CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. Nadal is the favourite to win the 2017 French Open for what would be his tenth title at Roland-Garros. 2017 French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko pulls out of US Open Six of the top eight women in the WTA rankings already were out, including No. Few players in the sport have suffered such dreadful luck with injuries as Juan Martin del Potro. ( All rights reserved. “I think I was feeling very confident, so I was dictating a lot with my backhand and forehand.”Edmund blasted his way past Argentina's Renzo Olivo — who knocked out the seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the previous round — with a mightily impressive 7-5 6-3 6-1 win, and is still yet to drop a set at Roland-Garros this year.This is now the 22-year-old’s best ever run in Paris, and victory in the next round against the experienced South African Kevin Anderson would match his best ever run at a Slam — when he defeated Richard Gasquet and John Isner before losing to Novak Djokovic at last year’s US Open.A lot has been said about the Margaret Court controversy and the vast majority of players have offered their hot takes in their respective press conferences, but John Isner’s considered and eloquent take on the topic really stood out.Meanwhile, Andy Murray finishes as runner-up for muttering this to himself shortly after taking the second set in his tricky match against Klizan:4-Garbine Muguruza (Spain) v 27-Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) v 4-Rafael Nadal (Spain) Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 10-Venus Williams (United States) v Elise Mertens (Belgium)Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) v 10-David Goffin (Belgium) Shelby Rogers (United States) v 13-Kristina Mladenovic (France) 16-Lucas Pouille (France) v 19-Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 11-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Catherine Bellis (United States)20-Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) v 11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v 25-Steve Johnson (United States) 32-Shuai Zhang (China) vs 8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 30-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) v Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) We round-up the key stories and look ahead to tomorrow's action at Roland-GarrosDel Potro was on hand to comfort the distraught AlmagroIsner summed up the mood on Court's appalling commentsIndependent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Has a terrific clay-court game and an impressive 41% win ration against Murray.Nadal is the favourite to win the 2017 French Open for what would be his tenth title at Roland-Garros. Murray has only beaten him twice before on clay, both times at the Madrid Open, and only once before at a Grand Slam, when Nadal retired hurt during their 2010 Australian Open quarter-final match. She is the latest woman with a Grand Slam title or high ranking to withdraw from the tournament that begins next week amid the coronavirus pandemic.Six of the top eight women in the WTA rankings already were out, including No. Del Potro will play Andy Murray for a place in the fourth round.The ATP have been busy pushing their crop of Next Generation stars for a while now, and this year there will even be a new end-of-season tournament that features the world’s top 21-and-under singles players of the ATP World Tour season, to be hosted in Milan.Karen Khachanov is one of those stars, a 21-year-old Russian talent who currently sits sixth in the Next Generation standings. A wild-card invitation awarded to Osuigwe was transferred to 16-year-old Californian Katrina Scott by the U.S. Tennis Association.https://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/2017-french-open-champ-jelena-ostapenko-pulls-out-of-us-open/story-nidLlHZFlRHvS3Tu0JqEkO.html2017 French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko pulls out of US Openhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/kim-clijsters-loses-1st-grand-slam-in-8-years-at-us-open/story-d3c2ipu0dNgb2fX6vLV69O.htmlKim Clijsters loses 1st Grand Slam in 8 years at US Openhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/who-owns-chest-bump-leander-paes-mahesh-bhupathi-on-bryan-bros/story-TMHDD8g8C3RZ9WyZEgG7OL.html‘Who owns chest bump?’ Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi on Bryan Broshttps://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/1-williams-win-serena-1-williams-loss-venus-at-us-open/story-HGFeFWABzBby21gT7zkU9O.html1 Williams win (Serena), 1 Williams loss (Venus) at US Openhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/andy-murray-comes-back-from-two-sets-down-to-advance-into-2nd-round-of-us-open/story-utRPZsQlXX5nHyQSfJd0VI.htmlAndy Murray comes back from two sets down to advance into 2nd round of US Open2017 French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko pulls out of US Open Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate.