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Would rather be in Nadal, Djokovic’s shoes now: Federer
Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer conceded after his French Open third-round win that he would prefer to be in world No. 1 Novak Djokovic or world No. 3 Rafael Nadal's shoes right now where they are playing really well and winning their…
Federer books pre-quarterfinal berth, to take on Berrettini
Former World No. 1, Switzerland's Roger Federer came through a nerve-wracking third-round match against 27-year-old German Dominik Koepfer 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 7-5 to seal a spot in the French Open pre-quarterfinals. In the late-evening…
French Open: 2019 finalist Vondrousova reaches 4th round
Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic, who reached the 2019 French Open final, defeated Polona Hercog in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, to enter fourth round of French Open late on Friday even as seeded players continued to fall at Roland…
French Open: Defending champion Iga Swiatek advances to 3rd round
On a day when women's section of French Open tennis was highlighted by pullout of Ashleigh Barty, defending champion Iga Swiatek and fourth-seeded Sofia Kenin resumed normal course by winning their second round matches to cruise into third…
French Open: Rafael Nadal thrashes Gasquet for 17th time, enters 3rd round
Rafael Nadal defeated Richard Gasquet 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 on his 35th birthday to reach third round of French Open here late on Thursday.The world No. 3, playing his first night match at the Roland Garros, took his head-to-head to 17-0 against…
French Open: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upsets 3rd seed Aryna, enters pre-quarters
World No.32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia on Friday upset No.3 seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the French Open for the second time.Aryna was the highest-ranked seed remaining in the…
French Open: Petra Kvitova saves match point to stay afloat
No.11 seed Petra Kvitova played some of her best tennis as she saved a match point in a first-round French Open match against Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen, and won 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-1 to stay afloat on Sunday.Had the Czech player lost it…
French Open: Spaniard Pablo Andujar rallies to upset 4th seed Dominic Thiem
Spaniard Pablo Andujar made a remarkable recovery from being two sets down, for the first time in his career, to beat a top-5 player when he shocked fourth seed Austrian Dominic Thiem 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the first-round of French…
Ankita Raina advances to 2nd round of French Open qualifiers
India's ace woman tennis player Ankita Raina defeated Australian Arina Rodionova 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in first round of French Open qualifiers and will face Greet Minnen of Belgium in second round on Wednesday.Ankita lost the first set but came…
Sanofi-GSK Covid vax shows strong immune responses in Phase 2 trial
A Covid-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giants Sanofi and Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) has shown strong rates of neutralising antibody responses against the infectious Coronavirus disease in the Phase-II trial.The Phase-II trial, which…