Alexander Zverev shrugged off a mid-match blip to fight his way into a third consecutive French Open semi-final with a win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
The most heated exchanges involving Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka were off the court at Roland-Garros on Tuesday.
The quarter-finals are set after sixth seed Holger Rune staged a great escape to survive a dramatic,topsy-turvy match against Francisco Cerundolo.
Novak Djokovic is inching ever closer to bettering the men’s grand slam record he currently shares with Rafael Nadal,while there were dramatic scenes on court 14 as Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from their women’s doubles third-round match.
Chris Stubbs&Wally Masur review Day 6 at Roland Garros. Big seeds tumble in the Men's and Women's draw,the last Aussie departs,and we look ahead to a mouth-watering battle between Tiafoe and Zverev
Thanasi Kokkinakis will consult specialists to see if a solution can be found to the pectoral problem that is threatening to cruel his potential.
Chris Stubbs&Wally Masur review an eventful Day 5 from Roland Garros. Jannik Sinner crashes out after a marathon clash that left the victor in tears,Taylor Fritz controversially silences the crowd,and the last Aussie hope is in action tonight.
The second-round challenges of Australians Alex de Minaur and Max Purcell both wilted in the Paris sunshine.
Nick Kyrgios had hailed it a “popcorn match” but when push came to shove in the middle of the night back home,he didn’t even stay up to watch buddy Thanasi Kokkinakis star against Stan Wawrinka.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has been chastised by a senior French politician following his intervention over the escalation of violence in the Balkans.
Nick Kyrgios may not be at Roland-Garros but he still hasn’t been shy from thousands of kilometres away to reheat an old,supposedly forgotten soap opera.