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Serena will face another unexpected quarter-finalist in the shape of Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, who beat Spanish 12th seed Carla Suarez Navarro.
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All matches that have already started won’t resume before 6 p.m.
The quarterfinals will get wrapped up at the 2016 French Open on Thursday.
Radwanska must have thought she was almost there on Sunday when she left the court leading world number 102 Pironkova 6-2 3-0. Also, [it] was a bit hard to play with these heavy balls. “Usually if the court is not fit for play, like if it’s slippery, they would cancel the match right away”, said Pironkova, who reached her first French Open quarterfinal. And 2011 U.S. Open champion Stosur – wearing a green long-sleeved shirt against the chill of temperatures in the 50s (about 15 degrees Celsius) – was better throughout Tuesday. “We have just to go and play”.
Stosur, who lost the 2010 Paris final to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, also showed her greater experience in the second set.
Bautista Agut criticised the decision to play yesterday after Monday’s first complete washout in 16 years. I don’t care that I lost the match today, but I was close to getting injured with my back, so that’s – that’s a big problem.
That doesn’t mean it’s a lock, though.
Halep too spoke about her agony at having pushed to play in such inclement weather, emphasizing that the tournament needs to be more concerned about players’ safety.
What he desperately wants is to get his hands on the Musketeers’ Cup to complete his grand slam collection.
Top seed Djokovic defeated 14th seeded Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 to move into a 28th consecutive grand slam quarter-final and 36th in all.
The length of time Djokovic and Bautista Agut spent on court Tuesday?
The pair traded service games – with Stosur saving two break points – before rain halted play with Stosur up 3-2 and about to serve.
Through it all, with the tennis balls heavier and slower than normal as action proceeded despite the occasional drizzle, Radwanska ceded the first 10 games they played Tuesday and she never recovered.
Stosur and Pironkova both had come-from-behind wins on Tuesday in matches that originally began on the weekend. “Good. Well done to them”, the Romanian said as she gave them a thumbs-up.
Matches on other courts continued, though.
The other quarter-final postponed is third seed Stan Wawrinka’s clash with Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
For starters, Simona Halep went out to Sam Stosur while Agnieszka Radwanska went out to Tsvetana Pironkova.
Dominic Thiem took the first set 6-2 before Marcel Granollers evened things up by coming out on top in a second-set tie-break 7-2, with the third set at 0-0 when the players were hauled off.
Play is again being delayed at the French Open.
“And to play tennis matches during the rain I think it’s a bit too much”. Both are younger, up-and-coming players, with Goffin taking the most recent match at the Australian Open this year.
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