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Not making final in the past tough to deal with : Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who reached her first Grand Slam final in 52th attempt after she beat Tamara Zidansek 7-5, 6-3 in the French Open semi-finals, said she found it tough to deal with repeated failures to make the summit clash in the…
I am just going to have fun in the final: Barbora Krejcikova
Unseeded Czech player Barbora Krejcikova, who has entered the final of French Open, said she kept urging herself to fight in a three-hour-and-18-minute battle that saw her beat No.17 seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in the semi-finals on…
Does not get bigger than that: Djokovic on semis clash with Nadal
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who set up a clash with Rafael Nadal after his win over Matteo Berrettini, said he was under pressure throughout the quarter-final that he won in fourth set to enter a Grand Slam singles semi-final for the 40th…
Djokovic overcomes Berrettini to set up semis clash with Nadal
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic set up a semi-final clash with old rival Rafael Nadal after he defeated big-hitting Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in a three-hour-28-minute quarter-final here at the Roland Garros late on Wednesday…
Never wanted to be labelled a doubles specialist : Barbora Krejcikova
Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, who made her maiden entry into the French Open singles semi-finals after overcoming American Coco Gauff, said on Wednesday she never wanted to be labelled a doubles specialist.But the tag has unwittingly…
French Open: Rafael Nadal enters semis with thumping win over Schwartzman
Thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain entered his 14th French Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Argentina's 10th seed Diego Schwartzman in two hours and 45 minutes here on Wednesday.World No.3 Nadal, who is bidding…
I was as getting impatient as success eluded me : Maria Sakkari
World No.18 Greek Maria Sakkari, who made it to her first-ever Grand Slam singles semi-final said on Wednesday that she was getting "impatient" with not being able to break into a Grand Slam semi-final.But now that the milestone had been…
Stefanos Tsitsipas shatters Medvedev’s world No. 1 dream, enters semis
Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, to enter semi-finals of the French Open here in a late match on Tuesday.This was Greek Tsitsipas's only second win over the Russian…
After initial hiccups, Alexander Zverev enters maiden French Open semis
World No.6 Alexander Zverev brushed aside the challenge of Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 to secure a spot in the French Open semi-finals for the first time here on Tuesday.Zverev will take on the winner of the…
Anastasia sets up French Open semi-final clash against Tamara
Russian 29-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally made it to a Grand Slam semi-final, on her sixth attempt, outlasting Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 6-7(2), 6-2, 9-7 in a French Open quarter-final match on Tuesday.Anastasia, who had made…