Already the owner of a major trophy from this year’s Australian Open, the No. 4-seeded Kenin moved into the title match in Paris by beating No. 7 Petra Kvitova 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday.
Polish teenager Iga Swiatek becomes the seventh unseeded player to reach the French Open final in the Open era after beating Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1.
Swiatek becomes the seventh unseeded player to reach the final in the Open era after beating Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1.
The seventh seed duo beats top-seeded Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the semis; will meet the eighth-seeded pair of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in final.
1,000 spectators will be allowed per day to comply with the current restrictions applicable in Paris amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the tournament organisers said in a statement on their official Twitter handle.
Novak Djokovic defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to make it to his 10th semi-final at the Roland Garros.
Swiatek and American partner Nicole Melichar beat the American pair of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last four of the doubles competition.
Kenin’s semifinal opponent will be two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. She has not dropped a set in her five matches at this year's tournament.
Kvitova normally dictates play with her big serve and forehand but she double-faulted multiple times when she was broken twice in the second set.
Rafael Nadal hasn't lost a set in the tournament and will take on Diego Schwartzman in the semifinal, against whom he holds a 9-1 head-to-head edge.
World No.1 says that he had a "very awkward deja vu" when he accidentally hit a ball at the head of a line judge at during his win over Karen Khachanov.
The 131st-ranked Argentine tossed her racket high into the air after beating third-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4.
Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) is an independent rating system where players' previous 30 eligible match-scores from the last 12 months are taken into account for their rating on a scale of 1-16.
ASB Classic tournament director Karl Budge announced the decision Tuesday, saying work on hosting the tennis tournaments had been well advanced but logistical and safety issues had taken precedence.
Carreño Busta was visited by a doctor after the second set but continued to play well and beat 186th-ranked qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 at Court Philippe Chatrier.
Whether the elder Kenin’s move, so noticeable in the sea of empty beige seats at Court Philippe Chatrier, actually influenced the outcome can’t be known with any certainty — the chair umpire did give a warning for coaching, which isn’t allowed during Grand Slam matches
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem can set up yet another French Open meeting with victories on Tuesday, only this time they would face each other in the semifinals instead of the final
The top-seeded Djokovic faced his toughest challenge yet this year at Roland Garros but still won rather easily against No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at Court Philippe Chatrier, taking the last four games.
Tsitsipas won 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-2 against No. 18-seeded Grigor Dimitrov and Rublev beat unseeded Marton Fucsovics 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
The seventh-seeded Czech player lost her only semifinal match at Roland Garros in 2012.
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