French Open: Bopanna and Vasselin reach men's doubles quarters
Tennis | June 02, 2018 20:55 ISTIt's the third time that Bopanna has reached quarterfinal stage at Roland Garros. He made it to the last-eight pairs in 2011 and 2016 also.
It's the third time that Bopanna has reached quarterfinal stage at Roland Garros. He made it to the last-eight pairs in 2011 and 2016 also.
Sharapova has won two of her five Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and is now into the fourth round for the 12th time in 14 appearances at the clay-court major.
After acing her studies enough to earn a Ph.D., Mihaela Buzarnescu is back to acing opponents — all the way into the fourth round of the French Open.
Despite having never played a five-set match at Roland Garros before this year, Zverev has shown mettle and a cool head to win two of them back-to-back.
In the round of 32, which lasted around an hour and 17 minutes, the Indian pair were outplayed in straight sets 5-7, 3-6.
Sharapova is playing in the clay-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2015, though, and she advanced Wednesday by beating 50th-ranked Donna Vekic of Croatia 7-5, 6-4 to improve to 13-0 in the second round.
Top-ranked Simona Halep, third-seeded Garbine Muguruza and two-time champion Maria Sharapova all powered into the French Open's third round with straight-set victories on Thursday.
Djokovic, currently ranked 22 in the world, will now face 13th seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the Round of 32, scheduled to be played on Friday.
Bopanna and his French partner Roger-Vasselin began their Roland Garros campaign with a comfortable win over the American team of Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe.
Competing as a mom for the first time at a major, and only about nine months since giving birth to her daughter, Williams beat 70th-ranked Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (4), 6-4 at Roland Garros.
Rohan Bopanna began his men's doubles campaign with an easy win along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin in Paris on Tuesday.
Nadal improved his Paris record to 80-2 with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (9) rain-interrupted win completed over two days on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Argentine Trungelliti, returned home to Barcelona after losing in qualifying last week but made the dash to the French capital when Australian Nick Kyrgios pulled out of his tie against Bernard Tomic with an elbow injury.
Returning to the place where he claimed the second of his three Grand Slam titles did not help Wawrinka shake off his poor form.
The top-ranked Spaniard faces Simone Bolelli of Italy on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Despite an inconsistent clay-court season so far from Muguruza, the two-time Grand Slam champion from Spain is among the top contenders at Roland Garros.
For the second year in a row, Federer opted to quit the entire clay season, where Nadal is always the favorite, to focus on grass court-play.
The American sisters were handed a wild-card entry on Thursday into the tournament which they won together in 1999 and in 2010.
Serena Williams resumes her comeback after maternity leave following two consecutive losses in March.
Simona Halep needs to reach the semifinals in Paris to have a chance of keeping her top spot in the rankings.
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