Paris: Someday, maybe soon, a fourth-round exit at a Grand Slam won't feel like such a big success to Sloane Stephens. The unseeded American teenager's best run at a Major came to an end in the fourth round of the French Open on Sunday with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to US Open champion Sam Stosur. Despite the loss, she leaves Paris with the arrow on her career pointed in an...
08:37 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Paris: Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of the French Open fourth round on Sunday and could now lose her world number one ranking, while Novak Djokovic narrowly avoided following her to the exit. Belarussian Azarenka was beaten 6-2, 7-6 by Slovakian 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova and must wait to see if Russian Maria Sharapova will claim the top spot. Sharapova, who meets unseeded Czech Klara Zakopalova in the last-16 on...
11:46 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: "Lucky loser" David Goffin of Belgium got an up-close look at his idol Roger Federer " and even took a set off him " before the 16-time Grand Slam champion won their fourth-round match at the French Open. The third-seeded Federer reached the quarter-finals at a record 32nd consecutive major tournament by coming back to beat the 109th-ranked Goffin 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Sunday. Playing...
10:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza on Sunday advanced to the quarter-finals of the French Open mixed doubles event after notching up a straight-set victory in the second round of the grand slam event. The seventh seed Indian pair defeated their unseeded opponents from France, Virginie Razzano and Nicolas Devilder, 7-6 6-3 in a contest lasting an hour and 20 minutes. They will now be facing the winner of the...
10:47 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Novak Djokovic completed a remarkable escape act to move into the quarter-finals of the French Open, hauling himself back from two sets down to beat unfancied Italian Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday. The world number one had looked down and out as he racked up a catalogue of unforced errors under a leaden Parisian sky to fall towards the precipice of an early exit. A...
09:25 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Victoria Azarenka did damage to her racket but failed to have much of an impact on her opponent. The No. 1 seed at the French Open fell 6-2, 7-6 (4) to 15th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova on a windy, gray day at Roland Garros where the world's top-ranked player hardly looked the part. Azarenka, who won the Australian Open to start the 2012 Grand Slam season, pulled out a first game...
07:19 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Caroline Wozniacki made no apologies for her behavior on court at the French Open, even calling the officiating a "disgrace" after losing in the third round. Russian player Mikhail Youzhny did take the time to express his regret to the fans at his match. The ninth-seeded Wozniacki, still searching for her first Grand Slam title, argued several line calls in a 6-1, 6-7 (3) 6-3 loss to No. 23...
06:33 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Caroline Wozniacki has knocked out of the French Open in the third round on Saturday, losing to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-1, 6-7 (3) 6-3. The former top-ranked Dane argued several line calls while playing against Kanepi, including a ball that was judged to have hit the baseline early in the second set, and called the officiating a "disgrace" after the match. "It's a disgrace that mistakes like this...
05:59 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Italy's Sara Errani won the first eight games and the last four on Sunday to oust 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova from the French Open, 6-0, 7-5. Errani, seeded 21st, made her second straight Grand Slam quarter-final, where she'll face 10th-seeded Angelique Kerber, a 6-3, 7-5 winner over Petra Martic. On a blustery day at Roland Garros, the 26th-seeded Kuznetsova committed 14 unforced errors to only four by Errani during...
05:53 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Leander Paes had mixed luck in the French Open tennis on Saturday. While the top Indian doubles player and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina easily won through to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles, he and Austrian Alexander Peya lost the men's double second round. Paes and Vesnina, seeded fifth, beat French pair Mathilde Johansson and Marc Gicquel 6-2, 6-0, while seventh-seeded Paes and Peya were beaten in the...
08:11 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal won yet another match at the French Open, improving his record at the clay-court tournament to 48-1. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the third round. Nadal has lost only 17 games in nine sets at this year's tournament. Nadal has won the French Open title six times, and one more will break the record he shares with Bjorn...
12:00 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: It was business as usual as Maria Sharapova breezed into the fourth round of the French Open by sweeping past Chinese Peng Shuai 6-2 6-1 on Saturday. Sharapova's outings have been fleeting this week as she has dropped just five games en route to the last 16, spending a total of two hours and 54 minutes on court over her three matches. On Saturday, it took her 66 minutes...
10:08 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain reached the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Saturday over Colombia's Santiago Giraldo. Murray, who complained of a bad back in his second-round win over Jarkko Nieminen, showed no ill effects in the third round " a 2 hour, 2 minute win in which he never lost his serve and faced break point only once. Murray, trying...
08:49 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Defending champion Li Na needed three sets to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Li, who last year became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, held on to beat Christina McHale of the United States 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Li committed 44 unforced errors in the match, 20 more than her unseeded opponent. The last woman to successfully defend...
07:25 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Unseeded Varvara Lepchenko of the United States beat 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 in the third round at Roland Garros on Saturday. The 63rd-ranked Lepchenko never had made it beyond the second round at any Grand Slam tournament. But she came back to eliminate Schiavone, who was the runner-up at last year's French Open. Lepchenko joins Sloane Stephens, who won Friday, to give...
06:30 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Mikhail Youzhny was having such a bad day in the third round of the French Open that he felt the need to apologise, right on court during the match. The 27th-seeded Russian scraped "SORRI" into the clay with his right foot in the middle of his 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 6 David Ferrer on Saturday. "There was a lot of people. That's why I write 'sorry.' Because...
05:23 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: India's nightmare at the French Open continued with Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Alexander Peya being dumped out of the men's doubles second round by Mikhail Elgin of Russia and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan here on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Paes-Peya pair after a tight first set, lost in an hour and 11 minutes, 4-6, 1-6. The Indo-Austrian pair were knocked out despite making zero double faults or unforced...
04:09 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Paris: Serena Williams' French Open is over after a first-round loss in the mixed doubles to go with her quick exit in singles. Playing together for the first time, Williams and Bob Bryan were beaten 7-5, 3-6, 10-6 by Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina at Roland Garros on Friday. Williams was upset by 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano in singles on Tuesday, the American's only first-round loss in 47 Grand...
08:39 AM, Jun 02, 2012
