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PARIS : French veteran Gael Monfils on Wednesday withdrew from the French Open citing a wrist injury, a day after his five-set victory over Sebastian Baez, sending Denmark's Holger Rune straight into the third round.
Canada's Denis Shapovlaov has advanced to the third round at the French Open for the first time with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Italy's Matteo Arnaldi.
India's Kiran George scripted a stunning straight-game win over world number 9 Shi Yuqi of China but double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made an opening round exit from the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday. Ashmita Chaliha and Saina Nehwal also made winning starts to their campaign in women's singles, while Lakshya Sen and world number 4 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also progressed to the pre-quarterfinals.
Bethany England has been included in Sarina Wiegman's England squad for this summer's World Cup, while Beth Mead misses out.
BIRMINGHAM, England : England manager Sarina Wiegman has completed the difficult task of selecting her 23-player squad for the Women's World Cup amid a raft of injuries to key players.
India's Kiran George scripted a stunning straight-game win over world number 9 Shi Yuqi of China to storm into the pre-quarterfinals of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday. Ashmita Chaliha and Saina Nehwal also made winning starts to their campaign in women's singles. On a day when Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth made early exits, Odisha Open winner Kiran, a product of the Prakash Padukone academy, notched up a 21-18 22-20 win over third seed Shi Yu Qi, who is a 2018 world championships silver medallist.
Holger Rune said he would “do anything to win Roland-Garros” after overcoming a steely Christopher Eubanks 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2 to advance to the second round of the French Open. Rune had to dig deep in the opening three sets but the fourth was a much more straightforward affair as the Dane wrapped up the victory in two hours and 50 minutes. Ad The sixth seed will meet Gael Monfils or Sebastian Baez in the second round, hoping to land his first major title in Paris.
PARIS : Danish sixth seed Holger Rune overcame a mid-match wobble to see off French Open debutant Christopher Eubanks 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2 in the opening round of Roland Garros on Tuesday.