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...
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...
A lucky loser and a certain player named Rafa go for Roland Garros history, and the 'Tower of Tandil' will try to go where he hasn't been since 2012: ATPWorldTour.com previews Saturday's third-round action at Roland Garros. [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [27] Richard Gasquet (FRA) Nadal leads FedEx ATP Head2Head series 15-0 He was repeating a reporter, but, technically, Richard Gasquet said it as well, so the Frenchman can't get mad at you for sharing how he rated his chances against Nadal: “I'll try to do my best, because unless there is a disaster, as you said, he has a good chance of winning.” Don't expect Gasquet, however, to prostrate on the court during the walk-ons. The 31-year-old Frenchman will...
Fifth-seeded Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah booked their places in the Roland Garros third round on Friday with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Argentineans Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman in one hour and 37 minutes. Last year’s semi-finalists will next challenge Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak. Cabal and Farah came into the clay-court Grand Slam championship on the back of winning their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown at Internazionali BNL d’Italia (d. Carreno Busta/Sousa). With a 12-15 record in team finals (9-10 on clay), they have also reached the finals this year at the Australian Open (l. to Marach/Pavic) and the Argentina Open (l. to Molteni/Zeballos). Cabal, 32, reached the 2011 Roland Garros final with Eduardo...
Whatever routines Marco Cecchinato has been following this week in Paris, he should keep doing them. The Italian had never won a Grand Slam match before Roland Garros, and now he's into the fourth round in Paris. Cecchinato beat 10th seed Pablo Carreno Busta 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1 on Friday, converting six of his eight break points to upset the 2017 quarter-finalist. [ALSO LIKE] In February, Carreno Busta had dropped only five games against Cecchinato on clay at the Argentina Open. But much has changed since then for the 25-year-old Italian. Cecchinato won his maiden ATP World Tour title in April at the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest. And in the fourth round, he'll face either eighth seed David Goffin...