Milos Raonic will look to reach the Roland Garros quarter-finals for the second time on Sunday when he faces Pablo Carreno Busta. Raonic leads 3-0 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, but the pair has never met on clay. “He's playing quite well and has improved over the past 16 months or so,” said fifth seed Raonic, looking ahead to his fourth-round opponent. “He's very solid and he's disciplined. He shows up, and he's there, and he doesn't exit the match. You really have to beat him, take it to him. It's going to be about trying to get control and trying to hold on to it throughout the match.” When asked about his chances against Raonic, Carreno Busta said,...
Sixth seed Dominic Thiem ended Steve Johnson’s brave run at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory over the American in the third round on Friday. It has been an emotional week in Paris for Johnson, whose father recently passed away. The American wept on court after his four-set battle with Borna Coric in the second round, and was embraced by Thiem as the Austrian ended his run on Court 1. [ALSO LIKE] Last year’s semi-finalist, Thiem earned his second win over Johnson in two hours and three minutes. The right-hander hit 45 winners and converted four of his 15 break points to record his 32nd match win of the season. "I think it was a good match today,...