Tennis
Roland-Garros: Day 8 Results─── ADRIAN BOTHA 09:53 Tue, 05 Jun 2018
Monday's eighth day of the French Open turned out to be one to forget for South Africa's Kevin Anderson after firing to progress to the quarterfinals of Major being played at Roland-Garros in the French capital city of Paris.
Anderson’s charge on the French Open title came to a screeching halt on Monday after Argentinian Diego Schwartzman produced a stellar performance to down the South African 1-62-6 7-5 7-6 6-2 in round 4.
In the day's other results:
Men
4th Round
Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG x11) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x6) 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/0), 6-2
Juan Martn Del Potro (ARG x5) bt John Isner (USA x9) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Women
4th Round
Simona Halep (ROM x1) bt Elise Mertens (BEL x16) 6-2, 6-1
Angelique Kerber (GER x12) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA x7) 6-2, 6-3
Garbie Muguruza (ESP x3) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 2-0 -- retired
Maria Sharapova (RUS x28) bt Serena Williams (USA) -- walkover
Daria Kasatkina (RUS x14) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Play on day 9 of the French Open gets underway at 14:00 on Tuesday afternoon.
*(x Denotes seed)
