French Open: Saina Nehwal knocked out in quarterfinals
Other Sports | October 25, 2019 19:26 ISTSaina Nehwal faced a defeat to Korea's An Se-young in the quarterfinals of the French Open.
Saina Nehwal faced a defeat to Korea's An Se-young in the quarterfinals of the French Open.
Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the quarterfinals of the French Open with a straight win over Denmark's Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt.
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap faced defeats in the first round of the French Open.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion had featured in the French Open after a gap of three years and went down to Rafael Nadal in the semis.
Rafael Nadal's 12th French Open title strengthens his position in his bid to end the year as No. 1 for the fifth time, after 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2017.
For the first time in eight years, the four men seeded 1-4 all reached the semifinals at Roland Garros. The matchups are No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 3 Roger Federer, followed by No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 4 Dominic Thiem.
Five times just two points from defeat in a swirling wind, Osaka held it together enough to overcome all of those miscues and stretch her winning streak at majors to 15 matches by beating Schmiedlova.
Roger Federer returns to the French Open for the first time since 2015. He missed the 2016 tournament because of back issues, ending his record streak of 65 consecutive appearances at major tournaments.
Asked who would end up winning most number of titles in men's singles, Sanchez said it is difficult for her to pick one because Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are great players and equally competent.
Sharapova, who won the French title in 2012 and 2014, returned to the tour in April 2017 after serving a 15-month ban for taking the banned drug meldonium.
The 26-year-old Gibbs wrote on Twitter that the procedure is scheduled for Friday and her goal is to return for Wimbledon qualifying in late June.
Third seed Sindhu looked a pale shadow of herself as she lost 13-21, 16-21 in 40 minutes against seventh seed He Bingjiao of China.
Srikanth showed great determination to outwit Korea's world No 25 Lee Dong Keun 12-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a second-round clash that clocked an hour and 13 minutes.
By virtue of this win, Sindhu has managed to break her hat-trick of losses against the American and equalled the head-to-head record at 3-3.
Hamilton trails Vettel by one point at the top of the standings heading into Sunday's race at the Paul Ricard Circuit.
After winning a record-extending 11th French Open title earlier this month, the Spaniard withdrew from the Queen's Club Championships, a key Wimbledon tune-up played in London from June 18 to June 24.
Halep has not played since beating Sloane Stephens for the Roland Garros title earlier this month.
After playing 27 matches on clay the past two months, the 32-year-old Spaniard feels he needs time to recover.
Federer or Nadal have won each of the past six major tournaments, equalling their second-longest stretch of dual dominance, their other six-slam streak came way back in 2008-09.
Prajnesh, who could have played at the French Open as 'lucky loser' but missed out since he had confirmed participation in an event in Italy, is satisfied at his progress.
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