Three of the Top 4 Americans in the ATP Rankings experienced mixed fortunes on Tuesday at Roland Garros. John Isner and Steve Johnson reached the second round, but Jack Sock wasn’t as fortunate. Isner was made to work hard in beating fellow American Noah Rubin in straight sets in a two-day encounter. Ninth seed Isner led 6-3, 7-6(7), having saved two set points at 5/6 and 6/7 in the second set tie-break, when rained suspended play on Monday night. But upon the resumption of play on Tuesday, World No. 173 Rubin fought just as hard. Rubin saved a total of four match points at 4-5 (three) and 5-6 (one) in the third set, before missing out on a set point...
Rafael Nadal was tested more than he would have preferred, but the Spaniard returned to Court Philippe-Chatrier victorious on Tuesday at Roland Garros. The 10-time champion's first-round match against Simone Bolelli of Italy was suspended by rain at 6-4, 6-3, 0-3 late Monday evening. But Nadal, a champion in 2005-08, 2010-14 and '17, seized momentum from the start and saved four set points in the third-set tie-break to advance to the second round 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(9). “He was a very aggressive player, and he was playing very strong. I didn't know that he was going to play so aggressively. I understood that I really had to attack, and I had to have the proper mindset, be positive, and accept how...
Kevin Anderson began his ninth Roland Garros campaign with a comfortable win, defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in a rain-interrupted first-round clash on Tuesday. The New York Open champion notched his fifth win in as many FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against the Italian, dropping five first-serve points (39/44) and firing 18 aces to progress after one hour and 42 minutes. Anderson, who reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final at the Mutua Madrid Open this month, is bidding to reach his maiden quarter-final in Paris this year. The World No. 7 has reached the Round of 16 on three occasions (2013-14, 2017). The 2017 US Open runner-up will face Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas for a spot in the...
Watch as Sam Querrey secures his first clay-court win of 2018, defeating fellow American Frances Tiafoe, to reach the second round at Roland Garros. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Watch as Dominic Thiem sets a second-round meeting with #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas at Roland Garros. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images
