French Open
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Tennis players at French Open rattled by sonic boom
Tennis | Sep 30, 2020, 05:52 PM ISTA tennis player at the French Open was visibly startled by a sonic boom Wednesday just as he was about to serve a ball.
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French Open: Kristina Mladenovic collapses again but blames umpire
Tennis | Sep 29, 2020, 10:34 PM ISTMladenovic vents anger at chair umpire Eva Asderaki for not spotting a double bounce on set point as she lost to Laura Siegemund of Germany5-7, 3-6 after serving for the first set at 5-1.
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French Open: Novak Djokovic drops only 5 games in first round victory
Tennis | Sep 29, 2020, 10:23 PM ISTThe French Open's No. 1 seed is hardly pushed at all in a 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 victory over 80th-ranked Mikael Ymer of Sweden under a closed roof at Court Philippe Chatrier.
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French Open 2020 | Daniil Medvedev suffers fourth-straight first-round exit at Roland Garros
Tennis | Sep 29, 2020, 06:35 AM ISTThe runner-up at the U.S. Open last year and a semifinalist in New York this month failed yet again to win a match at Roland Garros.
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French Open 2020 | Dominic Thiem defeats Marin Cilic to reach second round
Tennis | Sep 28, 2020, 07:33 PM ISTThe third-seeded Austrian won his first major tournament at Flushing Meadows two weeks ago and is among the favorites again at Roland Garros after losing the past two finals to Rafael Nadal.
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashes out in second round of French Open 2020 qualifiers
Tennis | Sep 23, 2020, 09:25 PM ISTPrajnesh, India's second-highest ranked singles player who got the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel in the opening round, lost 4-6 6-7(4) against Vukic to bow out of the event.
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French Open 2020: Managing quick continent, surface switch
Tennis | Sep 23, 2020, 08:22 PM ISTNaomi Osaka won the U.S. Open and is sitting out the French Open, which starts its 15 days of main-draw action Sunday after being postponed in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Prajnesh advances, Nagal exits from French Open Qualifiers
Tennis | Sep 21, 2020, 06:46 PM ISTSeeded 16th Sumit loses 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Germany's seasoned player Dustin Brown while Prajnesh gets the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel 6-3, 6-1.
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French Open to allow spectators amid coronavirus resurgence
Tennis | Sep 07, 2020, 09:42 PM ISTOrganizers unveiled the health protocols for the clay-court Grand Slam, which will take place at Roland Garros in western Paris from Sept. 27 after being postponed from its May start due to the pandemic.
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French Open director feels overconfidence led to Adria Open fiasco
Tennis | Jul 06, 2020, 07:09 PM ISTDjokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Victor Troicki all tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the Belgrade leg of the exhibition event.
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French Open to allow fans in stands at the tournament
Tennis | Jul 03, 2020, 03:08 PM ISTThe French Tennis Federation said Thursday up to 60% of the stands can be filled with fans when play starts in September at Roland Garros.
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Andy Murray says priority is to play at US Open and French Open
Tennis | Jun 22, 2020, 11:55 PM ISTThe US Open has been scheduled from August 31 to September 12 in New York, and French Open will be held from September 27 to October 11 in Paris.
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Venus Williams still eyeing elusive French Australian Open titles
Tennis | Jun 16, 2020, 01:34 PM ISTWilliams, 39, has five Wimbledon championships and two US Open trophies apart from 14 doubles Grand Slam trophies in her bulging cabinet.
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Roland Garros will take place this year, says head of French tennis
Tennis | Jun 03, 2020, 01:51 PM ISTThe French Open was initially scheduled to take place from May 24 to June 7 but due to the outbreak of the virus, it was postponed till September 20.
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Organisers considering limited fans over empty stadium during September French Open
Tennis | May 28, 2020, 09:18 AM ISTWhen — or if — the French Open is held later in 2020, though, it is possible there could be zero — or a limited number — of people allowed to attend the event, which broke its attendance record last year with 520,000.
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COVID-19 pandemic: It should have been the first day of French Open 2020
Tennis | May 25, 2020, 02:27 PM ISTIt should have been the first day of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament held annually at Roland Garros — with thousands flocking to catch a glimpse of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Serena Williams.
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French Open likely to be pushed to end of September, says director Guy Forget
Tennis | May 23, 2020, 10:29 PM ISTThe coronavirus pandemic had forced the French Open to be postponed to September 20, one week after the scheduled final of the US Open, which itself is under a cloud of uncertainty.
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2020 French Open behind closed doors a possibility, says French tennis federation president
Tennis | May 10, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTThe French Open was earlier postponed to September 20 in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.
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French Open 2020 gets postponed again, eyes September 27 start
Tennis | Apr 24, 2020, 11:49 PM ISTThe new date for the tournament was initially set as September 20 but a report states that this could be pushed back to September 27.
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2020 Laver Cup moved to 2021 due to French Open switch
Tennis | Apr 17, 2020, 09:13 PM ISTThe tournament, which was founded and is organised by Swiss great Roger Federer's management company, will now be held at TD Garden in Boston from September 24-26, 2021.