French Open Live, Day 9: Simona Halep will be first up on Court Philippe Chatrier against Carla Suarez Navarro. (Source: AP)
French Open has reached the big second week with respective singles draws reaching the fourth round. We’ve already seen fair share of upsets, tough challenges and breezy affairs and Day 9 could well see the same. Simona Halep, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic are some of the key names scheduled to play today. Stan Wawrinka takes on Gael Monfils in what seems an interesting contest, one with plenty of drama on offer has Caroline Garcia facing Alize Cornet. Indian hopes will reduce further when Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza will be across the net in mixed doubles quarterfinal. Catch live score and updates from French Open on Day 9.
French Open Day 9 Live Scores and Updates:
1515 hrs IST: On the other court, upset in the offing. Martic wins the opening set 6-4 vs Svitolina. Martic is looking to become the first qualifier to reach the last eight in Paris since 2012. She’s already beaten 12th seed Madison Keys and demolished 17th seed Anastasija Sevastova en route to the fourth round — a stage she also reached in 2012.
1515 hrs IST: Easy peasy for Halep against CSN. Wins the opening set 6-1 in half an hour. Up a break in the second set too. Now CSN putting pressure on Halep’s serve but failing to break right back.
1430 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the French Open here as we enter the second week. Fourth round and the matches get tougher as we go along (or tougher for some?). Some of the good looking matches on offer today: Halep vs Carla Suarez Navarro (CSN), Wawrinka vs Monfils, Garcia vs Cornet (DRAMA!!!!!), Verdasco vs Nishikori, Anderson vs Cilic and for the Indian audience: Bopanna/Dabrowski vs Mirza/Dodig
