Iga Swiatek survives major scare to beat Qinwen Zheng in French Open fourth round and extend run to 32 matches
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a huge scare to beat Qinwen Zheng in the French Open fourth round and take her winning run to 32 matches.
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American Pegula rallies to beat Begu and reach first Paris quarters
PARIS : American Jessica Pegula fought back to defeat 63rd-ranked Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6 6-2 6-3 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time.
American Pegula fights back to reach French Open last eight
Jessica Pegula came back from a set down to beat Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and reach her second straight Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday. American 11th seed Pegula battled to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory to set up a meeting with either world number one Iga Swiatek or Chinese youngster Zheng Qinwen.
Kudermetova tops Keys to reach Roland-Garros quarters
Veronika Kudermetova reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Madison Keys, ending the chances of four American women reaching the last eight at the French Open for the first time in two decades.
French Open order of play on Monday
Order of play on the main show courts on the ninth day of the French Open on Monday (times in GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):
French Open run of 227th-ranked Leolia Jeanjean ends
Leolia Jeanjean's run at the French Open ended in the third round on Saturday when the 227th-ranked wildcard was defeated 6-1, 6-4 by Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania. Jeanjean, once one of France's greatest hopes before her career was derailed by a succession of knee injuries, was the first wildcard in 34 years to make the last 32 when she knocked out former world number one Karolina Pliskova.
Osaka's mental health discussion resonates at Roland-Garros
PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s 2022 French Open is over following a first-round loss. The players remaining in the tournament see and hear products of her frank discussion about anxiety and depression a year ago — from new “quiet rooms” and three on-call psychiatrists at Roland Garros to a broader sense that mental health is a far-less-taboo topic than it once was.
Exclusive-It's like we do not exist, says Ukrainian Kostyuk
PARIS : Kiev-born Marta Kostyuk criticised the WTA players' council on Tuesday for failing to consult Ukrainian players on the decision to strip Wimbledon of ranking points, and branded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka's place among the council members "ridiculous".