No.7 seed Ons Jabeur advanced to her first Roland Garros quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Bernarda Pera in 63 minutes. Against Pera, who was playing the fourth round of a major for the first time, Jabeur broke serve in all eight of her return games and improved to 2-1 overall against the American. …
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PARIS — Tennis can be a lonely sport. Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova has been grinding away on the circuit for more than 10 years. Her ranking rose to a career-high No.26 in 2015. She has battled through injuries, surgery and dips in form to build a career as a traveling pro. Her career highlights — …
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PARIS — No.7 Ons Jabeur came back from a set down to defeat Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and advance to the Round of 16 at Roland Garros. The French Open remains the only Slam where she has yet to make it past the Round of 16, having fallen at that stage in …
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PARIS — Former World No.3 Elina Svitolina continued her remarkable run through Roland Garros, defeating No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 7-5(5) to advance to the quarterfinals. The victory put the 28-year-old Ukrainian into her first Slam quarterfinal in just her fifth tour-level event since her return from maternity leave. French Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw | Preview After giving …
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came from a set and break down to defeat No.28 seed Elise Mertens 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 in 3 hours and 9 minutes to reach the last eight of Roland Garros. The match was the second-longest of the women’s singles tournament so far. The result puts Pavlyuchenkova, the 2021 runner-up, into her eighth career …
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came from a set and break down to defeat No.28 seed Elise Mertens 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 in 3 hours and 9 minutes to reach the last eight of Roland Garros. The match was the second-longest of the women’s singles tournament so far. The result puts Pavlyuchenkova, the 2021 runner-up, into her eighth career …
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Mirra Andreeva’s dream summer continued as the 16-year-old qualifier defeated wild card Diane Parry 6-1, 6-2 in 77 minutes to reach the third round of Roland Garros. The No.143-ranked teenager is the youngest player to reach the third round here since a 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva made the 2005 quarterfinals and the seventh player in the …
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PARIS — Sara Sorribes Tormo has carved out a reputation as a tenacious marathon player. Two years ago, the 26-year-old from Valencia was featured in three of the 10 longest matches of the year. She was also involved in two of the top five lengthiest matches last year. Ultimately, her body relented. She cracked her …
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PARIS — American qualifier Kayla Day advanced to the third round at a Grand Slam on Thursday for the first time in her career with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win against No.20 Madison Keys at the French Open. Here are a few things to know for the 23-year-old California, who’s had a tough journey to …
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No.4 seed Elena Rybakina booked her place in the Roland Garros third round for a third straight year, defeating Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour and 26 minutes. The result was Rybakina’s eighth straight victory following her first WTA 1000 clay-court title in Rome two weeks ago. The reigning Wimbledon champion extended her overall …
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