Professional Tennis
American Shelby Rogers continued her storybook run at Roland Garros on Sunday, advancing to her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu in just under 90 minutes. Begu was the latest victim in Rogers’ run to the quarters, defeating the 17th-seed Karolina Pliskova, Elena Vesnina and the 10th-seeded Petra…
In Sunday action at the French Open, it was eighth-seeded Milos Raonic who was shocked by world number 55 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Ramos-Vinolas moves into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros where he will square off with defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who defeated the 22 seed Viktor Troicki in four sets on Sunday. Ramos-Vinolas…
American Shelby Rogers advanced to the French Open fourth round on Friday, bageling 10th seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic twice for the 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-0 victory. Rogers hit 25 winners to just 18 unforced errors while taking advantage of 36 unforced errors from Kvitova. “She started playing much better in the second,” said Rogers….
Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal announced on Friday that he has withdrawn from this year’s tournament with a wrist injury. Nadal called a press conference on Friday to announce his decision. “I have to retire from the tournament because I have a problem in my wrist that I have [had] since a couple of weeks,”…
World number 47 Eugenie Bouchard was defeated in the second round of the 2016 French Open Thursday, falling to world number nine Timea Bacsinszky 6-4, 6-4. Bouchard got out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Bacsinszky ran off 10 consecutive games and seizing the momentum. "I felt like I put myself in…
World number one Serena Williams moved on at the 2016 French Open on Thursday, handily defeating Brazilian Teliana Pereira 6-2, 6-1 in just 66 minutes. Serena, who has lost just five games in two matches so far at Roland Garros, will next take on Kristina Mladenovic, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Hungary's Timea Babos. Also…
Fourth-seeded Garbiñe Muguruza advanced Wednesday at Roland Garros, defeating wild card Myrtille Georges in dominant fashion, 6-2, 6-0. "It was not an easy match, especially playing a French player at home," Muguruza said. "I did not know her at all, and throughout the match I had to really build my strategy to beat her. It…
Andy Murray battled back yet again at the 2016 French Open to stave off elimination Wednesday, mounting a comeback against French wild card Mathias Bourgue, 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, in three hours and 34 minutes. Bourgue, ranked 164th in the world, was playing in just the second Grand Slam of his career. “Thanks to…
World number one Serena Williams made a winning start to her 2016 French Open campaign on Tuesday, cruising past Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-0 to reach the Roland Garros second round. Serena needed less than 45 minutes to get through Rybarikova, hitting 25 winners and committing just five unforced errors. She broke serve six times to…
Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal looked the part in opening round action at the French Open, cruising into the Roland Garros second round with a routine 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Australia’s Sam Groth. Nadal’s serve was impenetrable, losing just five total points on serve, winning 84 percent of his serves. He hit 25…