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Delpo Dominates Ramos-Vinolas, Sets Isner Clash

One year ago, Juan Martin del Potro fell in the third round at Roland Garros against No. 1 seed Andy Murray. The Argentine, then No. 30 in the ATP Rankings, was still working his way back from multiple wrist surgeries, so winning a couple matches in his first appearance on the terre battue since 2012 was a positive step. But one year later, things have changed in a massive way. Del Potro is the No. 5 seed in Paris, and on Saturday he cruised into the Round of 16 with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 victory against 2017 Monte-Carlo finalist Albert Ramos-Vinolas. "After the first set, I took the control of the game. I played [at a] high level most of...

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Anderson Moves Closer To Parisian Breakthrough

Kevin Anderson had been 0-10 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-finals before breaking through for his first semi-final in Madrid this year. Now, the South African has a chance to break another streak, but at Roland Garros. Anderson defeated German Mischa Zverev 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4) on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 in Paris. In the fourth round, against Argentine Diego Schwartzman, he will look to make the quarter-finals on the terre battue for the first time in four attempts (0-3). "Today was a tough match for me. I felt for a lot of the match I was in pretty good control. From a stats standpoint, I think I was able to win quite a few...

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