French Open 2017, Live Tennis Score Day 6: Rafael Nadal will feature on Day 6 of the French Open. (Source: Reuters)
With the top half of the men’s draw and bottom half of the women’s draw taking shape, it is now the turn of the other halves to form a proper picture of things as French Open moves into Day 6 and Round of 16 matches come closer. On Day 6, Garbine Muguruza, the defending champion, and Rafael Nadal, seeking a tenth title, are the biggest names. Not to forget, Novak Djokovic is also in action, eager to defend his crown. Dominic Thiem, Kristina Mladenovic, both looking for their first Grand Slam and in good form on clay, are also in action. Among the Indian players, Leander Paes partners Martina Hingis in the mixed doubles while also playing men’s doubles with Scott Lipsky. Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas are also in action an so is Sania Mirza alongside Ivan Dodig.
French Open 2017 Day 6 Live Scores and Updates:
1648 hrs IST: Goffin’s ankle twist looks worse on the zoomed in angle. Hope he’s okay
OMG… this looks even worse then the images… please be ok… #Goffin #RG17 @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/GQTo9yCfif
— serve-s-up (@Serverius_Jr) June 2, 2017
1635 hrs IST: Second retirement of the day at Roland Garros in under two hours of play. Guillermo Garcia Lopez pulls out and Milos Raonic moves into the fourth round. The Canadian led 6-1, 1-0
1620 hrs IST: Muguruza closes it out with an ace down the tee. She wins it 7-5, 6-2 and is into the fourth round. Faces the winner of Shelby Rogers and Kristina Mladenovic
Test passé avec mention pour @GarbiMuguruza ! #RG17 pic.twitter.com/s89dfCR45x
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2017
1612 hrs IST: Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky’s good run together over the past four tournaments comes to an end in the second round of the French Open. They lose 6-7, 2-6 to Marrero/Robredo
1607 hrs IST: Rain on the horizon in Paris later in the day. We could see interruption in proceedings.
Hot and humid day in Paris with the forecast calling for rain later. Mladenovic and Rogers will take the court at 12:45pm. #RG17
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) June 2, 2017
1605 hrs IST: Muguruza is off to a good start in the second set. She leads 3-1 as ‘Poots’ gets one serve break back.
1536 hrs IST: Pity for Goffin. He trips on the tarp, twists his ankle and is unable to continue. Zeballos progresses in the most absurd fashion
David Goffin just had an awful spill and has been on the floor in the same spot for minutes now. Right ankle seems to be the issue. http://t.co/bnaX5Cooob
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) 2 June 2017
1527 hrs IST: Muguruza takes a 5-3 lead by winning 14 of 15 points versus Putintseva but fails to close the set out. She has another chance to do so after breaking the Kazakhstan player’s serve and leads 6-5
1430 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the French Open on Day 6. Plenty of matches with a banana skin on offer today. Nadal takes on Basilashvili, Muguruza against Putintseva, Shwartzman vs Djokovic, Shelby Rogers vs Mladenovic, Wozniacki vs Cici Bellis
