FABIO FOGNINI continued the superhero theme of this year’s French Open as his outfit in the second round appeared to be inspired by comic book character Flash. Fognini, 31, beat Swedish 22-year-old Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 and will face British number one and 16th seed Kyle Edmund who beat Hungarian Marton Fuscovics. His choice […]
CAMERON NORRIE’S double fightback proved in vain as he went out of the French Open. Norrie had taken his match against No 15 seed Lucas Pouille into a second day after recovering from stomach pain and narrowing a two-set deficit the previous evening. The British No 3 came from a break behind and almost took […]
HEATHER WATSON served her way out of the French Open. The British No 2 held her serve just twice in a low-quality match as she lost 6-3 6-4 to Belgium’s Elise Mertens in the second round. Watson started awfully, setting the pattern of unforced errors and double faults. It would end up costing her dear […]
JARED DONALDSON pulled off two underarm serves – but it was Grigor Dimitrov who had his hands in the air at the end. US player Donaldson was cramping badly as the deciding set of their French Open second-round match went on and on. Serving at 6-7 40-30, he caught No 4 seed Dimitrov unawares with […]
KYLE EDMUND bashed himself in the leg but never looked like shooting himself in the foot. The British No 1 hit his left shin on the follow-through from a first-set ace as he launched his French Open bid with victory over Alex De Minaur. The Aussie, 19, threatened to inflict some pain on Edmund in a tight […]