PARIS – A look at the French Open on Tuesday:
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 70 degrees.
Men’s Quarterfinals: No. 2 Novak Djokovic beat No. 8 Milos Raonic 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4; No. 18 Ernests Gulbis beat No. 6 Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Women’s Quarterfinals: No. 7 Maria Sharapova beat Garbine Muguruza 1-6, 7-5, 6-1; No. 18 Eugenie Bouchard beat No. 14 Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-5.
Stat of the Day: 27 – Number of Grand Slam appearances for Gulbis, who reached his first major semifinal by winning Tuesday.
Quote of the Day: “She was playing very aggressive and hitting shots very deep. I just didn’t have much to say to that in the first set.” – Sharapova, who won nine of the last 10 games to come back and win.
On Court Wednesday in Quarterfinals: No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 7 Andy Murray vs. No. 23 Gael Monfils; No. 4 Simona Halep vs. No. 27 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 10 Sara Errani vs. No. 28 Andrea Petkovic.
Wednesday’s Forecast: Chance of rain. High of 63.
Associated Press
