Halep defeat proves Roland Garros is tougher than the rest
Romania’s Simona Halep in action during her fourth-round match against Poland’s Iga Swiatek at the 2019 French Open in Paris June 3, 2019. — Reuters pic
“Stressed because I felt that I’m playing well, and maybe my expectations for myself were big today. Halep believes that Anisimova could even be a potential champion and become the first player born in the 2000s to win a Slam title. “She was pretty calm. She showed that she’s able to do good things and big things, so I think she has a chance.”
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Surprised’ Swiatek stuns top seed Halep to reach Roland Garros quarter-finals | Malay MailPARIS, Oct 4 — Top seed and 2018 champion Simona Halep was sent crashing out of Roland Garros today when Polish teenager Iga Swiatek stormed to a shock 6-1, 6-2 victory to reach the quarter-finals. Swiatek, just 19 and ranked 54 in the world, will take on either Dutch fifth seed Kiki Bertens or...
Read more »
Konta breezes into Roland Garros last four | Malay MailPARIS, June 4 — Johanna Konta cantered into the semi-finals of the French Open today, blitzing American Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-4 to become the first British woman into the last four in Paris since 1983. Swinging freely, the 28-year-old pummelled groundstrokes past her opponent to secure the...
Read more »
Ruthless Djokovic to face Thiem in his ninth Roland Garros semi-final | Malay MailPARIS, June 6 — Novak Djokovic reached his ninth Roland Garros semi-final today, sweeping past Alexander Zverev to keep his bid to become just the second man to hold all four Slams at the same time twice firmly on track. Top seed and world number one Djokovic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 and will face...
Read more »
Rain clouds hang over Roland Garros as grand slam programme is hit | Malay Mail PARIS, June 5 — Dark rain clouds hung ominously over Roland Garros today as organisers grappled with scheduling changes. Just a smattering of tennis was played in the morning, retired greats entertaining the early crowds, before rain set in. All courts at the stadium were covered with red...
Read more »
Roland Garros suffers complete wash out | Malay MailPARIS, June 5 — Torrential rain caused a complete washout of quarter-final action at Roland Garros today. It is the second time since 2016 that all French Open play was cancelled and third since 2000. The decision left world number one Novak Djokovic and defending women’s champion Simona Halep...
Read more »