"The problem is myself. I don't think I'm doing well on the court," the Chinese world No. 2 said. "And also, even during the match, I don't think totally what I should do, like especially I didn't follow the game plan...In my mind, I didn't have any idea how to play the match...I gave it away."...
There are no “gimmes” on the road to the Top 100 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and it’s been a lesson learned for Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur this season on the ATP World Tour. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan opened their Roland Garros title defence with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Germans Martin Emmrich and Christopher Kas. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Marinko Matosevic had the celebration of the day....
As we say here, trouble never comes alone! Caroline Wozniacki knew that all eyes would be on her today, to check how her shockingly sudden and embarrassing recent end of engagement to golfer Rory McIlory would affect her in her first match since the cold feet situation and the outcome is just deepening the despair - the Dane lost […] The post When it rains it pours! Wozniacki out of Roland Garros...
PARIS—It takes a lot to make Grigor Dimitrov, the muscular, 23-year-old heartthrob who owns a backhand as powerful and shiny as a red Ferrari, look like a mere schoolboy in short pants. But then there’s a lot of 6’11” Ivo Karlovic—especially if you factor in the experience this 35-year-old has accumulated while raining down fire on all comers through over a decade-and-a-half on the pro tour. Today...
Reigning Australian Open champion and the 2011 Roland Garros champion Li Na suffered an upset in the first round of this year’s edition of the French Open, losing to world No.103 Kristina Mladenovic of France. Since men’s reigning Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka also lost in the first round of the ongoing claycourt Grand Slam, we’re […] The post Mladenovic shocks Li in the first round...
“But, you know, first match always tough. Doesn't matter how many tournament you play already, but first match always be there, because tension is different. Always tough to pass the first round.” —Li Na, seeded No. 2 in the French Open, after her first-round loss to France’s Kristina Mladenovic. PARIS—For the first time ever, both singles champions from the previous major lost in the first round...
Seventh seed Andy Murray started his quest for a first clay-court title on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Andrey Golubev at Roland Garros. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Thirteen may be considered unlucky for some, but it turned out to Marinko Matosevic’s lucky number. On Tuesday at Roland Garros, the 28-year-old Australian finally claimed his first match win at a Grand Slam event after going 0-12 in his previous attempts [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Michael Llodra played his final singles match at Roland Garros, where he has competed for 15 straight years, beaten by No. 24 seed Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in his first-round match Tuesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Just three days after contesting his first clay-court final for seven years, Ivo Karlovic has caused a big upset at Roland Garros. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who are currently No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings with a 1-4 record in title matches this year, suffered a first-round exit at Roland Garros on Tuesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
Kevin Anderson has won two ATP World Tour titles from eight finals and spoke to ATPWorldTour.com recently about how he gets the most from his body and physique on tour. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] ...
When a match is taking place, Novak Djokovic is far from a sweet soul. He's the type of champion that wants to beat you, and beat you bad, and when he's between those lines it seems he's as unrelenting as anyone in the game. But the moment he turns off the professional tennis mentality, the guy is just downright fun. He's been known to do incredible impersonation of just about everyone past or present...
It was an epic first-round match between Facundo Bagnis and Julien Benneteau, with the pair combining to tie the longest fifth set in terms of games ever at the French Open. Bagnis, a qualifier, ended up winning, 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 3-6, 18-16, with the final set taking 2 hours and 24 minutes to complete (the entire match went 4 hours and 27 minutes). Bagnis' reaction after the win was worth the price...
One of the most important rules a journalist learns early on in his or her career is not to root from the press box. It's a simple rule, and one that people have found out the hard way about over the years, but if there is one more rule, it might be if you're going to ask a question after a game or match, you should at least know who won. That didn't happen on Monday at the French Open, when Nicolas...
Heavy rain stopped first-round action at the French Open on Monday, the second day of the grand slam tournament. ...
The days when Maria Sharapova was struggling through the early rounds at Roland Garros are long gone as the Russian, who once described herself as a 'cow on ice' on clay, has matured into a feared competitor on the slow surface. ...
Novak Djokovic played through some rain and some rain delays Monday before reaching the second round at the French Open. ...