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Round of 16 action begins on Sunday in Paris, with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens headlning Chatrier. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Madison KEYS (USA) [13] vs Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31]
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [7] vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25] vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [20] vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26] vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ)
David GOFFIN (BEL)[8] vs Marco CECCHINATO (ITA)
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) & Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) & Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8]
Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) vs Calvin HEMERY (FRA) & Stephane ROBERT (FRA)
Robin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] To be completed: Haase/Middelkoop lead 5-4
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) & Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs IC.BEGU (ROU ) / Q.WANG (CHN) or A.KLEPAC (SLO ) / MJ.MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [3]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) & John PEERS (AUS) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Alexander PEYA (AUT)
Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) & Robert FARAH (COL) [5] vs Wesley KOOLHOF (NED) & Artem SITAK (NZL)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) & Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) & Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [9]
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) & Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA) vs Demi SCHUURS (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 4
Play starts at 11am
Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Margaryta BILOKIN (UKR)
Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) [14] vs Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA)
Naoki TAJIMA (JPN) vs Marko MILADINOVIC (SRB)
Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) vs Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Himari SATO (JPN) vs Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU)

Court 5
Play starts at 11am
Natasha SUBHASH (USA) vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)
Cannon KINGSLEY (USA) vs Jonas FOREJTEK (CZE)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Francesca CURMI (MLT)
Peyton STEARNS (USA) vs Kamilla RAKHIMOVA (RUS)
Gabriella PRICE (USA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Nick HARDT (DOM) vs Hugo GASTON (FRA) [5]
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Manon LEONARD (FRA)
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Mathys ERHARD (FRA)
Sofya LANSERE (RUS) vs Clara BUREL (FRA) [13]
Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Vania KING (USA) & Franko SKUGOR (CRO) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO) [2]
Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) & Jamie CERRETANI (USA) vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]
Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) & Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Rayane ROUMANE (FRA) vs Wojciech MAREK (POL)
Katie VOLYNETS (USA) vs Yasmine MANSOURI (FRA)
Cori GAUFF (USA)[16] vs Stefania ROGOZINSKA DZIK (POL)
Deney WASSERMANN (NED) vs George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)
Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) vs Drew BAIRD (USA)[16]
Simona WALTERT (SUI) vs Salma DJOUBRI (FRA)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Elsa JACQUEMOT (FRA)
Trey HILDERBRAND (USA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)
Tristan BOYER (USA)[11] vs Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
Andrew FENTY (USA) vs Admir KALENDER (CRO)
Alice TUBELLO (FRA) vs Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS)
Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA) vs Daniela VISMANE (LAT)

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs Uisung PARK (KOR)
Ana Paula MELILO (BRA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]
Arnaud BOVY (BEL) vs Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS)
Lenka STARA (SVK) vs Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO)
Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) vs Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG) vs Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA)[8]
Tao MU (CHN) vs Nicolas MEJIA (COL)[9]
Rudolf MOLLEKER (GER) [3] vs Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA)
Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) [15] vs Yanki EREL (TUR)
Emma RADUCANU (GBR) vs Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS)

Court 15
Play starts at 11am
Elina AVANESYAN (RUS) vs Adrienn NAGY (HUN)
Mateus ALVES (BRA) vs Philip HENNING (RSA)
Dalibor SVRCINA (CZE) [10] vs Ray HO (TPE)
Leylah Annie FERNANDEZ (CAN) [15] vs Nika RADISIC (SLO)
Varvara GRACHEVA (RUS) vs Xinyu WANG (CHN) [2]
Lea MA (USA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO)

Court 16
Play starts at 11am
Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [6] vs Mateo BARREIROS REYES (BRA)
Ana GELLER (ARG) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)
Sergey FOMIN (UZB) vs Ondrej STYLER (CZE)
Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) vs Stefan PALOSI (ROU)
Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) vs Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]

To be announced
Not before 6pm
Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) & Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) & Jean-Julien ROJER (NED) [5]

Leo delivered some pretty nice groundies, but it was Nadal who, once again, prevailed. Rafael Nadal didn’t break much of a sweat in taking down Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Saturday, but that’s okay. Enter ball kid Leo. The young man was introduced by Marion Bartoli during Nadal’s post-match interview and Nadal said he’d be happy to have a hit with the young lad.

Here’s how it shook out:

He can never get enough. @RafaelNadal practices with ball boy post match. #RG18 pic.twitter.com/Qhqt3m1GlP

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 2, 2018

We’re sure a lot of you will argue with Marion Bartoli’s assessment that Leo is Nadal’s biggest fan, but we must say, the young man acquitted himself nicely against the King of Clay. And here is today's impromptu French lesson: Ball kid = ramasseur de balles!

See the full video below… .

Léo, ballkid, had a nice moment with @RafaelNadal !
Après sa victoire contre Richard Gasquet, Rafa Nadal a joué avec Léo, ramasseur de balles ! 💫❤️#RG18 pic.twitter.com/HDNz5bdFs5

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2018

Muguruza, Sharapova and Nadal to feature on Chatrier on Saturday. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS)
Not before 12pm
Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) To be completed: Khachanov leads 6-3 7-5 1-1
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Richard GASQUET (FRA) [27]
Albert RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP) [31] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18] vs Kyle EDMUND (GBR) [16]
Not before 12pm
David GOFFIN (BEL) [8] vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32] To be completed: Goffin leads 6-7(6) 6-3 3-2
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]
Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] vs Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
John ISNER (USA) [9] vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Petra KVITOVA (USA) [8] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25]
Mischa ZVEREV (GER) vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Steve JOHNSON (USA)
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) [18]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Camila GIORGI (ITA) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Borna CORIC (CRO)
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Andrea PETKOVIC (GER)

Court 3
Play starts at 11am
Raven KLAASEN (RSA) & Michael VENUS (NZL) [10] vs Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) & Alexander PEYA (AUT) [8]
Not before 12pm
Jamie MURRAY (GBR) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [4] vs Maximo GONZALES (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) To be completed: Gonzalez/Jarry lead 3-2
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nao HIBINO (JPN) & Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO)
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) & Nikola MEKTIC (CRO)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Raquel ATAWO (USA) & Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) [11] vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN)
Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA) & Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Yifan XU (CHN) [5]
L.KUBOT (POL ) & M.MELO (BRA) [1] vs Rohan BOPANNA (IND) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) [13]
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) & Gergoire BARRERE (FRA) To be completed: Parmentier/Barrere lead 6-4 1-4

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [19] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)
Maximilian MARTERER (GER) vs Jurgen ZOPP (EST)
Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) [24] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Jennifer BRADY (USA) & Vania KING (USA) vs Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) & Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB)
Daniele BRACCIALI (ITA) & Andreas SEPPI (ITA) vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) & John PEERS (AUS) [3]
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) & Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2]
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) & Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) & María José MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [3]

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Leonardo MAYER (ARG) & Joao SOUSA (POR) vs Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [12]
Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [4] vs Irina BARA (ROU) & Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) & Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Tatjana MARIA (GER) & Heather WATSON (GBR)
Abigail SPEARS (USA) & Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) vs Yifan XU (CHN) & Olivier MARACH (AUT) [3]

To be assigned
Not before 6pm
R.obin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] To be completed: Herbert/Mahut lead 5-4

Fabio Fognini thinks the Next Gen ATP is BS.
You won’t see Fabio Fognini using the hashtag #NextGenATP on his Twitter page. The Italian aired out his surly views on how the ATP is marketing their next generation and, in his opinion, giving rising stars preferential treatment over tried and true veterans of the tour like himself.

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“This Next Gen thing is BS, I didn’t like all the attention that this initiative has attracted.’ Fognini candidly said in Italian after his second-round win over Sweden’s Elias Ymer.

The Italian brought up a curious scheduling call by Roland Garros from earlier in the week to make his point.

“Years ago Rafa was winning Paris at 18, now we have Shapovalov who is 25 in the world, he is improving a lot but he plays the first match on Suzanne Lenglen and the second on Court 1,” he said, referring to the schedule that many on social media had questioned when it came out earlier in the week. “When I see the order of play I am stunned at seeing that Muguruza-Kuznetsova, for example, play somewhere else.”

The Italian, who will face Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund in third-round action on Saturday, feels the ATP should just let the fans decide who they prefer to watch. But the flipside of the equation is this: ATP’s #NextGenATP initiative has done a fantastic job of getting the young players exposure that they may not have been able to get previously.

With the game's greats all approaching their mid-thirties and beyond the tour recognized the need to create a bond between the fans and the players who will take their place.

Fognini doesn't see the need.

“The ATP does many good things, but I don’t agree with this one, I don’t understand this Next Gen thing,” Fognini added. “I don’t agree to all this attention given to these young players. They play well, [Karen] Khachanov, [Andrey] Rublev, [Sascha] Zverev, [Denis] Shapovalov, they all play well, But there is such a frenzy about them, I don’t like it, I don’t agree.”

Blockbuster clashes all around. It's the Day 6 order of play at Roland Garros. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Damir DZUMHUR (BIH) [26] vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]
Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS)
Camila GIORGI (ITA) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA)[10]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Madison KEYS (USA) [13] vs Naomi OSAKA (JPN) [21]
Roberto BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) [13] vs Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [20]
David GOFFIN (BEL) [8] vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32]
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [8] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25]

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30] vs Grigor DIMITROV (BUL) [4]
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31] vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [4]
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [7] vs Matteo BERRETTINI (ITA)
Robin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Maria SAKKARI (GRE)
Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19] vs Gilles SIMON (FRA)
Marco CECCHINATO (ITA) vs Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) [10]

Court 3
Play starts at 11am
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) & Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) & Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE)
Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) & Jamie CERRETANI (USA) vs Federico DELBONIS (ARG) & Benoit PAIRE (FRA)
Calvin HEMERY (FRA) & Stephane ROBERT (FRA) vs Julio PERALTA (CHI) & Horacio ZEBALLOS (ARG) [15]
Lukasz KUBOT (POL) & Marcelo MELO (BRA) [1] vs R.CARBALLES BAENA (ESP) & G.GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) or F.FOGNINI (ITA) & S.BOLELLI (ITA)
Jamie MURRAY (GBR) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [4] vs Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) & Divij SHARAN (IND) vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]
Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) & Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) & Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [9]
A.BLINKOVA (RUS) & L.HRADECKA (CZE) or M.RYBARIKOVA (SVK) & V.KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) [13]
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) & Gregoire BARRERE (FRA)

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs Qiang WANG (CHN)
Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26]
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) & Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Sara ERRANI (ITA) & Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL)
Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) vs Chloe PAQUET (FRA) & Benoit PAIRE (FRA)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) & Ben MCLACHLAN (JPN) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO) [2]
Pablo CUEVAS (URU) & Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [11] vs Steve JOHNSON (USA) & Jack SOCK (USA)
Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) & Robert FARAH (COL) [5] vs Guido PELLA (ARG) & Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG)
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) & Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Petra MARTIC (CRO) & Maria SAKKARI (GRE)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) & John MILLMAN (AUS) vs Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) & Alexander PEYA (AUT) [8]
Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) & Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) [16] vs Yingying DUAN (CHN) & Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR)
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) & Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) & Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8]
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) & Henri KONTINEN (FIN) vs Yifan XU (CHN) & Oliver MARACH (AUT) [3]

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Darija JURAK (CRO) & Donna VEKIC (CRO) vs Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) & Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS)
Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) & Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) vs L.ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & K.SREBOTNIK (SLO) or E.MERTENS (BEL) & D.SCHUURS (NED) [12]
Timea BABOS (HUN) [7] & Rohan BOPANNA (IND) vs Shuai ZHANG (CHN) & John PEERS (AUS)
Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) & Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) vs Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) & Divij SHARAN (IND)

The 12-time major champion admits that he's not satisfied and still searching for pead Djokovic.

After his 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-4 win over Jaume Munar, Novak Djokovic opened up to reporters about his process and admitted that he’s still not satisfied with his game ahead of a third-round matchup with Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut.

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It’s not surprising, given that Djokovic has only begun to hit his stride after racking up six wins in his last seven contests since the start of his uptick in form at Rome.

“I went through my ups and downs,” he said. “I’m not really satisfied with the performance but I just played enough in the right moments to win the match—hopefully the level will increase and will get better in the next match.”

When asked by French reporter Carole Bouchard, Djokovic elaborated further. He admitted that he has been surprised to find that he needs more matches to build his confidence, something he didn’t expect as he began his comeback.

“It’s several things,” he said. “Obviously I’ve mentioned several times before that the best practice you can have is a match. I haven’t had too many matches and I really never thought that I’m going to be challenged in that way mentally, that I need matches in order to get confidence, but obviously I’m learning something new.”

The next step for Djokovic is to eliminate the mental ebbs and flows that still creep into his game at times, and he says it’s still a work in progress, but getting better as he has racked up wins of late.

“That’s the case,” he said. “At times I do lose maybe comfort level on the court and confidence and that’s something that I’m still building obviously. The more matches I play the better it is. The more I win the better it is—hopefully that can keep going.”

Djokovic, now a husband and father of two sons, also admitted that he’s embracing the challenge and wholeheartedly throwing himself into maintain a healthy balance between work and family. It’s something we don’t hear about too often from professional tennis players, but Djokovic has never been the typical athlete.

He wants to get back to the top of tennis but he also wants to do it on his own terms.

“I’m not and I don’t want to be the same person and player that I was two, three, four years ago,” Djokovic said. “It’s just different. I have a different life. I’m a father of two children, and there are a lot of different things that I prioritize in life and it’s not only about tennis, which has been the case before. You have to adjust to it, embrace it, and try to find the best possible solutions to balance everything and thrive in every aspect of your life.”

The American tradition of the underhand serve was renewed today at Roland Garros. Remember the good old days when Roland Garros champions used the underhand serve to great effect? Well, if you remember Michael Chang’s underhand serve against Ivan Lendl at Roland Garros in 1989, you know what we’re talking about. The shot is forever marked in the annals of tennis history as one of the most surprising and crazy shots that the Grand Slam stage has ever seen.

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Well today, Jared Donaldson honored that fine American tradition with his own contribution against Grigor Dimitrov—and he won the point!

Check out this beauty late in the fifth set, as Donaldson’s cramps are already sinking in.

Underhanded⁉️@JaredD takes the lead 7-6 in the 5th.

Stream LIVE now on TC and TC Plus→ https://t.co/tPoe44C26q #RG18 #MyTennisLife pic.twitter.com/gPfyzRwfAt

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) May 30, 2018

Donaldson took the game but Dimitrov won the match, 10-8, in the fifth. If you’re scoring at home, Chang got the 46 46 63 63 63 victory over Lendl and won the French Open as a 17-year-old. Yeah, we think he’s still got it over Donaldson in the important underhand serve category.

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. Look at the look on the guy's face when the first cut to fans after this Chang underhand beauty. https://t.co/2WDbygOsml

— Chris Oddo (@TheFanChild) May 30, 2018

Petra Kvitova seeks justice in 2016 stabbing.
Petra Kvitova can't clench her fist, but won't stop fighting.

Kvitova crushed Lara Arruabarrena, 6-0, 6-4, stretching her winning streak to 13 matches powering into the Roland Garros third round. 

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Kvitova, who warmed up for Paris sweeping successive clay-court titles in Prague and Madrid, raised her record to a WTA-best 32-6. The 28-year-old Czech will meet the dangerous Anett Kontaveit for a place in the round of 16.

The Czech media reports police arrested a suspect in the December, 2016 stabbing attack of Kvitova in her home in Prostějov. Kvitova suffered severe stab wounds to her left hand fighting off the attacker. Her injuries required a three-hour plus surgery in December, 2016 to repair ligament and tendon damage.

The 2012 French Open semifinalist told Tennis Channel's Jon Wertheim she's pleased police have made an arrest, but cautioned there's still "a long way to finish the story."

"Definitely, it's great news," Kvitova told Tennis Channel. "It's great news. (There's a) long way to finish the story so I'm still down to earth and not really jumping high. I will be happiest when the story will end. I'm happy how I handled it and how I'm still handling it."

Kvitova's inspired comeback began in Paris last May. Though she only practiced a few weeks before the 2017 French Open and lacked full feeling in two fingers, Kvitova moved well, struck with ambition and made it to the second round.

Playing just her second tournament after the attack, Kvitova claimed her 20th career WTA title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Australian Ashleigh Barty in the Birmingham final last June.

“You an inspiration and a champion,” Barty said to Kvitova during the Birmingham trophy ceremony. “We love you and we missed you and we’re glad to have you back on court.”

Conceding her racquet hand will never regain full strength, Kvitova is focused on possibilities rather than limitations.

“I really didn’t know how the hand would react to playing tennis and even if I could hold the racket,” Kvitova told Reuters. “I was just working hard, being patient and being positive about it. I really didn’t know how everything would turn out.

“The hand will never be 100 per cent again. The last part of the fingers, I can’t move them in… I can’t do a fist pump but, the last 12 months have been great and I am not complaining at all.”

Photo credit: @Petra_Kvitova

It's John Isner vs. Sascha Zverev for all the marbles in Miami. Keep up with all the action with the Miami Open Live Blog sponsored by Tecnifibre.

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