Fourth seed Casper Ruud coasted into the French Open second round with a 6-4 6-3 6-2 victory over Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer on Tuesday to kick off his bid for a second straight final in Paris. Ymer was no match for the baseline power of the Norwegian world number four, who lost in the 2022 final to Rafael Nadal, an …
Italian prospect Jannik Sinner charged into the French Open fourth round with a 6-1 7-5 6-3 victory over Sweden's Mikael Ymer on Saturday to set up a clash with claycourt king Rafael Nadal. After Nadal comfortably beat Britain's Cameron Norrie in straight sets on Saturday, he will face Sinner for the second year in a row at Roland Garros after …
A quick look at the French Open: LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY At last years French Open, Mackenzie McDonald tore his hamstring tendon three games into a first-round doubles match, requiring surgery that left what he called a massive scar and making it so the 2016 NCAA champion in singles and doubles for UCLA was unable to walk for about two months. …
Novak Djokovic got his quest for an 18th Grand Slam title back on track as he commenced his French Open campaign with a drama-free 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer on Tuesday. Little over three weeks since Djokovic was defaulted in the U.S. Open fourth round for hitting a line judge with a ball, the Serb seemed cool as …
Second seed Karolina Pliskova was made to work hard for the win by Mayar Sherif but the Czech’s greater experience eventually told as she recovered from a set down to progress 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. Paris: Novak Djokovic was likened to a snake devouring its prey Tuesday as his bid to become the first man in half a century to win …