French Open

French Open: Serena Williams advances after tough round, Paula Badosa has it easy
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Danielle, a French Open quarter-finalist last year, dropped just two games against Ukrainian qualifier Anhelina Kalinina, 6-0, 6-2, to halt the qualifier's 14-match winning run. Spain's world No. 35 Paula Badosa joined the American duo in the third round after beating Montenegro's Danka Kovinic, 6-2, 6-0 in just 52 minutes.
French Open: Daniil Medvedev beats Paul to enter third round
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The Russian, who had registered his first career win at Roland Garros in the first round earlier, beat Paul in a game that saw him bounce back from one set down. The 25-year-old is eyeing the world No. 1 spot in the tournament, had arrived in Paris with a 0-4 record here. But he has been impressive through this campaign, losing just one set in the first two matches. He will play American Reilly Opelka for a place in the fourth round.
Committed to improving players' experience: French Open chief
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"We are sorry and sad for Naomi Osaka. The outcome of Naomi withdrawing from Roland Garros is unfortunate," said Moretton in a short press conference. "We wish her the best and the quickest possible recovery. We look forward to having Naomi in our tournament next year," Moretton added.
French Open: Andujar rallies to upset 4th seed Thiem
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World No. 68 Andujar took full advantage of Thiem's lapses in concentration on way to upsetting the 2018 and 2019 finalist in over four hours and 28 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Andujar, who beat Roger Federer at the Gonet Geneva Open two weeks ago, now has a 6-23 career record against top 10 opponents.
French Open: Briton Evans loses to Serbian, Agut advances
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This was the 27th ranked player's fourth time in Roland Garros main draw and he is yet to make it through to round two. In other first-round matches, No.29 Italian Fabio Fognini got the better of France's 122nd ranked Gregorie Barrere 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 while 11th ranked Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut defeated compatriot Mario Martinez 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
Nadal, Federer, Djokovic in same half of French Open draw
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The Spaniard, who has a 100-2 record at this event, will open against big-hitting Aussie Alexei Popyrin in the main draw starting on Sunday. Players that he could face over the course of the tournament include seventh seed Andrey Rublev, 2021 breakthrough star Aslan Karatsev, Diego Schwartzman, Jannik Sinner and home favourite Gael Monfils before a potential face off with Djokovic in semi-finals.
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