Third seed Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open for the fourth time with a comfortable 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 win over Gael Monfils yesterday. Marin Cilic completed the quarter-final line-up when South Africa’s Kevin Anderson retired with a thigh injury trailing 6-3, 3-0. It is Cilic’s first Roland Garros…
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal surged into the French Open quarter-finals for a record-equalling 11th time yesterday, while reigning women’s title-holder Garbine Muguruza crashed out in the last 16. Nadal continued his ruthless form at Roland Garros by dispatching Spanish 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to match Roger Federer’s mark of last-eight appearances…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic struggled into the French Open last 16 on Friday, downing battling Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. The second seed endured a roller-coaster of an afternoon on Philippe Chatrier court, picking up warnings for his behaviour as his mindset became as gloomy as the weather. The 30-year-old, almost…
World number one Andy Murray’s struggle, this season on clay, came back to plague him at the French Open yesterday as he ground out an unconvincing 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) win against Slovakian power-hitter Martin Klizan. Out-hit and more surprisingly often out-thought in the first set by a player he had described as unpredictable, the…
Young Austrian hope Dominic Thiem came through a testing workout against Simone Bolelli at Roland Garros yesterday dropping the first three games before overcoming the Italian qualifier 7-5 6-1 6-3. Facing a player competing in his first tour-level event since undergoing knee surgery last June and languishing at 470 in the rankings, the sixth seed…
Fourth seed Rafael Nadal responded to his billing by French Open tournament director Guy Forget as the greatest clay courter in history by brushing aside Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 6-1 yesterday, launching his bid for a 10th title at the Roland Garros. Relegated to Court Suzanne Lenglen while defending champion Novak Djokovic was swatting aside…
Germany’s Angelique Kerber became the first women’s top seed to lose in the opening round of the French Open. Kerber went down to Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 22 minutes. Both Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova have the chance to take top spot for the first time with good runs in…
World number one Andy Murray will play Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov in the French Open first round, while fellow Briton Johanna Konta faces Hsieh Su-wei. Murray is in the same half of the draw as 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, who he beat in last year’s semi-finals. Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic is in the…
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