Nadal vs Thiem – French Open – Final The king and prince of clay will fight it out for the French Open singles title on Sunday. An Austrian (Oliver Marach) already made the finals of the French Open in the doubles category this fortnight but ended up losing to the French pair, Pierre Hughes Herbert […]
Simona Halep vs Sloane Stephens Tennis Prediction Simona Halep has knocked down third seed and former champion Garbine Muguruza in a high-intensity semifinal, which lasted little more than 90 minutes (6-1 6-4), to book her third French Open final and retain her position at the top of the WTA standings. Halep endured her fair share […]
Rafael Nadal vs Juan Marin Del Potro Tennis Prediction For the third time in this clay season, Rafael Nadal was rescued by the rain interruption as Diego Schwartzman was going toe to toe with the Spaniard and was even leading 6-3 *2-1 before the rain interruption took away all his momentum (4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2). […]
Muguruza vs Halep Tennis Prediction Former champion Garbine Muguruza and two-time runner-up Simona Halep will clash in the semifinals, with the winner guaranteed the top spot in the WTA rankings next week. For both, however, a chance to play for a slam is a much bigger prize, Muguruza’s third and Halep’s first. Halep played the […]
Maria Sharapova vs Garbine Muguruza Tennis Prediction Maria Sharapova moves into the quarterfinals after her much-anticipated encounter with Serena Williams could not come to pass as the American pulled out of the tournament. This is Sharapova’s ninth quarterfinal at Paris from 14 main draw appearances (5-3). The five-time slam champion started her campaign with a […]
Rafael Nadal vs Diego Schwartzman Tennis Prediction Rafael Nadal recovered from a break deficit in the first and third set against Maximilian Marterer to register his fourth straight-set win of the fortnight, 6-3 6-2 7-6. With this win, the Spaniard improved his Roland Garros record to 83-2 (excluding retirements), with those two defeats coming against […]
Marco Cecchinato vs Novak Djokovic Tennis Prediction Marco Cecchinato’s dream run continues as he knocked out the eighth seed David Goffin to reach the quarterfinal of the French Open for the first time in his career, 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3. With this win, Cecchinato took his season tally to 31/15, with 30 of those wins […]
Dominic Thiem vs Alexander Zverev Tennis Prediction Chapter seven of this rivalry between two good friends takes place in Paris on Tuesday. Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev were forming a rivalry in 2016 as they met four times in the space of seven months (once in the French Open), but this will only be their […]
Garbine Muguruza vs Lesia Tsurenko Tennis Prediction Garbine Muguruza sails into the fourth round by thumping Samantha Stosur, 6-0 6-2, in an hour and two minutes. It was the shortest match of her fortnight so far, which included a two-hour clash against another slam champion Kuznetsova (7-6 6-2). The 2016 French Open champion did not […]
Rafael Nadal vs Maximilian Marterer Tennis Prediction Rafael Nadal scored his 16th straight win against Richard Gasquet to move into R16 of the French Open for the second consecutive season. It was also his 20th win on clay this season from the possible 21 (20/1). After making a shaky start to his 14th French Open […]