Roland Garros May 22-Jun 5

Paris, France

 

Rain Forces Busy Monday At Roland Garros

The Roland Garros first round got off to a soggy start on Day One, with persistent rain forcing the cancellation or postponement of 11 of the 16 matches on the schedule.

No. 17 seed Nick Kyrgios, 19th-seed Benoit Paire, Igor Sijsling, Teymuraz Gabashvili and Andrey Kuznetsov were the lone first-round winners on Sunday, quickly wrapping up their openers before the skies opened. Fifth seed Kei Nishikori wasn't as fortunate. The Japanese will sleep on a two-set lead overSimone Bolelli, owning a 6-1, 7-5, 2-1 advantage when play was postponed at 6:30pm local time.

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news...first-round-preview-nishikori-murray-wawrinka

 

Djokovic Opens With Ease In Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic's quest for a career Grand Slam began with ease on Tuesday at Roland Garros. The World No. 1 bypassed Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 to stretch his undefeated streak to 12-0 in first-round play in Paris. The Serb broke Lu seven times and hit 34 winners to 22 unforced errors. He also won nearly twice as many points as Lu, 92-55.

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Serena Williams cruises into third round of French Open

Defending champion Serena Williams picked up a quick, clean victory to reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday.

Williams needed only 66 minutes to beat 81st-ranked Teliana Pereira of Brazil 6-2, 6-1, piling up a 31-6 edge in winners.

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Nadal powers his way to Grand Slam double-century

Facundo Bagnis was living the dream. Two games up in the opening set against Rafa Nadal in the nine-time champ’s own kingdom, Philippe-Chatrier Court, and smacking winners for fun, looking like a world-beater and presumably feeling like one.

It was as if Nadal had forgotten to get out of bed. He could have been playing in sky-blue pyjamas, so completely askew was his timing and so many errors of the unforced variety was he handing out like sweeties. And now he was finding himself 30-0 down on serve too.

And then, alas for Bagnis, he woke up from his daydream….and so did Nadal.

The rest was as predictable as it was painful to behold, with Nadal recovering to win that game and then sending the 26-year-old Argentine to the sort of dark place on Chatrier that so any of the Spaniard’s victims must have felt in the past as Bagnis got pummelled 6-3 6-0 6-3 in one hour 44 minutes.


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Raonic Continues Flawless Progress; Nishikori Battles Through

Eighth seed Milos Raonic continued his flawless progress at Roland Garros as he advanced to the fourth round with a 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Slovakian lucky loser Andrej Martin on Friday.

Fifth seed Kei Nishikori battled past Fernando Verdasco, edging the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros for the second time. The Japanese star improved to 13-5 in five-set matches and 92-26 overall in decisive sets, which is the best differential in the Open Era (minimum 16 matches).

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Rafael Nadal pulls out of French Open with wrist injury

Nine-time winner Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the French Open because of a wrist injury.

The Spaniard had progressed to the third round with a straight-sets win over Facundo Bagnis on Thursday - his 200th Grand Slam victory.

"Yesterday I played with an injection," the 29-year-old told a news conference on Friday.

"Yesterday evening I started to feel more and more pain and today I felt I could not move my wrist."

Read more http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/36401280

 

Gulbis advances as injured Tsonga retires in tears

A leg injury forced No.6 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to curtail his third round match against world No.80 Ernests Gulbis at 5-2 in the first set.

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MUGURUZA RETURNS TO ROLAND GARROS QFS

Garbiñe Muguruza swept into a third straight Roland Garros quarterfinal after outplaying 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova on Philippe Chatrier.

With each passing match this fortnight, Muguruza more resembles a major winner in waiting. Against Kuznetsova, she was magnificent, clubbing 37 winners to triumph, 6-3, 6-4.

Read more http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5608032/title/muguruza-returns-to-roland-garros-qfs

 

Wawrinka Moves Into Roland Garros QFs

Stan Wawrinka appears to be honing his game just in time for the latter stages of Roland Garros. The Swiss moved into the quarter-finals in Paris for the third time in four years on Sunday, bypassing SerbianViktor Troicki 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-2 in three hours on Philippe Chatrier Court.

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/wawrinka-troicki-roland-garros-2016-sunday

 

Rain washes out full day at Roland Garros as all matches cancelled

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Andy Murray outlasts Richard Gasquet to reach fourth semi at Roland Garros

Murray defeats Gasquet 5-7, 7-6, 6-0, 6-2

Read more http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2016/06/01/french-open-2016-andy-murray-v-richard-gasquet-live/

 

Sam Stosur sweeps through to semi-finals at Roland Garros

TSVETANA Pironkova is the latest fallen French Open rival to jump on Sam Stosur’s bandwagon after the Queenslander swept into the Roland Garros semi-finals.

Now only two wins from a second major, Stosur will face Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza for a place in Saturday’s decider.

And Pironkova, who was eclipsed 6-4 7-6 (8-6) by Stosur, believes the 2011 US Open champion can go all the way.

Read more http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/t...s/news-story/8050c528933ad9844bde92f889b65118

 

Wawrinka Into Roland Garros Semi-Finals

Stan Wawrinka, the defending Roland Garros champion, powered to a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(7) over unseededAlbert Ramos-Vinolas in quarter-final action on Wednesday. The 2015 champion is on track to defend hisRoland Garros crown and will face Andy Murray in his next match.

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Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray Will Meet in French Open Final

Here he is again on the red clay. For the fourth time in five years,Novak Djokovic is just one victory from completing his collection of Grand Slam singles trophies.

He put himself back in position to dream big with a complete and commanding 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory over the next-generation threat Dominic Thiem in the French Open semifinals Friday.

Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sports/tennis/french-open-djokovic-thiem-murray-wawrinka.html?_r=0

 

Lopez/Lopez Down Bryan/Bryan For Maiden Slam Title

Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez became the first all-Spanish team since Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez (1990) to win the Roland Garros doubles title after downing Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 on Saturday. It was Lopez/Lopez’s first Grand Slam title, while the Bryans were denied a record 17th crown.

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/bryans-face-lopez-lopez-in-roland-garros-2016-doubles-final

 

Williams falls to Muguruza in straight sets in final at Roland Garros

Garbine Muguruza grew up watching the Williams sisters win Grand Slam titles and transform the way women’s tennis was played.

Muguruza admired them. She loved the way the American siblings played. The way they competed. The way they carried themselves.

“I really like that they were very ambitious,” Muguruza said. “Every time they were playing, those girls, they really [wanted] to win. They’re very powerful. ... They intimidate the other people.”

Now, at age 22, Muguruza is a major champion herself, taking the French Open title away from Serena Williams with a 7-5, 6-4 victory in the final Saturday at Roland Garros.


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Djokovic Outlasts Murray For Historic Roland Garros Crown

Novak Djokovic has cemented his place in Grand Slam lore, rallying past rival Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 for a historic Roland Garros title on Sunday.

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