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Day 3 is here!Here's Tuesday's LIVE order of play for ROLAND-GARROS action on Tennis Channel & Tennis Channel Plus
May 26 2017 Live on TENNIS CHANNELMen’s and Women’s First Round(15) Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. Julia Boserup (USA)Monica Puig (PUR) vs. (31) Roberta Vinci (ITA)(1) Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)(8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Christina
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DAY 3 starts with Joel Drucker at Court 1 aka the Bull Ring where Alizé Cornet, Kei Nishikori and Agnieszka Radwanska all play today. ROLAND-GARROS #RG17
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Nick Kyrgios, Ashleigh Barty, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson begin their Roland Garros campaigns tonight.
Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | tennis.com.au
Nick Kyrgios is one of four Australians who begin their 2017 French Open singles campaigns tonight.
Australia’s top-ranked player, and the tournament’s No.18 seed, faces German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber on Court 2.
It is Kyrgios’ first meeting against the No.43-ranked Kohlschreiber.
TUESDAY: Andy Murray, Simona Halep, and Nick Kyrgios make their 2017 ROLAND-GARROS debut #RG17 It all starts 5 AM ET on Tennis Channel!
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No.23 seed proves too strong for Slovakian Kristina Kucova to open her Roland Garros 2017 campaign in style.
Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Sam Stosur is the first Australian player into the French Open second round, scoring a gritty first-round win over Kristina Kucova.
Sluggish early after a gruelling five-match run to the title in Strasbourg on Saturday, Stosur recovered from a service break down in the opening set to see off the Slovak 7-5 6-1 in one hour and 19 minutes.
“It wasn’t, obviously, the easiest necessarily preparation going into a Grand Slam,” Stosur said of her swift turnaround and one-day Paris build-up.
Both happy to be competing at Grand Slam level again after injury lay-offs.
Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Luckless Australian tennis star John Millman has revealed how he hit rock bottom before making a surprise comeback at the French Open in Paris.
Millman was drawing only positives from his 6-2 6-2 0-6 6-1 first-round loss to Spanish 17th-seed Roberto Bautista-Agut on Monday.
The 27-year-old Millman said being back on the Grand Slam stage was a dream come true after wondering whether a serious groin tear might end his career.
Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Melbourne schoolgirl Jaimee Fourlis will return to the books after enjoying a thrilling showcourt cameo at the French Open in Paris.
Free-hitting Fourlis had former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki scrambling all over Court Suzanne Lenglen before eventually succumbing 6-4 3-6 6-2 to the tournament’s 11th seed in a quality two-and-a-quarter-hour encounter.
Revelling in her Roland Garros debut, 17-year-old Fourlis defied her ranking of No.337 to club 36 winners to Wozniacki’s 12, but ultimately paid the price for 54 unforced errors.
World No.24 plans to take a break after demoralising three-set loss to Belgian Elise Mertens.
Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Daria Gavrilova was inconsolable after having her French Open dream shattered in a shock first-round defeat at Roland Garros.
Seeded for the first time in Paris after a blistering run on European clay, a gutted Gavrilova said she needed some time out from tennis after her demoralising 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 loss to world No.60-ranked Belgian Elise Mertens.
“I ran out of gas. Literally,” Gavrilova said after blowing a big lead in the opening set and then fatiguing in the decider.
Sam Stosur, Daria Gavrilova, Jaimee Fourlis, Ajla Tomljanovic and John Millman scheduled to play first round matches.
Paris, France, 29 May 2017 | tennis.com.au
Teen Jaimee Fourlis makes her French Open debut tonight, one of five Australians scheduled to play first round matches on day two.
The 17-year-old from Melbourne faces a daunting test against former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, scheduled first on Suzanne Lenglen Court (from 7pm AEST).
Fourlis, a No.337-ranked wildcard, earned her place in the draw in a wildcard play-off at Roland Garros last week.
Melbourne VIC, Australia, 29 May 2017 | tennis.com.au
Women
WTA
| Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg, France (Clay) | ||||
| SF | [7] Daria Gavrilova (Vic) | d | [5] Caroline Garcia (FRA) | 6-4 6-2 |
| SF | [6] [WC] Samantha Stosur (Qld) | d | [8] Shuai Peng (CHN) | 7-6(0) 6-4 |
| F | [6] [WC] Samantha Stosur (Qld) | d | [7] Daria Gavrilova (Vic) | 5-7 6-4 6-3 |
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Roland Garros campaigns over for Australians Bernard Tomic and Alex De Minaur.
Paris, France, 29 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Bernard Tomic is seeking the greener pastures of Wimbledon after a first round loss at the French Open in Paris.
Tasked with trying to stop Austrian Dominic Thiem, Tomic capitulated after a competitive first set to a 6-4 6-0 6-2 loss to the tournament’s sixth seed.
He was realistic in defeat.
Paris, France, 28 May 2017 | AAP
Bernard Tomic has been dealt a rough draw for the French Open, and opens his brutal campaign on Sunday in Paris.
The world No.39 faces Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem on Sunday in what, on paper, appears an uphill battle.
Tomic has won only three matches in seven years at Roland Garros, while Thiem has proven his run to last year’s semifinals no fluke this year with another impressive claycourt campaign.
In a memorable battle, Sam Stosur held onto her No.1 Australian ranking after a thrilling win over compatriot Daria Gavrilova in the WTA Strasbourg final.
Strasbourg, France, 28 May 2017 | AAP
Sam Stosur has denied Daria Gavrilova in an epic three-set final in Strasbourg to retain her Australian No.1 ranking and claim the ninth title of her celebrated career.
In a major French Open boost for the former Roland Garros runner-up, Stosur recovered from a set down to defeat Gavrilova 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the first all-Australian women’s tour final in 12 years.
In a winner-takes-all shootout for the national top ranking, Stosur needed almost three hours to see off the 23-year-old to extend her record reign as Australia’s queen of the court to an incredible 451st consecutive week.
Sam Stosur and Daria Gavrilova will battle for the national No.1 ranking in the Strasbourg decider, the first all-Aussie women's final since 2005.
Strasbourg, France, 27 May 2017 | AAP
Tennis aces Sam Stosur and Daria Gavrilova will clash for the Australian No.1 ranking on French Open eve after setting up a high-stakes final in Strasbourg.
In a mouth-watering Roland Garros appetiser, Gavrilova has the chance to end Stosur’s record-long 450-week reign as Australia’s queen of the court after continuing her hot claycourt run with a 6-4 6-2 semifinal dismissal of defending champion Caroline Garcia on Friday.
Under siege following a near-decade as national No.1, Stosur responded with an equally impressive 7-6(0) 6-4 victory over Peng Shuai to lock in the first all-Australian WTA title decider in 12 years.
Nick Kyrgios and Samantha Stosur have been handed difficult draws in the opening rounds of the French Open.
Melbourne & Olympic Parks, Olympic Blvd, Melbourne VIC • 3001, Australia, 26 May 2017 | AAP
Nick Kyrgios and Samantha Stosur have been handed difficult draws for the French Open starting on Sunday.
In-form Stosur, the 23rd seed and former finalist, opens against Slovakian Kristina Kucova and could strike returning Czech champion Petra Kvitova in the third round and world No.1 Angelique Kerber in the last 16.
Kyrgios, Australia’s highest-ranked player and seeded 18th in the men’s event, opens against German Philipp Kohlschreiber and is projected to meet big local hope and former semi-finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga third up.
Daria Gavrilova and Sam Stosur remain on track for an all-Aussie final after Gavrilova beat compatriot Ash Barty in a three-set quarterfinal thriller.
Strasbourg, France, 26 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Daria Gavrilova and Sam Stosur are on track to meet in a rare all-Australian WTA final after advancing to the last four of the claycourt event in Strasbourg.
Continuing their promising Roland Garros build-ups, Stosur hammered nine aces en route to a 7-6(5) 6-4 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro before Gavrilova denied fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(5) in a two-and-three-quarter-hour quarterfinal thriller on Thursday.
Aussie No.1 on the line @WTA_Strasbourg: Daria Gavrilova will be the new Aussie No.1, snapping Sam Stosur’s 450wk streak, if she wins title.
Strasbourg, France, 25 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Sam Stosur has continued her promising French Open build-up by advancing to her first semifinal since reaching the last four in Paris for a fourth time last year.
Stosur hammered nine aces en route to a 7-6(5) 6-4 victory over fourth seed Carla Suarez Navarro in Strasbourg on Thursday.
.@bambamsam30 is first through to @WTA_Strasbourg Semifinals!
Sam Stosur has WTA officials scrambling through the record books trying to find if any other woman in history has matched her incredible feat of 450 straight weeks as a national No.1.
Strasbourg, France, 25 May 2017 | AAP
Sam Stosur is celebrating an extraordinary milestone that is fuelling the veteran’s hopes of embarking on another big French Open charge.
Stosur will enter the claycourt Grand Slam, starting on Sunday, as Australia’s top-ranked women’s player for a magical 450th straight week.
The stunning statistic had WTA officials scrambling through the record books on Wednesday, trying to determine if any other woman in professional tennis history had enjoyed such a lengthy unbroken stint as their nation’s No.1.
