French Open organisers not in favour of giving Serena Williams a seeding
Tennis | May 22, 2018, 05:08 PM ISTWithout a seeding, the 23-time Grand Slam champion risks facing highly ranked players in the early rounds.
Without a seeding, the 23-time Grand Slam champion risks facing highly ranked players in the early rounds.
Nadal will reclaim the No. 1 ranking on Monday from Roger Federer, who is sitting out the clay season to prepare for Wimbledon.
The tournament will mark the 23-time Grand Slam champion's first major since returning to the tour from maternity leave.
The Swiss tennis star's decision to not go for the 21st Grand Slam title comes after he slumped to a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) defeat to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round of the ongoing Miami Masters.
Roland Garros director Guy Forget says that the total prize money will reach 39.197 million euros (USD 48 million), an increase of about 3 million euros from last year.
Federer has not played in the French Open for the last two years in order to give rest to his body and focus on other events where he has greater chances of winning.
The eighth-seeded Indian dumped Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-14 21-13 in the finals of French Open to become the first Indian to clinch four Super Series titles in a season.
This is Srikanth's 6th Superseries title and fourth in 2017 after he won the Denmark Open Superseries last week.
Catch all the live scores and updates of the French Open super series singles' finals between India's Kidambi Srikanth and Kenta Nishimoto.
Srikanth, who clinched titles at Indonesia, Australia and Denmark, saw off compatriot H S Prannoy 14-21 21-19 21-18 in the French Open Super Series semifinals to become the first Indian to reach five summit clashes in a season.
The Guntur-born shuttler will take on the winner of the match between Anders Antonsen and Kenta Nishimoto in the big final on Sunday.
It took fifth seed Yamaguchi only 37 minutes to blow away the Indian challenge in the last four clash.
Second seed Sindhu eased past the Chinese rising star 21-14, 21-14 in the quarter-final match that lasted for 41 minutes.
Sindhu dumped Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 21-14 21-13 to set up a revenge match against China's Chen Yufei in the quarterfinals of French Open Super Series.
Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty too made a positive start as he disposed off France's Bastian Kersaudy and Julien Maio 21-12 21-14 in 30 minutes.
London Games bronze-medallist Saina staved off a spirited challenge from Denmark's rising shuttler Line Hjmark Kjaersfeldt 21-14 11-21 21-10 and is likely to clash with Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in a revenge match.
Srikanth, who decimated Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in a lop-sided final on Sunday at Odense, will open his campaign against England's Rajiv Ouseph, who had reached the quarterfinals at Denmark Open last week.
French Open winner Rafael Nadal moves to number two spot in latest ATP rankings, while Novak Djokovic will fall out of the top three for the first time since 2009.
Rafael Nadal won his record 10th French Open title, beating No.3 Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.
Indian star Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski on Thursday won a tough three-set battle to clinch the mixed doubles title at the French Open tennis tournament.
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