Rafael Nadal maintained his bid for ‘La Decima’, 10 Roland Garros titles, on Wednesday after a quarter-final victory over fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. Fourth seed Nadal was leading 6-2, 2-0 when No. 20 seed Carreno Busta retired due to abdominal injury after 51 minutes of play. Carreno Busta had received treatment for a stomach muscle complaint at the end of the first set, which had featured six breaks of serve. Nadal, who celebrated his 31st birthday on Saturday, is now 22-1 on clay this year, which includes three trophies at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and the Mutua Madrid Open. He will next face Dominic Thiem in Friday’s semi-finals. "I'm playing well, I'm moving ahead,"...
Ryan Harrison of the U.S. and Michael Venus of New Zealand advanced to their first Grand Slam semi-final on Tuesday, upsetting seventh seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Harrison/Venus broke three times and erased seven of eight break points faced during the 91-minute quarter-final.
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They will face 16th seeds and Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the semi-finals.
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Dominic Thiem sensationally beat defending champion Novak Djokovic on Wednesday and will next face nine-time titlist Rafael Nadal in his second straight Roland Garros semi-final appearance. Sixth seed Thiem saved two set points in the first set of his 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-0 victory over second seed Djokovic, who became the eighth player in tennis history to complete the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros last year. The win avenged Thiem’s loss to Djokovic in the recent Internazionali BNL d'Italia semi-finals and last year’s semi-finals at the Paris clay-court major. “It's great for me to be in the semi-finals again, to defend that. And of course, I think on Friday [will be] the toughest opponent ever here in Roland Garros. It's...
Don't look now but third seed Stan Wawrinka appears to be rounding into championship form again at Roland Garros. The 2015 titlist withstood Gael Monfils' best defensive tennis on Monday, combating the Frenchman's athletic ability with a barrage of power to advance 7-5, 7-6(7), 6-2 in two hours and 46 minutes. Wawrinka moves into his third consecutive Roland Garros quarter-final and his fourth overall. The 32-year-old Swiss also continued his dominance against Frenchmen at their home Grand Slam. He has won nine of his 10 match-ups against Frenchmen at Roland Garros. “It was a really close two sets. I think was a tough match, tough conditions, quite windy, a lot of tension, because we know each other so well. So...
Kei Nishikori advanced to his eighth Grand Slam championship quarter-final on Monday when he defeated Fernando Verdasco 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 at Roland Garros in two hours and 35 minutes. Eighth seed Nishikori will now challenge World No. 1 Andy Murray, who reached last year’s final. Murray leads 8-2 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series and won their lone clay-court clash at the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open. "We have played so many times," said Nishikori. "He's a great player, a very smart tennis player. It's never easy, and I think this week he's been playing well. He's hitting great balls. So I'm sure it's going be tough one, but I will try to enjoy it and try to win the...