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  Domestic tennis circuit to resume from November 16

  October 05, 2020 15:07 IST

  The tournaments will initially begin in the age categories of U-12, U-14 and U-16 only. The duration of the tournaments would remain restricted to three days, with a maximum draw of 32 allowed.

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  French Open 2020 | Sinner outs No.6 seed Zverev to set up quarterfinal clash against Nadal

  October 04, 2020 20:35 IST

  Pulling the No. 6 seed this way and that with his precision groundstrokes, the 75th-ranked Sinner is the first debutant to reach the men's quarterfinals since Rafael Nadal, who'll be his next opponent.

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  Winds of change blow on day of upsets at French Open

  October 04, 2020 20:11 IST

  A young generation is making its mark at this French Open pushed back by the coronavirus from its usual May-June spot, especially in the women's draw.

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  French Open 2020 | Purr-fect Nadal sees off cat-loving qualifier to reach quarters

  October 04, 2020 18:41 IST

  Against a player who loves him so much that he named his cat after him, Nadal showed no mercy with Sebastian Korda, seeing off the 20-year-old qualifier with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 thumping on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the 14th time.

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  French Open 2020 | In day of upsets, qualifier Trevisan stuns Bertens to reach quarterfinal

  October 04, 2020 17:00 IST

  Playing in her first French Open and only her second Grand Slam tournament, Trevisan's reward for ousting her Dutch opponent is a quarterfinal against Polish teenager Iga Swiatek

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  French Open 2020 | Swiatek ousts top-seeded Halep to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal

  October 04, 2020 16:30 IST

  Swiatek, the only teenager who reached the fourth round, avenged a crushing defeat by Halep at the same stage last year. The Romanian won that match 6-1, 6-0, in just 45 minutes.

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  French Open 2020 | Dimitrov moves into 4th round for 1st time in 10 appearances at Roland Garros

  October 03, 2020 22:38 IST

  The 18th-seeded Dimitrov was ahead 6-1, 6-3 when Carballes Baena stopped.

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  French Open 2020 | Stefanos Tsitsipas reaches 4th round in Paris after Aljaz Bedene retires

  October 03, 2020 20:35 IST

  Tsitsipas was dominating the match. He had more than twice as many winners as Bedene, 28-13, and about a third as many unforced errors.

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  French Open: Sofia Kenin, Zhang Shuai reaches fourth round, first for China since 2012

  October 03, 2020 19:59 IST

  Sofia Kenin blows past Romanian qualifier Irina Bara 6-2, 6-0 in 72 minutes; Zhang Shuai becomes China's first player to get so far in French Open since Li Na in 2012.

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  French Open: 3 debutants reach fourth round first time since 1994

  October 03, 2020 18:21 IST

  Daniel Altmaier, Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner made it to the last-16 in their French Open debut. That many men haven’t gone that far on their debuts at Roland Garros since four debutants made the last 16 in 1994.

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  French Open 2020 | Andrey Rublev beats Kevin Anderson to advance to 4th round

  October 03, 2020 17:03 IST

  The 34-year-old Anderson still hopes to win a Grand Slam having lost finals to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 and to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2018.

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  French Open 2020: Rafael Nadal storms into fourth round; Stanislas Wawrinka crashes out

  October 03, 2020 10:18 IST

  Nadal, who is seeking a 20th Grand Slam title to equal Roger Federer's record, on Friday defeated Travaglia 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 to register his 96th victory at Roland Garros.

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  French Open: Caroline Garcia rides rowdy crowd to 4th round as she beats Elise Mertens

  October 02, 2020 21:59 IST

  French Open: Caroline Garcia comes back from a terrible first set and gets a very good top 20 win over Elise Mertens 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the last 16.

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  Storm stops French Open play, except under roof

  October 02, 2020 19:54 IST

   The third-round match between Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia, played under the closed roof of Court Philippe Chatrier, is the only one that hasn't been suspended.

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  French Open: Simona Halep wins Amanda Anisimova rematch 6-0, 6-1

  October 02, 2020 19:44 IST

  Top-seeded Halep extended her winning streak to a career-best 17 matches as she seeks a third Grand Slam title.

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  French Open: Early-bird Dominic Thiem advances to 4th round

  October 02, 2020 18:41 IST

  Dominic Thiem outperforms Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round under the new roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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  Spain and Mali both want Wolves forward Adama Traore

  October 02, 2020 17:43 IST

  Spain coach Luis Enrique includes Traore in his squad on Friday for three upcoming matches, three days after Mali did the same.

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  French Open: Elina Svitolina, Polish teen Iga Swiatek reach 4th round

  October 02, 2020 17:35 IST

  Swiatek advances with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard; third seed Svitolina defeats Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 7-5

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  French Open Day 6: Simona Halep-Amanda Anisimova; Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem in action

  October 02, 2020 6:52 IST

  Simona Halep and Amanda Anisimova will play each other at Court Philippe Chatrier in a third-round rematch of their French Open quarterfinal of a year ago. Anisimova, then just 17, won that one to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.

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  French Open: Novak Djokovic breezes into third round

  October 01, 2020 21:53 IST

  With the roof open and sunshine bathing the tournament’s biggest stadium after days of miserable weather, Djokovic routs Ricardas Berankis 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

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  French Open: Roberto Carballes Baena ousts Denis Shapovalov to reach 3rd round for first time

  October 01, 2020 21:01 IST

  The Spaniard overcomes ninth-seeded Shapovalov 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 in an encounter that lasted five hours.

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  Sofia Kenin, Jelena Ostapenko reach 3rd round at French Open

  October 01, 2020 20:11 IST

  Fourth-seeded American Kenin pulls out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ana Bogdan; former champion Ostapenko beats second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2.

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  Divij Sharan bows out after opening-round loss at Roland Garros

  October 01, 2020 11:45 IST

  The unseeded Sharan and Kwon Soon-woo lost 2-6 6-4 4-6 to the 16th seeded Croatian-American pair of Franko Skugor and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.

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  French Open 2020 | Defending champion Rafael Nadal reaches 3rd round

  September 30, 2020 20:27 IST

  The No. 2-seeded Spaniard is looking to win his record-extending 13th French Open title and equal Roger Federer’s men’s record of 20 major titles overall.

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  French Open: Qualifier Sebastian Korda upsets fellow American John Isner

  September 30, 2020 20:14 IST

  After eliminating Andreas Seppi in his opening main draw match, the 20-year-old American qualifier takes out 21st-seeded Isner in the second round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win.

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  US Open 2020 runner-up Victoria Azarenka loses at French Open

  September 30, 2020 19:24 IST

  The 10th-seeded Azarenka lost to 161st-ranked Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-2.

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  French Open 2020 | Ball-maker hoping Rafael Nadal wins in Paris to prove himself wrong

  September 30, 2020 19:15 IST

  That, according to their manufacturer, is the almost infinitesimal weight difference between the old French Open ball that Rafael Nadal happily bashed in winning his 12th title last year and the new one riling him in his chase for No. 13 at Roland Garros.

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  Tennis players at French Open rattled by sonic boom

  September 30, 2020 17:52 IST

  A tennis player at the French Open was visibly startled by a sonic boom Wednesday just as he was about to serve a ball.