FRENCH OPEN | World number 227 adds Pliskova to French Open casualty list
Karolina Pliskova became the sixth top 10 women's seed to exit the French Open on Thursday when she was knocked out by world number 227 Leolia Jeanjean.
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Medvedev eases into French Open third round
Daniil Medvedev still has issues with claycourt tennis, but the world number two cantered into the French Open third round with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win against Serbian Laslo Djere on Thursday. The Russian, who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year after four consecutive first-round exits, struggled at times but his elasticity eventually made up for his lack of natural ability to move around on the slow surface. Medvedev found himself down a break in the first set but his brilliant defence helped him claw his way back both times on court Philippe Chatrier.
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Tennis legends Serena Williams and Roger Federer are in the twilight of the careers and Eurosport analyst Barbara Schett hopes the duo will announce their retirements ahead of time so that they can “have a proper farewell”.
How four-time French Open champion became Roland-Garros royalty
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French Open 2022: Daniil Medvedev stumbles over the line against wasteful Laslo Djere to reach round three
Daniil Medvedev fell over the line and into the third round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over Laslo Djere. . The world No.
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Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct after bouncing her racket into the French Open crowd and hitting a child.
Elastic man Medvedev through to French Open third round
PARIS : Daniil Medvedev still has issues with claycourt tennis, but the world number two cantered into the French Open third round with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win against Serbian Laslo Djere on Thursday.
Daniil Medvedev Eases Into French Open Last 32
World number two Daniil Medvedev eased into the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over Laslo Djere of Serbia. Medvedev, who made the quarter-finals in 2021, goes on to face another Serb in Miomir Kecmanovic, the 28th seed, for a place in the last 16.