Desk Report
Published: 11 Jun 2021, 01:20 pm
PARIS: Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek stretches for a return to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their French Open semi-final at the Roland Garros on Thursday. || Photo: AFP
Paths to Friday’s French Open men’s semi-finals (x denotes seeding):
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) v Rafael Nadal (ESP x3)
Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 29-28
Paths to the semi-final (x indicates seeded player):
Djokovic
1st rd: bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
2nd rd: bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
4th rd: bt Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 6-7 (7/9), 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0 – retired
QF: bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA x9) 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5
Nadal
1st rd: bt Alexi Popyrin (AUS) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
2nd rd: bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-0, 7-5, 6-2
3rd rd: bt Cameron Norrie (GBR) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
4th rd: bt Jannik Sinner (ITA x18) 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
QF: bt Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Alexander Zverev (GER x6) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x5)
Head-to-head: Tsitsipas leads 5-2
Paths to the semi-final (x indicates seeded player):
Zverev
1st rd: bt Oscar Otte (GER) 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
2nd rd: bt Roman Safiullin (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)
3rd rd: bt Laslo Djere (SRB) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
4th rd: bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
QF: bt Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
Tsitsipas
1st rd: bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Pedro Martinez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
3rd rd: bt John Isner (USA x31) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1
4th rd: bt Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP x12) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
QF: bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS x2) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
Source: BSS/AFP