They were only playing their first international competition, but the Bleuets of the 2005 generation have already marked the history of the French teams. They dominated, in Netanya (Israel), this Wednesday the Euro of under 17 years by overcoming the Netherlands in the final (2-1), a team considered favorite who had beaten them during the … Read more
This Monday at home, the Monaco team got out of a trap perfectly set by Strasbourg during the support match of the quarter-finals where it was necessary to wait for extra time (82-80 ap) to know the opponent of Pau-Lacq-Orthez in the semi-finals of the Betclic Elite play-offs. After coming close to elimination in Alsace … Read more
After two first free practice sessions dominated by Charles Leclerc on Friday, Sergio Perez pointed the muzzle of his Red Bull this Saturday during the third session. The Mexican completed his fastest lap in 1’12”476. The Ferrari driver, battling with Perez for the best lap throughout the last ten minutes, finally finished second, just 4 … Read more
Diane Parry leaves Paris and by the Porte d’Auteuil on a match that will leave her with regrets, where she will never have found the right formula to hinder Sloane Stephens, victorious in two sets (6-2, 6-3). The American, down to 64th in the world, but much more experienced, since she has already won a … Read more
“It’s a complicated match to analyze…In the first set, she made a lot of mistakes, I was very solid and in the second she had the entry break and then she played much more liberated. When Jelena starts hitting, it’s really very hard even if physically I gave everything. I had no solutions in the … Read more
Jean-Marc Furlan (Auxerre coach after the draw against Saint-Etienne 1-1): “It’s not a great result because we will have to play at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium and it will be difficult. The players struggled to adapt to a Ligue 1 rhythm. After twenty minutes, it settled down and then, in the second half, much more significantly. … Read more
There is better at Stefanos Tsitsipas. This time, the Greek did not need to overcome a handicap of two sets to pass, as in his first round against Lorenzo Musetti. But even if he is qualified for the third round of Roland-Garros, he still seems to be in the running-in period, as evidenced by the … Read more
Paris suits him so well. A year and a half after his surprise round of 16 at Roland-Garros, seven months after his quarter in a Bercy on fire, Hugo Gaston is doing it again: here he is in the third round of the Parisian Grand Slam after his authoritarian victory against the Argentinian Pedro Cachin … Read more
Court Philippe ChatrierFrom 12 p.m.Alizé Cornet (FRA) – Misaki Doi (JAP)Casper Ruud (NOR/#8) – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)Paula Badosa (ESP/n°3) – Fiona Ferro (FRA/WC)From 8:45 p.m.Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/n°4) Court Suzanne LenglenFrom 11 a.m.Facundo Bagnis (ARG) – Daniil Medvedev (RUS/n°2)Lloyd Harris (AFS) – Richard Gasquet (FRA) (1-6, 2-5)Taylor Townsend (USA/WC) – Caroline Garcia … Read more
A year after her unexpected withdrawal last year before her second round, the Japanese Naomi Osaka returned to the clay courts of Roland-Garros against Amanda Anisimova (28th in the WTA rankings), this Monday in the first round. And as at the Australian Open at the start of the year, the former world No. 1 came … Read more