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United News of India
3 days ago
- Sport
- United News of India
Boulter loses to end British hopes in women's singles
Paris, May 30 (UNI) British number one Katie Boulter was unable to cause a shock against American seventh seed Madison Keys as the nation's involvement in the French Open women's singles came to an end. Boulter lost 6-1 6-3 to Australian Open champion Keys in the second round, with a lot of self-inflicted damage caused by nine double faults across her eight service games on Thursday. "If you don't have a great serving day against someone like that, you're always under pressure," said Boulter, who was broken five times. "I think almost every service game I hit a double-fault. Against someone of that calibre, you just can't afford to do that." Boulter's exit came a few hours after fellow Briton Sonay Kartal was also knocked out. Kartal, competing in her first French Open, struggled for consistency in a 6-1 6-4 loss to Czech opponent Marie Bouzkova, the BBC reported. The pair followed Emma Raducanu out of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament after she lost to reigning champion Iga Swiatek on Wednesday. All three players are provisionally ranked inside the world's top 50 as their tussle for the title of Britain's leading women's player continues in the grass-court season. Boulter is still out in front at 38th in the world, three places ahead of Raducanu and 18 spots clear of 56th-ranked Kartal. UNI BM
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brits rise and fall at French Open as Boulter bows out and Norrie battles on
Court Philippe-Chatrier is one of the broadest tennis courts in the world, meaning when things are going badly and the match is rapidly falling away, it makes for a painfully lonely place to be. A day after Emma Raducanu learned this during her heavy defeat by the defending champion Iga Swiatek, Katie Boulter endured a similarly miserable experience as she was comprehensively beaten 6-1, 6-3 by the Australian Open champion Madison Keys in the second round of the French Open. Related: Raducanu accepts French Open defeat by Swiatek shows gap to leading players Landing in the path of a recent grand slam champion is rarely good news but there were reasons for Boulter, the British No 1, to be hopeful before her match with Keys. Rather than potentially facing a tricky, cunning clay specialist who could make her extremely uncomfortable, the tactics were at least simple for both: attack first. Although both players attempt to play an uncompromising first-strike game, dictating opponents with their serve and forehands, Keys is simply a better player. Boulter's relative deficiencies were particularly clear on serve. The American has long established herself as one of the best servers in the world, her precise, destructive first delivery complemented by her tricky, consistent top-spin second effort. The British player is far more temperamental. On a good day, when she finds rhythm and is striking her ground strokes cleanly, Boulter can certainly perform at a high level and she possesses enough weapons to trouble the best players in the world. It was a poor day with ball in hand for Boulter, however, and it did not take long for her second serve to crumble under the pressure inflicted by Keys, who hunted it down without hesitation. The British No 1, ranked 38th in the world, struck nine double faults, including three times on break point to give away the first three breaks of the match. Her serving did not give her a realistic chance. Although the surface will always be a significant challenge for Boulter, her second clay court season has still represented a positive step forward. She won her first clay court title at any level in the WTA 125 event in Paris just before the French Open and her opening round win against Carole Monnet was her first main draw victory at the French Open. She will now head to the grass, her favourite surface, with higher expectations and greater opportunities. Related: French Open: Djokovic in action, Boulter out, Sinner and Norrie through – live Sonay Kartal, the British No 3, fell 6-1, 6-4 to Marie Bouzkova in the second round after an extremely physical, arduous battle. Having won her first French Open match on her debut, the 23-year-old from London continues to make positive, steady progress and she could break into the world's top 50 for the first time in her career after the tournament, depending on other results. In the men's draw, Cameron Norrie continued to gain momentum as he followed up his spectacular first-round win over Daniil Medvedev, the 11th seed, with an efficient 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-1 victory over Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina. After a tough opening set against Gomez, a lucky loser with a searing forehand who was competing in a grand slam tournament for the first time in his career, Norrie relaxed and cruised to victory:'I played a very steady kind of 6, 7 out of 10 for the whole time,' the world No 81 said. 'It showed in the score. I was very happy with the way I handled it. I felt I didn't play amazing, didn't play that badly. Didn't give him much. So it was a good day.' Norrie will next face a fellow British player in the third round after Jacob Fearnley advanced at the expense of 22nd seed Ugo Humbert, after the Frenchman retired with an injury. Fearnley won the first set 6-4 with the second level at 4-4 when the match was cut short. Arthur Fils, the 20-year-old French No 1, finally made his mark at his home grand slam tournament as he fought through injury to complete an incredible comeback victory against Jaume Munar of Spain, winning 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4 after four hours and 25 minutes. The French youngster led by two sets but began to struggle with both a back injury and cramps, quickly losing the third and fourth. From a break down in the final set, at the urging of a deafening Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd, he pulled off a spectacular recovery to reach the third round at Roland Garros for the first time. 'This is my best match of all time,' said Fils. 'I have had big matches before, but I have never had a match like this in five sets before.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brits rise and fall at French Open as Boulter bows out and Norrie battles on
Court Philippe-Chatrier is one of the broadest tennis courts in the world, meaning when things are going badly and the match is rapidly falling away, it makes for a painfully lonely place to be. A day after Emma Raducanu learned this during her heavy defeat by the defending champion Iga Swiatek, Katie Boulter endured a similarly miserable experience as she was comprehensively beaten 6-1, 6-3 by the Australian Open champion Madison Keys in the second round of the French Open. Related: Raducanu accepts French Open defeat by Swiatek shows gap to leading players Advertisement Landing in the path of a recent grand slam champion is rarely good news but there were reasons for Boulter, the British No 1, to be hopeful before her match with Keys. Rather than potentially facing a tricky, cunning clay specialist who could make her extremely uncomfortable, the tactics were at least simple for both: attack first. Although both players attempt to play an uncompromising first-strike game, dictating opponents with their serve and forehands, Keys is simply a better player. Boulter's relative deficiencies were particularly clear on serve. The American has long established herself as one of the best servers in the world, her precise, destructive first delivery is complemented by her tricky, consistent top-spin second effort. The British player is far more temperamental. On a good day, when she finds rhythm and is striking her ground strokes cleanly, Boulter can certainly perform at a high level and she possesses enough weapons to trouble the best players in the world. On Thursday, however, was a poor day with ball in hand for Boulter and it did not take long for her second serve to crumble under the pressure inflicted by Keys, who hunted it down without hesitation. The British No 1, ranked 38th in the world, struck nine double faults, including three times on break point to give away the first three breaks of the match. Her serving did not give her a realistic chance. Although the surface will always be a significant challenge for Boulter, her second clay court season has still represented a positive step forward. She won her first clay court title at any level in the WTA 125 event in Paris just before the French Open and her opening round win against Carole Monnet was her first main draw victory at the French Open. She will now head to the grass, her favourite surface, with higher expectations and greater opportunities. Advertisement Related: French Open: Djokovic in action, Boulter out, Sinner and Norrie through – live Sonay Kartal, the British No 3, fell 6-1, 6-4 to Marie Bouzkova in the second round after an extremely physical, arduous battle. Having won her first French Open match on her debut, the 23-year-old from London continues to make positive, steady progress and she could break into the world's top 50 for the first time in her career after the tournament, depending on other results. In the men's draw, Cameron Norrie continued to gain momentum as he followed up his spectacular first-round win over Daniil Medvedev, the 11th seed, with an efficient 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-1 victory over Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina. After a tough opening set against Gomez, a lucky loser with a searing forehand who was competing in a grand slam tournament for the first time in his career, Norrie relaxed and cruised to victory:'I played a very steady kind of 6, 7 out of 10 for the whole time,' the world No 81 said. 'It showed in the score. I was very happy with the way I handled it. I felt I didn't play amazing, didn't play that badly. Didn't give him much. So it was a good day.' Norrie will next face a fellow Brit in the third round after Jacob Fearnley advanced at the expense of 22nd seed Ugo Humbert after the Frenchman retired with an won the first set 6-4 with the second level at 4-4 when the match was cut short. Arthur Fils, the 20-year-old French No 1, finally made his mark at his home grand slam tournament as he fought through injury to complete an incredible comeback victory against Jaume Munar of Spain, winning 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4 after four hours and 25 minutes. The French youngster led by two sets but began to struggle with both a back injury and cramps, quickly losing the third and fourth. From a break down in the final set, at the urging of a deafening Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd, he pulled off a spectacular recovery to reach the third round at Roland Garros for the first time. 'This is my best match of all time,' said Fils. 'I have had big matches before, but I have never had a match like this in five sets before.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katie Boulter vs Madison Keys start time: When is French Open match?
Katie Boulter takes on Madison Keys at the French Open as the British No 1 looks to build on her first main draw win at Roland Garros. Boulter claimed her first victory on the Paris clay as she defeated Carole Monnet 6-7 6-1 6-1 and said it was a victory she 'would not forget'. 'Sometimes I find it really difficult on this surface,' Boulter said, 'I persevered and tried my hardest to bring some good tennis and obviously my first Roland Garros win, you never forget those ones.' Up next for the British No 1 is a date with Australian Open champion Keys, who is a former semi-finalist at the French Open with that result coming in 2022. Djokovic v Moutet LIVE: French Open scores, results and updates including Sinner and Boulter It will be the first time the players have met, and the second-round match has been given top billing after it was scheduled on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The second round match has been scheduled third on Court Philippe-Chatrier, following the matches between Jessica Pegula and Ann Li and men's No 1 Jannik Sinner and retiring French favourite Richard Gasquet. With play starting at 11am UK time, Keys and Boulter could expect to get onto court at around 3pm UK time, but it may be slightly earlier or later depending on the previous matches. Yes, the match will be on TV, like every other match during the grand slam on TNT Sports and discovery+. Viewers can watch a live stream on the app through mobile devices. all times BST Court Philippe-Chatrier (start 11:00) Ann Li (USA) vs. Jessica Pegula (USA) [3] Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA) Madison Keys (USA) [7] vs. Katie Boulter (GBR) Night session, not before 19:15 Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. Jack Draper (GBR) [5] Court Suzanne-Lenglen (start 10:00) Jaume Munar (ESP) vs. Arthur Fils (FRA) [14] Tereza Valentova (CZE) vs. Coco Gauff (USA) [2] Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) [17] vs. Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) Court Simonne-Mathieu (start 10:00) Mirra Andreeva [6] vs. Ashlyn Krueger (USA) Alexander Zverev (GER) [3] vs. Jesper de Jong (NED) Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs. Paula Badosa (ESP) [10] Jacob Fearnley (GBR) vs. Ugo Humbert (FRA) [22] Court 14 (start 10:00) Alex de Minaur (AUS) [9] vs. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) [15] vs. Veronika Kudermetova João Fonseca (BRA) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin (USA) [31] Court 7 (start 10:00) Henrique Rocha (POR) vs. Jakub Mensik (CZE) [19] Andrey Rublev [17] vs. Adam Walton (AUS) Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) vs. Lois Boisson (FRA) Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) Court 6 (start 10:00) Magdalena Frech (POL) [25] vs. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova [20] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) vs. Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) Denis Shapovalov (CAN) [27] vs. Filip Misolic (AUT)
Metro
5 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Draper set to blow away Gael in French Open
British players have made history at the French Open, with six of them winning in the first round on the Paris clay for the first time since 1973, but No.1s Jack Draper and Katie Boulter appear to be heading for vastly different results in the second round. In the men's draw, Gael Monfils is a decent clay-court player and will be roared on by a partisan home crowd at Roland Garros but the 38-year-old Parisienne and 2008 semi-finalist will be no match for Draper, who should advance to the next phase with minimal fuss. Monfils, who won a five-set epic in the opening round, has not reached the latter stages at any of his jaunts into this year's clay-court campaign while Britain's Madrid Open finalist has been getting better and better on this surface. Despite dropping the opening set to fast-starting Mattia Bellucci in his opening match, Draper was a highly convincing 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 winner. Incredibly for the man seeded fifth, it was his first win on the Paris clay, with just two first-round exits to his name heading into the year's second grand slam. Draper is 5/4 with bet365 and Bet Victor to win in straight sets and evens with the same firm, Ladbrokes, Coral and BoyleSports to triumph by more than 6.5 games in their handicap markets. Meanwhile, Boulter did well to fight back after losing the first set in her opening match in the French capital to make progress against Carole Monnet, but her reward is a tough assignment against 2018 semi-finalist and world No.8 Madison Keys. More Trending This has been a season of real progress for Boulter who, like Draper, had never won a French Open match before. Indeed she had never won a WTA match on the red stuff until Madrid this year. She has even gone on to win her first clay title in the build-up to Roland Garros, going all the way at the WTA 125 Trophee Clarins in Paris, earning the tongue-in-cheek nickname Clay-tie Boulter. It remains her least favoured surface, however, and she will have her work cut out against Australian Open champion Keys, who has previously reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals in Paris. The American is no better than 8/15 with William Hill and bet365 to win in straight sets and the better option is for her to enjoy a relatively relaxed victory by more than 5.5 games at 19/20 with BetMGM and Unibet. MORE: Novak Djokovic French Open win branded 'unfair' after roof debate with umpire MORE: Rafael Nadal immortalised at French Open after emotional Big Four tennis reunion MORE: How to watch French Open 2025: Roland-Garros TV channel and UK live stream
