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Kyrgios has not played at All England Club since losing 2022 final
Ongoing knee problem rules him out of this year’s grand slam in London
Nick Kyrgios’s Wimbledon absence will stretch into a third year after the Australian tennis maverick suffered a fresh injury setback.
Kyrgios has not played at Wimbledon since losing the 2022 final to Novak Djokovic, after a combination of knee, foot and wrist injuries.
Continue reading...Alcaraz continues title defense with straight-sets win
Second set: *Paul 0-6, 0-1 Alcaraz (*denotes next server)
Signs of life for Paul, who grabs two points off Alcaraz’s serve for love-30. But Alcaraz rattles off four straight from there to escape with the hold.
Continue reading...French wildcard stuns third seed in three sets
Gauff and Andreeva also through to quarter-finals
The French wildcard Lois Boisson defeated the third seed Jessica Pegula to reach the French Open quarter-finals and send shock waves around Roland Garros. The 22-year-old, ranked No 361 in the world, stunned the American 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to the delight of the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd.
Boisson’s only real claim to fame before the tournament this year was when Britain’s Harriet Dart complained to an umpire about her, saying “tell her to wear deodorant”.
Continue reading...World No 6 eases to 6-3, 7-5 win in 94 minutes at Roland Garros
Former Russian’s first grand slam as Australian ends in fourth-round loss
Daria Kasatkina’s first grand slam as an Australian is over, ended at the French Open by her teenage phenomenon friend Mirra Andreeva.
Two months since being granted permanent residency, Kasatkina’s hopes of becoming the first Australian woman to reach the quarter-finals since Ash Barty’s triumphant year of 2019 finally unravelled 6-3 7-5 at the hands of the exceptional Russian-born 18-year-old.
Continue reading...Spaniard gives up point after admitting to infraction
American men make quarter-finals for first time since 2003
Carlos Alcaraz called himself out for breaking the rules at the French Open and conceded a point during his fourth-round victory over Ben Shelton on Sunday.
Early in the second set, Shelton whipped a passing shot well out of Alcaraz’s reach. The Spaniard flung his racket and, as it flipped through the air, the strings somehow not only made contact with the ball but sent it back over the net.
Initially, the defending champion was awarded the point. But he told the chair umpire that he had broken the rules because he wasn’t holding his racket when it touched the ball. The point went to Shelton, and the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd gave Alcaraz a round of applause.
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Ach, Paolini breaks again – that’s loose from Svitolina, and she’ll be raging at her behaviour. At 4-2, it’ll take some work to get back into the set and, as I type, another gorgeous drop underlines the point. Paolini has the greater variety of shots, but Svitolina is canny, meeting aggression with aggression. We’re now at 30-all while, in the other match, it’s 2-2 and already a slog. Lovely stuff!
Yes she can! She’s worked her way into this match, stepping into court and looking to attack, no “rally balls”, to borrow Chrissie’s expression. A fantastic return, inside-out on the forehand, makes 15-40, and a long forehand means we’re back on serve at 3-2 Paolini.
Continue reading...American eases to 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win in under two hours
Popyrin plagued by unforced errors in dispiriting loss
Alexei Popyrin could find no way through the American iron man Tommy Paul as the Australian men’s challenge at the French Open petered out tamely.
Popyrin, the Australian men’s No 2, never looked like grasping the opportunity to earn his first grand slam quarter-final date. He succumbed 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on a sun-soaked Court Suzanne Lenglen in a bloodless fourth-round clash on Sunday.
Continue reading...The middle Saturday saw the world No 1 in awesome form, as was the British No 1 in beating the teenage Brazilian
Make that 3-0. Sinner wants to get this one done, and perhaps get himself settled before the Champions League final later. He lands three break points for 4-0. And takes the second one.
Sinner, rangy and usually implacable, is already 2-0 up on Lehecka, who has never previously taken a set off him. This is awesome stuff, and already.
Continue reading...Sydneysider wins tough contest 6-4 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-5)
No 25 seed is the last Australian man left at Roland Garros
Alexei Popyrin has ensured there was no hangover from Alex de Minaur’s early exit as he got hot on a baking Paris day to reach the last-16 of the French Open with a touch of swagger and a sprinkling of good old-fashioned Aussie grit.
The country’s No 2 player isn’t now just the last man standing in the draw but the last man positively thriving as he downed quality Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-4 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-5) in the Court 14 furnace at Roland Garros to reach the last-16 on Friday.
Alexei Popyrin is through to the last 16 for the first time in Paris!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/JgfPLfu2aO
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Sabalenka in awesome form, 4-0 up, and Danilovic is in imminent danger of being bagelled.
Zheng hasn’t found it as easy in the second set, she serving to go 5-3 up but the Canadian is dragging her heels. Navone eventually took that first set off Musetti and he celebrated by grabbing a break in the opening game of the second set.
Continue reading...Gauff: Women deserve French Open night session slots
No women’s matches yet in Roland Garros prime time
22 Americans through to second round, most since 1994
Coco Gauff insists that women’s matches deserve to be given the night sessions at the French Open.
The world No 2 said she agreed with fellow WTA star Ons Jabeur, who reopened the debate earlier this week.
Continue reading...The Australian gave up a two-set lead in Paris sunshine
Maverick Kazakh fought back for 2-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 win
The sun came out in Paris and the gloom descended for Alex de Minaur as his French Open bid was poleaxed by a superlative comeback from the mad, marvellous maverick Alexander Bublik.
So used to playing in damp and dreary conditions at Roland Garros, Australia’s great hope looked energised by the lovely Roland Garros weather on Thursday as he swept into a two-set lead, looking just too fast, too focused and too professional for his eccentric Kazakh opponent.
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I can’t lie, I’d like further detail on the Roland-Garros tattoo parlour. How busy is it? Who’s been? What kind of thing are people getting? Any spider webs on faces or tears beneath eyes?
Krueger is playing nicely. Andreeva forces her through deuce in order to endorse, but she get there in the end; they’re both smacking it, but it’s the American whose radar is working better so far and she leads 2-0.
Continue reading...Australian beats Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 7-5 6-3 6-4
Ajla Tomljanovic goes down to No 4 seed Jasmine Paolini
Alexei Popyrin has broken more fresh ground in his soaring career as he brightened up a gloomy day in Paris by reaching the third round of the French Open for the first time.
But while the 25th seed was battling his way past Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 7-5 6-3 6-4 on a drizzle-splattered outside court, Ajla Tomljanovic’s big date under the roof of Court Phillippe Chatrier turned into a bit of a damp squib as she succumbed 6-3 6-3 to 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini.
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