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…
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the best tennis players in the world at the moment. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. The two won the Australian Open and show no signs of slowing down any time soon. Djokovic is not only physically close to the top level he can bring to…
The sixth-ranked player in the world, Canada’s Milos Raonic, announced on Thursday that he is withdrawing from the French Open, the second major tournament of the year which begins on May 24. The 24-year-old underwent surgery on his right foot last week to fix Morton’s Neuroma, a condition that thickens the tissue around the nerves…
In 1983, Yannick Noah beat defending champion Mats Wilander 6-2, 7-5, 7-6(7-3) to win the French Open title, becoming the first Frenchman to win the title since Marcel Bernard in 1946. Since Noah’s title in ’83, a new streak has begun. No Frenchman has won the crown on their home soil in the 32 years…
American Madison Keys looked to be on her way to a blowout loss in the second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Wednesday, before rallying back for a 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(0) victory over Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. Keys lost the break advantage in the first set, allowing Lucic-Baroni to take it 6-4 despite being broke…
Back in the spring of 2008, a 20-year-old from Serbia named Ana Ivanovic transformed from one of the WTA’s brightest young stars to a household name. Ivanovic had already reached two Grand Slam finals, the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open, but had yet to be crowned a champion at one of the…