French Open 2020 | Petra Kvitova reaches 1st quarterfinal at Roland Garros since 2012
Tennis | October 05, 2020 17:08 ISTThe seventh-seeded Czech player lost her only semifinal match at Roland Garros in 2012.
The seventh-seeded Czech player lost her only semifinal match at Roland Garros in 2012.
Sebastian Korda, the 20-year-old American qualifier who lost to Rafael Nadal by the above scoreline in the French Open’s fourth round Sunday, still was beaming afterward.
Pulling the No. 6 seed this way and that with his precision groundstrokes, the 75th-ranked Sinner is the first debutant to reach the men's quarterfinals since Rafael Nadal, who'll be his next opponent.
A young generation is making its mark at this French Open pushed back by the coronavirus from its usual May-June spot, especially in the women's draw.
Against a player who loves him so much that he named his cat after him, Nadal showed no mercy with Sebastian Korda, seeing off the 20-year-old qualifier with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 thumping on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the 14th time.
Playing in her first French Open and only her second Grand Slam tournament, Trevisan's reward for ousting her Dutch opponent is a quarterfinal against Polish teenager Iga Swiatek
Swiatek, the only teenager who reached the fourth round, avenged a crushing defeat by Halep at the same stage last year. The Romanian won that match 6-1, 6-0, in just 45 minutes.
The 18th-seeded Dimitrov was ahead 6-1, 6-3 when Carballes Baena stopped.
Tsitsipas was dominating the match. He had more than twice as many winners as Bedene, 28-13, and about a third as many unforced errors.
Sofia Kenin blows past Romanian qualifier Irina Bara 6-2, 6-0 in 72 minutes; Zhang Shuai becomes China's first player to get so far in French Open since Li Na in 2012.
Daniel Altmaier, Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner made it to the last-16 in their French Open debut. That many men haven’t gone that far on their debuts at Roland Garros since four debutants made the last 16 in 1994.
The 34-year-old Anderson still hopes to win a Grand Slam having lost finals to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 and to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2018.
Nadal, who is seeking a 20th Grand Slam title to equal Roger Federer's record, on Friday defeated Travaglia 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 to register his 96th victory at Roland Garros.
French Open: Caroline Garcia comes back from a terrible first set and gets a very good top 20 win over Elise Mertens 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the last 16.
Top-seeded Halep extended her winning streak to a career-best 17 matches as she seeks a third Grand Slam title.
Dominic Thiem outperforms Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round under the new roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Swiatek advances with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard; third seed Svitolina defeats Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 7-5
Simona Halep and Amanda Anisimova will play each other at Court Philippe Chatrier in a third-round rematch of their French Open quarterfinal of a year ago. Anisimova, then just 17, won that one to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.
The unseeded Sharan and Kwon Soon-woo lost 2-6 6-4 4-6 to the 16th seeded Croatian-American pair of Franko Skugor and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.
The No. 2-seeded Spaniard is looking to win his record-extending 13th French Open title and equal Roger Federer’s men’s record of 20 major titles overall.
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