Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers lead a strong doubles field on the clay of Roland Garros. The Australian Open champions tasted victory the last time they were in Paris, lifting the Tennis Paris Masters trophy in November, and will look to continue their winning ways on French soil. The Finnish-Aussie duo open against Spanish pair David Marrero and Tommy Robredo and will face stiff competition to lift the trophy. Defending champions Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez also reside in their quarter of the draw, while fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo and seventh seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers also loom large in their half. View Draw Kubot and Melo enter on the heels of claiming their...
In a battle of Frenchmen, Lucas Pouille again got the better of Julien Benneteau, coming back from two-sets-to-one down to win 7-6(6), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in three hours and 21 minutes on Sunday at Roland Garros. “I knew he was going to put a lot of pressure on me. I knew he was going to try and play short balls because he didn't want to play a long match of long balls, because physically he was not ready for that. I knew it was going to be a tough match,” Pouille said. The 23-year-old Pouille had also beaten his compatriot last year to start their home Grand Slam tournament, but, during their match on Sunday, the 35-year-old Benneteau converted...
Ryan Harrison and his wife, Lauren, talk about how the American has revitalised his career in the past year to reach a career-high World No. 42, as well as reminiscing about their recent wedding.
Grigor Dimitrov turned in a sublime start to his Roland Garros campaign on Sunday, streaking past Frenchman Stephane Robert 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in just one hour and 49 minutes. The 11th seed fired 35 winners, including eight aces, to dispatch Robert. He was a perfect six-for-six converting break points and turned aside eight of 10 faced. A two-time winner on the ATP World Tour this year, in Brisbane and Sofia, Dimitrov is looking to return to top form in the French capital after suffering early clay-court exits at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Rome. "I'm so happy," Dimitrov said. "It's good. It's always good to win that first match, especially at any Slam, but here...
Sixth seed Dominic Thiem wasted little time moving into the second round of Roland Garros on Sunday, requiring just 80 minutes to move past Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-0, 6-2. “I'm happy that I won in three sets. It was a tough opponent and a close first set,” said Thiem. “I was also a little bit nervous before the match, so because of these circumstances, I'm happy with my performance.” Tout le talent de @ThiemDomi condensé dans ce point ! All of Thiem's talent in one point! #RG17 pic.twitter.com/WMYy0Sxoe3 — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2017 From 5-4 in the first set, Thiem stormed through 12 of the next 13 games. The 23-year-old Austrian was on song from the baseline and finished...
