Next up for the 26th-seeded Mladenovic is American Samantha Crawford.
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“Nothing was really happening”, Stephens said.
“I lost my way on the court today”, Murray said, “for quite a while”. “I guess that’s just part of being an athlete, that’s part of sports, part of growing up”.
Begu prevailed 6-7, (4), 7-6 (4), 10-8 and will be up against Annika Beck in the third round.
Either way, the year’s second major is off to a raucous start despite the downpour.
Now they’ll try to give the United States a pair of men in the fourth round for the first time in 15 years.
Schiavone was surprised to get that send-off when she left the court, saying that the poor way she played certainly didn’t merit that sort of adulation.
The Swiss third seed Wawrinka trailed twice but finally beat Czech Lukas Rosol 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round at Roland Garros. I think I entered the court with the right mindset.
“Second set I pulled a rabbit out of my hat completely”, he said. “But it’s definitely a little blurry”.
Connors was 38 years and 280 days old when he fell in the French Open third round in 1991. Stepanek converted both of his break-point opportunities in the 6-3 win, taking 16 of 34 receiving points overall.
“I created a lot of chances”.
She next plays Irina-Camelia Begu, seeded No. 25, from Romania.
Spectators wait for the start of the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament between Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
The Japanese player has experienced most of his success thus far on clay, winning two challenger circuit titles in Italy and Germany previous year.
The 17-year-old French player, a wild card, lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang of China on Court 17.
Italy’s Francesca Schiavone was taken aback when French Open authorities announced that the former champion was retiring.
Djokovic, the current top-ranked player, can win his 50th match at Roland Garros by defeating qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium.
He says he got an injection to numb the wrist before playing in the second round on Thursday.
“Roland Garros announced my retirement, but I didn’t”, Schiavone told them.
“Filet de boeuf avec frites maison et salade verte” – beef filet, with homemade fries and green salad – the two-time major victor replied in passable French.
Speaking after a first-round win at the French Open, Murray insisted “we certainly didn’t fall out”, and their relationship remains “good” despite the end of their ground-breaking, two-year coaching tie last month.
The Australian committed 44 unforced errors as he struggled to contain the home favourite.
Groth, an Australian ranked 100 who has yet to make the second round of the French in two visits, lacked the variety of shots and power to derail Nadal’s pursuit of a 15th major title.
Andre Agassi and Michael Russell both made it that far in 2001. “Everybody dreams of winning Roland Garros”.
A bit like old times, nest pas? He can thank his 49 unforced errors for the short trip.
This was just what Andy Murray needed at the French Open: a simple victory and a short workday.
He dominated the second set but was a break down in the third before finishing with a flourish to secure a third round clash against French 30th Chardy.
Karlovic wound up with only 14 aces after hitting a tournament-high 72 aces through the opening two rounds.
Kei Nishikori will face Richard Gasquet in the last-16 of the French Open after a hard-fought win over Fernando Verdasco. Eighth-seeded Milos Raonic moved on in straight sets, as did Gilles Simon. Serena compiled a 31-6 edge in winners; Venuss margin was 22-6.
Martin was trying to become the first man from Slovakia to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Dominik Hrbaty was a semifinalist in 1999.
Wawrinka defeated Rosol 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to take a tenuous victory and progress to the second round of the Grand Slam.
The 2014 French Open runner-up says the 101st-ranked Japanese teen “played unbelievable”.
Wawrinka next plays Taro Daniel of Japan. Cilic has never gone past the fourth round in France, though this is his first opening-round exit since 2011.
The fourth-seeded Spaniard played almost flawlessly while beating Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-3, 6-0 on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Muguruza was the runner-up at Wimbledon past year and reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 2014 and 2015.
Even the normally intense Rafael Nadal cracked a mid-match smile in appreciation of the ‘tweener he produced Tuesday at the French Open.
Halep has had her problems in Paris.
Halep’s second serve is letting her down.
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The set saw five breaks of serve.
