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.
Paris, France, 25 May 2017 | AAP
Nick Kyrgios’s untimely injury setback has cost the Australian No.1 an all-important top-16 seeding for the French Open starting on Sunday.
After a blinding hardcourt campaign in the United States, Kyrgios’s momentum stalled when the death of his grandfather limited claycourt exposure and then a hip flexor problem forced his withdrawal from last week’s Rome Masters.
As a result, Kyrgios has dropped to 19th in the rankings and has been seeded 18th for Roland Garros after rising one position due to Roger Federer’s scratching to focus on Wimbledon.
Not since Rachel McQuillan, Anne Minter and Kristin Godridge in Moscow in 1990 have three Australians reached the quarterfinals at the same WTA event.
Strasbourg, France, 25 May 2017 | AAP
In a huge boost two days out from the French Open draw, three Australian women have surged into the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time in 27 years.
Rome quarterfinalist Daria Gavrilova claimed it felt like a Fed Cup camp in sunny Strasbourg after joining Sam Stosur and Ashleigh Barty in the last eight.
“It’s awesome,” Gavrilova told AAP after outlasting Russian qualifier Elizaveta Kulichkova 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 to set up a quarterfinal showdown with Barty, a 6-3 6-0 winner over Italian Camila Giorgi.
Lyon, France, 25 May 2017 | Reuters
Ending Australia’s chances at the tournament after the exits of Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, Jordan Thompson bowed out in the second round of the ATP event in Lyon.
Thompson was beaten 6-2 7-6(3) by Russian world No.54 Karen Khachanov, who will next face second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Home favourite Tsonga fought back to secure a 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3 victory over Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq.
Strasbourg, France, 25 May 2017 | AAP
Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova are set for a quarterfinal showdown at the WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg.
The Australian pair reached the quarters in varying styles.
Rising star Barty stormed into the last eight at the Roland Garros tune-up with with a straight-sets win over Camila Giorgi.
Paris, France, 24 May 2017 | tennis.com.au
Tuesday was a forgettable day for the Australian contingent in Roland Garros qualifying as all four in action fell at the first hurdle.
Sam Groth led Serbian Filip Krajinovic by a set and a break before fading to a 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 defeat while all three Aussie women in action bowed out in the first round in straight sets.
Teenager Destanee Aiava put in a promising showing in a 7-6(5) 6-1 loss to 19th seed Rebecca Sramkova; the Victorian led 5-3 and 5-2 in the tiebreak before her relentless opponent proved too strong.
Lyon, France, 24 May 2017 | AAP
Nine double-faults and 16 aces summed up a forgettable day for Nick Kyrgios at the ATP event in Lyon.
Kyrgios lost his opener 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Argentine Nicolas Kicker from a position in which he appeared to be cruising on Tuesday.
The Australian fourth seed and world No.19 ripped through the opening set, serving six aces to blast the 24-year-old qualifier off the court.
Strasbourg, France, 24 May 2017 | AAP/tennis.com.au
Australia’s top-ranked female Sam Stosur has easily accounted for Madison Brengle to reach the last eight at the WTA’s Strasbourg International.
Stosur’s 6-0 6-1 victory over American Brengle was an identical score to her first-round win over Ying-Ying Duan.
During the match, which lasted just 49 minutes, Stosur blasted 27 winners while committing just five errors, and also produced five aces to just one double fault.
Strasbourg, France, 23 May 2017 | AAP
Daria Gavrilova wasted little time beating 21-year-old American Louisa Chirico in the opening round of the WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg.
The Australian world No.25 defeated Chirico 6-2 6-3 in just over an hour of court time to join fellow Australians Sam Stosur and Ash Barty in the second round.
Gavrilova will next play Russian qualifier Elizaveta Kulichkova, while Stosur is set for a showdown with American qualifier Madison Brengle.
