winner of the French Open Junior title, was a round one upset winner over Daniela Hantuchova earlier in the week. Keys, seeded 16th in the…
American Jack Sock moved on at Roland Garros on Thursday, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 6-1, 7-6(4) to reach the third round in Paris. Sock hit 67 winners on the day and capitalized on five of his eight break point chances to beat Busta. Sock will next face 18-year-old Borna Coric, who upset the…
Top-seeded Serena Williams came back from a set down on Thursday to defeat Anna-Lena Friedsam, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round at Roland Garros, setting up a third round clash with the 27th-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who was victorious over Czech Lucie Hradescka 6-2, 6-3. Serena, with 19 career Grand Slam titles on her resume,…
Rafael Nadal moved on to round three of the French Open on Thursday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Nadal advances to face the winner of Thursday’s match between Jurgen Melzer and Andrey Kuznetsov. Nadal had also beaten Almagro in 2008, 2010 and 2012 at Roland Garros. With the win, Nadal is now…
Roger Federer reached the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, beating Marcel Granollers 6-2, 7-6(1), 6-3. The 2009 French Open champion didn’t have his best stuff on the day, coming back from 0-2 and 2-4 down in the second set, but played well enough in big spots to move on at Roland Garros….
Simona Halep, a finalist at last year’s French Open, saw her Rolland Garros run come to an end in the second round on Wednesday at the hands of Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 7-5, 6-1. Lucic-Baroni got off to a fast start in the opening set, jumping to leads of 3-1 and 5-3. But each time, Halep would…
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal got off to a winning start at the French Open on Tuesday, moving past French wild card Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second-round. Nadal picked up five break points on his nine chances, allowing him to dictate play in all three sets. “When I had the chance to…