Sixth seed Dominic Thiem wasted no time getting down to business on Sunday at Roland Garros, requiring just one hour and 39 minutes to book his spot in the quarter-finals over Horacio Zeballos 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. "I think it was a very good match today. It was great fun to play out there. I was enjoying basically every second of the match," said Thiem. "It's always something special to be in the second week. It's only my second [Grand Slam] quarter-final, so it feels very good to me." Thiem picked up his 33rd match win of the season, second only to Rafael Nadal (39). The victory also marks the first time he has reached a Grand Slam quarter-final without dropping...
The doubles quarter-finals are locked in at Roland Garros, with fifth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares among the final three teams to book their spots in the last eight on Sunday. Murray/Soares took out ninth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5), 6-2. The pairing struggled on clay leading into Roland Garros, posting a 2-4 record on the red dirt, but have cruised through their first three matches in Paris without losing a set. Murray/Soares will next play Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young. [ALSO LIKE] Veterans Fernando Verdasco and Nenad Zimonjic eased past Sam Groth and Robert Lindstedt 6-4, 6-2. Zimonjic prevailed here in 2010 (w/Nestor), while Verdasco is looking for his first Grand Slam semi-final. They’ll face Rogerio...
The breakthrough stretch of Pablo Carreno Busta's career reached another high on Sunday at Roland Garros. Playing in his first fourth-round match at a Grand Slam, the 25-year-old Spaniard knocked out fifth seed Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-4, 8-6 to advance to his first Grand Slam quarter-final. Carreno Busta battled the 26-year-old Canadian for more than four hours and needed seven match points, but the Spaniard eventually prevailed to celebrate his first win against a Top 10 player. He had been 0-16 and had lost all five prior match-ups against Top 10 players at Grand Slams. “It's difficult to explain my emotions at the end of the match. It was the best victory of my career. Maybe one of...
Eighth seed Kei Nishikori overcame an onslaught from #NextGenATP Korean Hyeon Chung, surviving after five sets and nearly four hours at Roland Garros. The Japanese advanced to the Round of 16 with a rollercoaster 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(4), 0-6, 6-4 victory, firing a total 62 winners and seven aces, while converting six of 14 break chances. The win puts Nishikori into his sixth consecutive Grand Slam fourth round and third in a row on the Parisian clay. He improved to 16-6 in five-setters in his career. The World No. 9 will look to match his best result here when he faces Fernando Verdasco on Monday. He leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-2, most recently prevailing at the ATP World Tour...