Tennis

Paris, June 2 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal on Saturday extended his dominance over local favourite Richard Gasquet, earning a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win in the French Open third round. The “King of Clay”…

Paris, June 2 (IANS) Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman on Saturday beat Croatia’s Borna Coric 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final 16 round of the French Open for the first time in his…

Paris, June 2 (IANS) Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza and Russia’s Maria Sharapova earned a place in the French Open round of 16 after winning their respective games on Saturday. Sharapova thrashed Czech Republic’s Karoline Pliskova 6-2,…

Paris, June 2 (IANS) Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza, world No. 3, on Saturday qualified for the French Open round of 16 for the fifth straight year, beating veteran Australian player Samantha Stosur 6-0, 6-2. The 2016…

Paris, June 1 (IANS) Germany’s Alexander Zverev lived up to his world No.3 billing with a come-from-behind 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(7-3), 7-5 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina’s world No. 29 Damir Dzumhur in a French…

Paris, June 1 (IANS) United States’ Madison Keys on Friday defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-1, 7-6(9-7) at the third round of Roland Garros, a grand slam tournament on clay court. Keys, the world No. 13,…

Paris, June 1 (IANS) Indias men’s doubles pair of Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan crashed out of the French Open, going down to second seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic here on Friday. In the…

Paris, May 31 (IANS) Russia’s Maria Sharapova on Thursday defeated Donna Vekic of Croatia 7-5, 6-4, to book a place in the third round of the French Open, the second Grand Slam event of the…

Paris, May 31 (IANS) Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem on Thursday overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the second round of the French Open with a score of 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Thiem and Tsitsipas…

Paris, May 31 (IANS) Croatia’s Marin Cilic on Thursday defeated German qualifier Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5 to book a place in the third round of the French Open, the second…

Paris, May 31 (IANS) Spain’s Garbine Muguruza on Thursday beat France’s Fiona Ferro 6-4, 6-3 at the second round of the French Open here. Muguruza, world No. 3, took an hour and 20 minutes to…

Paris, May 30 (IANS) Former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Wednesday won in the second round of the French Open with a 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Spain’s Jaume Munar. It took…

Paris, May 30 (IANS) Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova, eighth seed, advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday after beating Spain’s Lara Arruabarrena 6-0, 6-4. Kvitova knocked out her world No….

Paris, May 30 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Pablo Carre?o Busta, tenth-seeded, advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday after defeating Argentina’s Federico Delbonis 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4. In a…

Paris, May 30 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world No. 1, advanced to the second round of the French Open on Wednesday despite a spirited challenge from the United States’ Alison Riske 2-6, 6-1,…

Paris, May 29 (IANS) Croatian Marin Cilic, third-seeded, on Tuesday beat Australia’s James Duckworth 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) to advance to the second round of the French Open. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, blasted…

Paris, May 29 (IANS) Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza, third seeded, prevailed on Tuesday over Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 in the first round of the French Open, after the match was suspended for around half…

Paris, May 29 (IANS) Rafael Nadal was one set away from victory before rain interrupted his match against Italy’s Simone Bolelli in the men’s singles first round of the French Open. The same day witnessed…

Paris, May 28 (IANS) Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar on Monday beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 3-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in an epic first-round match at the French Open, a Grand Slam event…