Ankita Raina bows out of French Open qualifiers
September 24, 2020 17:23 ISTAnkita, India's top singles player, lost the second round contest 3-6, 2-6 in one hour and 21 minutes.
Ankita, India's top singles player, lost the second round contest 3-6, 2-6 in one hour and 21 minutes.
One of the greatest doubles players in the sport, Paes said after that defeat, he specifically practised for the singles competition.
Prajnesh, India's second-highest ranked singles player who got the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel in the opening round, lost 4-6 6-7(4) against Vukic to bow out of the event.
Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open and is sitting out the French Open, which starts its 15 days of main-draw action Sunday after being postponed in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The French tennis player retired from his opening-round match while trailing Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-0 on Wednesday, but it was unclear why.
This time, Halep and Djokovic each collected a winner’s check of about $240,000, but Djokovic got slightly more than she did.
Andreescu has joined Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty in the list of women's players who have pulled out of French Open 2020.
Indian tennis player Ankita Raina entered the second round of 2020 French Open qualifiers with a win over Jovana Jovic.
Sampras, who was ranked number one for the first time on April 12, 1993, spent a total of 11 stints in top spot, with his longest run of 102 weeks between April 15, 1996 and March 29, 1998.
Dropping only one set all week, Djokovic won his fifth Italian Open title on Monday after beating Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 in the final, and restored his confidence heading into Roland Garros, which starts in six days.
Halep, who lost the 2017 and 2018 Rome finals to Elina Svitolina, extended her record in tennis’ restart to 10-0.
Seeded 16th Sumit loses 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Germany's seasoned player Dustin Brown while Prajnesh gets the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel 6-3, 6-1.
Two players in the qualifying rounds for the French Open have tested positive for the coronavirus, the French Tennis Federation said late Sunday, while three others have been in close contact with a coach who also tested positive.
Exactly two weeks after he was defaulted from the U.S. Open, and a day after he was warned by the chair umpire for breaking his racket, Djokovic received an obscenity warning midway through a 7-5, 6-3 win over Casper Ruud
Muguruza struggled with her serve and double faulted on the final two points of the 2 hour, 16-minute match.
Nadal’s first tournament back ended with a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Diego Schwartzman while Djokovic earned a verbal warning for smashing his racquet through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Dominik Koepfer.
When Djokovic was broken at love to even the second set at 3-3, he slammed his racket to the red clay in anger.
The unseeded Indo-Canadian pair fought hard before going down 6-4 5-7 7-10 to Chardy-Martin pair in the tie-breaker late on Friday.
On Friday, Djokovic defeated his fellow Serb Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (7), 6-3 to enter the last eight of the tournament for the 14th straight year.
It would take Djokovic quite a bit more work before he finally closed out the first set in 1 hour, 28 minutes and went on to finish off a 7-6 (7), 6-3 victory for a spot in the Italian Open quarterfinals for the 14th straight year on Friday.
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