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3 hours ago
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- NDTV
'Sky's The Limit' For Frances Tiafoe At French Open
Frances Tiafoe believes the "sky's the limit" for him after reaching the French Open quarter-finals for the first time on Sunday. The American downed German world number 66 Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in the last 16 to set up a match with Lorenzo Musetti for a semi-final place. It will be Tiafoe's first ATP quarter-final since finishing runner-up at a low-key event in Houston in March. "It's been horrible. I've been travelling around, and it hasn't been fun at all," he said. "Kind of faced it. After that it gave me space to just play. You know, when I can play, I can play. This is not really something that's like a shock. "When I'm playing well, I'm there and present and having fun, I think the sky's the limit for me." The 27-year-old, who has reached at least the quarters at the last three US Opens, is yet to drop a set in Paris and is confident he can go even further. "I've been the super dark horse. I don't think anyone is really thinking that I was going to even be in this position," added Tiafoe. "But at the same time, I don't really look at it like house money. "Now that I'm here, I'm like, 'Let's win'. I was having dinner yesterday. I'm like, 'Yeah, feeling great, but let's keep winning'. There's nothing more fun than winning. "Once I get my feet going and matches under me, I'm dangerous. Then I'm feeling really good, and I'll play anybody." Tiafoe, seeded 15th at Roland Garros, has five wins over top-10 players at Grand Slam events. "If you look at the guys in front of me, I'm much more comfortable playing the guys around me and ahead of me than the other guys," said Tiafoe, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament. "I'm much more reliable, and week to week -- I don't lose to those guys week to week. I lose to everybody else. "That's not really my concern, playing the best guys in the world. I don't fear them. I don't really feel like their level is so much better than mine." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
France 24
7 hours ago
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- France 24
'Sky's the limit' for Tiafoe at French Open
The American downed German world number 66 Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in the last 16 to set up a match with Lorenzo Musetti for a semi-final place. It will be Tiafoe's first ATP quarter-final since finishing runner-up at a low-key event in Houston in March. "It's been horrible. I've been travelling around, and it hasn't been fun at all," he said. "Kind of faced it. After that it gave me space to just play. You know, when I can play, I can play. This is not really something that's like a shock. "When I'm playing well, I'm there and present and having fun, I think the sky's the limit for me." The 27-year-old, who has reached at least the quarters at the last three US Opens, is yet to drop a set in Paris and is confident he can go even further. "I've been the super dark horse. I don't think anyone is really thinking that I was going to even be in this position," added Tiafoe. "But at the same time, I don't really look at it like house money. "Now that I'm here, I'm like, 'Let's win'. I was having dinner yesterday. I'm like, 'Yeah, feeling great, but let's keep winning'. There's nothing more fun than winning. "Once I get my feet going and matches under me, I'm dangerous. Then I'm feeling really good, and I'll play anybody." Tiafoe, seeded 15th at Roland Garros, has five wins over top-10 players at Grand Slam events. "If you look at the guys in front of me, I'm much more comfortable playing the guys around me and ahead of me than the other guys," said Tiafoe, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament. "I'm much more reliable, and week to week -- I don't lose to those guys week to week. I lose to everybody else. "That's not really my concern, playing the best guys in the world. I don't fear them. I don't really feel like their level is so much better than mine." © 2025 AFP
Boston Globe
2 days ago
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- Boston Globe
Chasing her second major of the year, Mao Saigo shoots 66 to take US Women's Open lead
Mao Saigo holds a three-stroke lead with two holes to play 💪 — LPGA (@LPGA) Saigo was asked whether 16 under might be within reach. 'It is very difficult to compare,' she said through an interpreter. 'All I can say is that I will do my best, and as a result, I would like to make a good result.' Advertisement Saigo won the Chevron Championship in a playoff outside Houston just over a month ago for her first LPGA Tour title. Korda, who has never finished higher than a tie for eighth in the US Women's Open, had a 67. That's the best round she's had in the event. 'I feel like I've had a very complicated relationship with US Opens,' Korda said, 'but I'm happy to be in the position I am heading into the weekend.' She was 5 under with Hinako Shibuno (69), Sarah Schmelzel (68), Maja Stark (69), Yealimi Noh (71), and 2020 U.S. Women's Open champion A Lim Kim (71). Jing Yan (69), Lin Grant (69), Chiara Tamburlini (71), and Jinhee Im (72) were 4 under. After not making a birdie until her 18th hole Thursday, Korda had seven of them Friday thanks to her improved putting. Advertisement Looking for some evening entertainment? — LPGA (@LPGA) 'Honestly, I was hitting really good putts yesterday,' Korda said. 'I was hitting it exactly where I wanted to and they just weren't falling. It was one of those days. Today I did the same thing.' Kim was one of 18 competitors still on the course finishing their rounds when weather concerns halted play for about 54 minutes. Kim was alone in second place at 6 under and playing No. 17 when the delay happened. The 29-year-old from South Korea said she waited out the delay in a car. Kim then returned to make par on No. 17 before bogeying the par-5 18th to fall back into a tie for second. Kim said she still likes where she stands midway through the tournament. 'Really good position,' Kim said. 'I love to chase the leader, so let me see.' Saigo made sure everyone would be chasing her this weekend as she bounced back from some early misfortune. After starting out at No. 10 and getting birdies on No. 11 and No. 12, Saigo bogeyed the par-5 No. 14 when she got a bad break. Her third shot hit the flagstick, bounced backward and rolled all the way into a bunker. But she recovered by getting four birdies in a five-hole stretch from Nos. 16-2. A trio of birdies for Mao Saigo and she's the leader by 2 strokes 🚨 — LPGA (@LPGA) 'I thought that was not my mistake,' Saigo said. 'I just thought to myself that it was just unlucky, and then I just changed my mind.' Play was suspended due to darkness Friday night with 12 players unable to finish.
France 24
2 days ago
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- France 24
Chevron champ Saigo takes three-shot US Women's Open lead
Japan's Saigo, who won a five-way playoff to lift her first major trophy at the Chevron Championship, shrugged off a spectacular piece of bad luck to build a 36-hole total of 136 at Erin Hills. Korda posted a five-under-par 67 to headline a group of six players on 139. Saigo, 23, last year's LPGA Rookie of the Year, said her victory at the Chevron in April had given her new confidence but hadn't changed her fundamental approach. "I think that I was able to be more confident about my judgments that I make," she said. "However, I would like to play my play rather than thinking about changing myself." She teed off on 10 and gained ground quickly with birdies at 11 and 12, but needed all of her mental poise after disappointment at the par-five 14th, where her third shot hit the flagstick and bounced back into a bunker. Instead of a birdie she ended up with her only bogey of the day. "I thought that was not my mistake, I just thought to myself that it was unlucky and then I just changed my mind," added Saigo, who posted five more birdies, including three in a row at the 18th, first and second holes. Saigo can expect a strong weekend challenge from Korda after the American posted her best round score ever at a US Open, a tournament in which her best finish was a tie for eighth in 2022. "I feel like I've had a very complicated relationship with US Opens," Korda said. "But I'm happy to be in the position I am heading into the weekend." Korda trending After just one birdie and one bogey in her even-par first round, Korda finally saw some putts drop in a five-under effort that featured seven birdies. "Honestly, I was hitting really good putts yesterday," Korda said. "I was hitting it exactly where I wanted to and they just weren't falling. "Today I did the same thing, I didn't really try to do anything different... so hopefully I can keep trending in the right direction heading into the weekend." Korda was tied with Japan's Hinako Shibuno, Americans Yealimi Noh and Sarah Schmelzel, South Korean Kim A-lim and Sweden's Maja Stark. Kim and Noh were among six players who shared the first-round lead, each carding a one-under 71. Kim, the 2020 US Open champion, shook off an early bogey to reach six-under with birdies at the seventh, eighth and 14th. She was playing the 17th when thunderstorms halted play for almost an hour, returning to complete her par before a disappointing bogey at 18 where she was in the rough off the tee then found a greenside bunker. Schmelzel had reached six-under with five birdies in her first seven holes, but gave a stroke back with a late bogey that left her with a 68. Former British Open champion Shibuno was six-under through 17 holes but bogeyed the last for a 69. Noh capped her one-under round with birdies at her last two holes, the eighth and ninth, while Stark had six birdies and three bogeys in her 69. The demanding Erin Hills layout claimed some notable victims. World number two Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand and defending champion Yuka Saso of Japan were well outside the projected cut line of even par when darkness halted play with a dozen players on the course.
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Climate
- Boston Globe
Ben Griffin still on a heater after his win last week on punishing course at Memorial
Griffin was playing so well that his two water balls — on the par-5 11th and par-3 12th — only led to bogeys when such mistakes punished so many other players. Advertisement 'Yeah, a couple water balls — really need to go to the range and work on my game to clean that stuff up,' Griffin said with a laugh. He knew this was a good one. Muirfield Village was soft enough from rain the past two days that good scores were available provided shots came from the fairway, and not from rough that Justin Thomas had said was comparable to what they will face at Oakmont in the US Open. 'Basically a US Open we're playing,' Keegan Bradley said after a 69. 'I'm going to be playing back-to-back US Opens here. But the course is very fair, setup nice. Just a tough test.' The numbers bear that out, whether it was only 13 players who broke par in a gentle wind, or the eight players who made triple bogey on seven of the holes at Muirfield Village. Advertisement Griffin set the pace early by going out in 31, and then ran into a few problems with the water. He tried to reach the green on the 11th, came up short and into the water, and missed a 10-foot par putt. On the 12th, his tee shot bounced back down the slope into the water. He saved bogey with a 6-foot putt. But what a finish — a 15-foot birdie on the par-3 16th, a 12-foot birdie on the 17th, and holing out from just over 50 feet up the ridge on the 18th for a third straight birdie. Walking it off in style 😏 📺 Golf Channel — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 'It was an incredible day,' Griffin said. 'Kind of building on what I was doing last week, making a ton of birdies, staying aggressive. This is one of the toughest golf courses we play on tour and you've got to be on your game to make birdies and give yourself a lot of looks.' Shane Lowry played alongside Griffin and had a 69, one of only six players to break 70. It might not have felt that good the way Griffin was playing. 'I told him when we finished, 'Keep it going, things will turn around for you pretty soon,' ' Lowry said with a smile. 'He pretty much holed everything he looked at today. It was good. We bounced off each other, we all played really nicely. 'My 3 under doesn't look that great beside his 7 under, but 3 under is a good score out there on this course,' he said. 'It's pretty difficult.' Advertisement Homa keeps trying to piece together his game that allowed him to reach No. 10 in the world when he played the Memorial last year. Now he is at No. 87 and faces a long week — a tough test at Muirfield Village, and then 36 holes of US Open qualifying Monday. 'I told my coach last night this is the best my swing has felt in a really long time. Then the whole game kind of felt like that,' Homa said. 'I didn't need to shoot a low number to validate that, but it just feels nice.' Nick Taylor had one of the 10 double bogeys — two others made triple bogey — on the par-3 12th, but the Canadian rallied with two birdies on his last three holes for a 69. Scheffler won the PGA Championship and tried to get as much rest as he could ahead of Colonial, where he still tied for fourth. He worked a little more in the days heading into Memorial and spent too much time in the rough and battling for pars. He does that well, too, dropping only two shots despite hitting six of the 14 fairways and twice failing to convert birdie chances on the par 5s on the back nine. The last time he was over par to start a tournament was the US Open last year. 'I felt like I scored pretty well. If I want to keep doing that, I'll have to be a little sharper the next few days,' Scheffler said. 'But overall, a good job posting a score. Yeah, 2 under on this place any day is pretty good.' Advertisement No need telling that to Thomas (80) or Daniel Berger (81). And then there was Adam Scott, who was 7 over for his round through six holes. He played even par the rest of the way for a 79. Viktor Hovland (right) and his caddie look for a way out of the woods on the 18th hole at Muirfield Village. He made a triple bogey 7 as part of a 2-over 74. Michael Reaves/Getty
