The 32-year-old world number one now has 17 Grand Slam titles, just three behind great rival Roger Federer. Nadal endured a nervy conclusion to the final, however, when he needed treatment in the fourth game of the third set for a finger injury before sealing victory on a fifth match point when Thiem fired a … Read more
Halep, the runner-up in 2014 and 2017, enjoyed a 6-1 6-4 victory over 2016 champion and third seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain. Stephens, who won her maiden Slam title in New York last year, defeated fellow American and close friend Madison Keys 6-4 6-4 having previously never got beyond the quarter-finals in Paris. “I am … Read more
Nadal, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, claimed his 85th win in Paris against just two losses after weathering a big-hitting opening from 2009 US Open winner Del Potro to win 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. In his 24th Grand Slam final, Nadal will face Thiem who ended Marco Cecchinato’s French Open fairytale, reaching his first major final … Read more
The 31-year-old Serb slumped to an epic 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 7-6 (13/11) quarter-final loss to world No 72 Cecchinato, a player who had never won a match at the majors before this year’s Roland Garros. Djokovic, a former world number one and 12-time Grand Slam title winner, had previously only been beaten by a … Read more
The 13th seeded Indo-French pair will face eighth-seeded team of Austria’s Alexander Peya and Croatia’s Nikola Mektic in the quarter-final clash at Roland-Garros. Earlier, Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin bounced back strongly to knock out the top-seeded Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 7-6(1) in a thrilling last-16 clash that lasted an hour and 30 minutes. Bopanna and … Read more
Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova, the winner in Paris in 2012 and 2014, hadn’t played on Roland Garros’ showpiece arena since a quarter-final exit in 2015. The 31-year-old served a doping suspension in 2016 and was refused a wildcard in 2017. However, she made up for lost time by firing 18 winners past an under-cooked … Read more
The 13th seeded Indo-French team beat the Brazilian-Polish combo 6-4 7-6(1) in one hour and 30 minutes in the third round. It’s the third time that Bopanna has reached quarterfinal stage at Roland Garros. He made it to the last-eight pairs in 2011 and 2016 also. Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin saved five of the six break … Read more
