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British teenager Katy Dunne earned herself a place in the main draw of a WTA tournament for the first time when she won her final qualifying match at the Aegon Classic on Sunday.
Clay court tennis. Do you like it ? Love it ? Hate it ? Can you slide ? Do you like balls that skid off the line ? Do you like the "DIRT " all over you ? How about when it goes down in your socks ?
The final Friday of Roland Garros is like a day of reckoning for the men competing in the singles. For the duration of the tournament, up until then, it is like a winnowing process.
Click here for the updated draws and order of play from the French Open.
Here are some of today’s EPA photos of the day. Enjoy!
Marion Bartoli will share a court with fellow Wimbledon singles champion Andy Murray as part of the Rally For Bally on June 15th.
Jean-Julien Rojer might not be a familiar name to many tennis fans, but Thursday, he and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, who had come together as a team here in Paris, took away the Mixed Doubles Title at Roland Garros.
Second-seeded Deiton Baughman of Carson, Calif., wasted little time in advancing to the quarterfinals of the USTA National Open Hard Court Championships as he dispatched unseeded Mario Becerra of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 6-0, 6-3, in a fourth-round match on Thursday afternoon.
The last American junior left standing in either the boys or girls singles events bowed out of the French Open on Thursday. Stefan Kozlov, No. 6 in the ITF rankings, lost to doubles partner Andrey Rublev of Russia 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep have a date on Saturday. They will meet in the women’s singles final.
Only two of the top four seeds are still alive for semifinal action on Friday at Roland Garros, but three of the so-called "Big 4" have advanced. Ernests Gulbis is joining Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray for what is an intriguing lineup.
Click here for the draws and order of play from the French Open at Paris, France.
Here are some of today's EPA photos of the day. Enjoy!
A thrilling week of tennis at the USTA National Open Hard Court Championships will conclude on Sunday at the Balboa Tennis Club with the Women’s Singles final at 9 a.m. (PDT), followed by the Men’s Singles championship at 11 a.m. (PDT).
Former touring tennis professional Anna Anikanova used a solid baseline game and her experience to defeat 16-year-old Ashley Chao of San Diego, 6-2, 6-4, to move into the third round of the USTA National Open Hard Court Championships at the Balboa Tennis Club.
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