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
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Marin Cilic began his 12th tilt at the Roland Garros title by striking 47 winners, including 13 aces, on Tuesday. The third-seeded Croatian, improved to 19-8 on the season, by beating James Duckworth of Australia 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4) in a rain-interrupted two hours and 14 minutes. “I was serving really good today,” said Cilic. “I believe I had quite a high percentage of first serve and was also winning points after my serve. [I experienced a] little bit of a loss of concentration at 5-4, when I was serving for the second set, and he came back. It was just a little bit difficult to get back straight at it. We didn't know when we were going back. We could...
Watch as Novak Djokovic defeats Rogerio Dutra Silva in straight sets to record his 60th win at Roland Garros. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.