It was almost too much to bear. Maria Sakkari had battled back brilliantly from a set down against Barbora Krejcikova. She had missed a match point at 5-3, saved three …
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova saw off Tamara Zidansek in straight sets at Roland Garros to reach her first grand slam final
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Diego Schwartzman had been toiling under the burning Parisian sun for a minute shy of two and a half hours when it happened. The Argentine had given everything against Rafael …
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In a tournament of shocks, it was the most momentous of all. Iga Swiatek, who arrived in Paris as the defending champion and advanced relentlessly to the quarter-finals, keeping her …
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It was billed as a clash of mighty opposites. The gangly awkwardness of Daniil Medvedev, with his wiry frame, unconventional style and lack of clay-court pedigree, against the natural elegance …
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Tamara Zidansek survived a soul-baring drama of crippling nerves, extraordinary courage and wild fluctuations of form and fortune to reach her first grand slam semi-final with a 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 …
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Iga Swatek is not given to elaborate displays of emotion, and she knows better than anyone that much remains to be done if she is to mount a successful defence …
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Novak Djokovic needed all his experience to see off Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti after trailing by two sets to love in Paris
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When Serena Williams made her Roland Garros debut in 1998, Elena Rybakina had not yet been born. What the 21-year-old from Kazakhstan lacks in experience, however, she more than makes …
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When a player with the brisk gait of Stefanos Tsitsipas hits his stride, trouble inevitably follows. The Greek barely put a foot wrong against Pablo Carreño Busta, the 12th seed, …