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​By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Sunday, May 28, 2023Jessica Pegula is simply high quality not being thought-about a part of the brand new, but, unofficial "Big 3" within the WTA.That's even when, sarcastically, she's at present ranked World No. 3.More: Alcaraz, Djokovic in Same Half of Roland Garros DrawPegula loved a comparatively easy 6-4, 6-2 opening spherical win over fellow American Danielle Collins as the primary night session drew to a detailed at Roland Garros.Later, in her press convention, Pegula was requested about her ideas and emotions of not being thought-about a part of the brand new perceived "Big 3" within the ladies's recreation that features No. 1 seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek, No. 2 seed and Australian Open champion Arnya Sabalenka, and No. 4 seed and rei...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 28, 2023When she's not busy hitting balls, Alizé Cornet is a page-turning presence.Cornet moonlights as a novelist and concedes generally characters take her to sudden locations.Tsitsipas on Medvedev: Let's DanceWhen it involves writing her profession farewell scene, creator Cornet admits the ending is a thriller.Camila Giorgi swept Cornet 6-3, 6-4 ending the Frenchwoman's nineteenth Roland Garros and elevating hypothesis this was her closing match in Paris.This was Cornet's 68th Grand Slam main-draw look.Was it her French Open farewell?"I don't know. We'll see," Cornet instructed the media in Paris. "The season is going to be long, so that would be in a year. Lots of things can happen in a year."I've had a number of ups and downs throu...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 28, 2023On Roland Garros opening day, Stefanos Tsitsipas was in no temper for prolonged engagements.When big-serving Czech Jiri Vesely held 4 set factors within the fourth-set tiebreaker, a fifth set appeared inevitable.Tsitsipas on Medvedev: Let's DanceA cussed Tsitsipas rewrote that ending preventing off all 4 set factors in a 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7) Roland Garros win to succeed in the second spherical.Afterward, Tsitsipas credited ahead considering and carbo loading together with his closing energy."Red wine and baguettes," a smiling Tsitsipas joked about his Paris success.It was very a lot a gut-check for the 2021 Roland Garros runner-up, who pointed to his temple after the win that raised his clay-court file to 14-4 this season."The ...

Asked his response to Medvedev's Rome rocking immediately, Tsitsipas stated let's dance.The fifth-ranked Greek, who saved set factors within the fourth set defeating Jiri Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-7, 7-6(7) in his Roland Garros opener, suggests his future duels with fierce rival Medvedev will climax as dance events.  "Well, if it's meant to be this way, I guess there is a dance after every one of them, I guess," Tsitsipas instructed the media at Roland Garros. "No, it was fun. I wasn't mad or upset or anything regarding that."I did the identical a couple of months in the past, so."Medvedev's win over Tsitsitsipas gave him an 8-4 lead in their head-to-head series.It was the 2021 US Open champion's first Top 10 victory on clay since 2019 and set him up for his first career clay-court crown.Former R...

PARIS — Unable to sleep the evening earlier than her first-round match on the French Open towards Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the Grand Slam event’s No. 2 seed, Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine checked her cellphone at 5 a.m. Sunday and noticed disturbing information again dwelling in Kyiv. ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 28, 2023Speed kills; in Carlos Alcaraz's case tempo is profound.The speedy progress of Alcaraz's psychological sport is a key element to his rise to world No. 1, says coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.More: Alcaraz, Djokovic in Same Half of Roland Garros DrawMeeting the media in Paris in the present day on the twentieth anniversary of his 2003 Roland Garros sweep of Martin Verkerk, former world No. 1 Ferrero says Alcaraz is "definitely" higher now than final season when he received his maiden main in New York and made historical past because the youngest-ever year-end ATP No. 1.The 20-year-old Alcaraz's psychological maturity is the primary motive, says Ferrero."As a person, I would say he's more mature. He's 20 now, and of course also when you...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 28, 2023The French Open subject is vast open, although one man stands as favourite, says Casper Ruud.The 2022 Roland Garros runner-up cites world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz as the final word favourite in 14-time champion Rafa Nadal's absence.More: Alcaraz, Djokovic in Same Half of Roland Garros Draw"It's open," Ruud informed the media at Roland Garros. "I would say Alcaraz is, to me, the biggest favorite because he has won a slam before last year."Then him or Novak must be type of the final word favourite as a result of Novak has received so many occasions. This 12 months's clay season has been possibly not what he anticipated, however I'm positive he has good confidence understanding that he is received 22 slams already, and all the opposite...

PARIS (AP) - For fairly a while, Novak Djokovic has made his long-term purpose clear: He needed to deal with accumulating Grand Slam titles in an effort to surpass the totals of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. ...

GENEVA (AP) - Unseeded Nicolás Jarry raced previous Grigor Dimitrov to win the Geneva Open last 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Saturday and is poised to rise to his greatest rating in a profession that was stalled by a doping case. ...

By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, May 26, 2023Coco Gauff is not psychic, however she's taking part in with prescience in Roland Garros practices.The 2022 Roland Garros runner-up is aware of the ball is coming to her forehand—and believes that barrage is making her weaker wing a weapon on clay.More: Swiatek, Sabalenka Face Tough Tests in RG DrawThe sixth-ranked Gauff has seen a gradual stream of photographs to her forehand throughout this clay-court marketing campaign.Gauff has struggled to a 3-3 clay-court singles document this season, although she has gained useful match play partnering Jessica Pegula to a few consecutive WTA 1000 doubles finals in Miami, Madrid and Rome.In singles play, opponents can rush Gauff into forehand errors as her expansive takeback requires time to generate he...