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PARIS (AP) – Latest news from Roland Garros (local time):
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19h
Latisha Chan of Taiwan and Ivan Dodig of Croatia are the first duo to win two consecutive doubles doubles titles in the French Open. They defeated Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavic in the final.
The unlisted pair of Chan and Dodig beat second-seeded Dabrowski and Pavic 6-1, 7-6 (5) for this year's title on Friday.
It is the third trophy of Dodig in Paris. He teamed up with Marcelo Melo to win the men's doubles title in 2015.
In women's doubles, French seed Kristina Mladenovic and Hungary's Timea Babos took on Zheng Saisai and Chinese Duan Ying-Ying in the final.
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6:35 p.m.
The semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem was suspended for the day due to rain in the third set.
The players broke up the first two sets – Thiem took the first match 6-2, then Djokovic took the second 6-3 – and Thiem was on break at 3-1 in the third when the action was stopped.
About 45 minutes later, tournament officials announced that the match would resume Saturday.
Djokovic, seeded No. 1, has won 26 consecutive Grand Slam games, while he is running for a fourth consecutive major title and a 16th place overall.
No. 4 Thiem is looking for his first major championship. He was a finalist at Roland Garros in 2018.
The winner of their semi-final will face Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday. He defeated Roger Federer earlier Friday.
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5:40 p.m.
There is another rain delay in the semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem.
After dividing the two opening sets, Thiem had just given the lead a 3-1 lead when the cover was out to cover the pitch.
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5:05 p.m.
There was a brief rain delay in the semifinal between leaders Novak Djokovic and number 4 Dominic Thiem.
Thiem had won the first set 6-2 and Djokovic led the second 3-2 on duty when the chair umpire sent the players into the locker room. They returned to the field 10 minutes later and resumed the game.
There was also a rain delay after Thiem broke to take a 2-1 lead in the first set. The players then remained on the field and resumed after just three minutes.
In addition, Djokovic asked to speak to a grand slam supervisor during the first set when he complained that there was too much wind to play. But the supervisor said the game would only be suspended if it became too dangerous.
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15:30.
Rafael Nadal defeated his rival Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to qualify for the 12th finals of the French Open.
Nadal improved to 6-0 against Federer at Roland Garros, where they had last met in 2011, and 24-15 in total.
Federer had won his last five games, but all were on hard ground. It was on clay, where Nadal is almost unbeatable.
He is now 92-2 for his career in Paris, while he's looking for a record 12 titles and an 18th Grand Slam trophy.
In the final on Sunday, Nadal will face Novak Djokovic or Dominic Thiem, n ° 4
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13h
Australia's Ash Barty reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open.
Barty, eighth seeded, ended the 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 run of 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova of the United States.
Barty will face another teenager, Marketa Vondrousova, in the final. Vondrousova defeated Johanna Konta 7-5, 7-6 (2).
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12:50
Marketa Vondrousova, 19, is the first teen finalist at Roland Garros for more than a decade.
The Czech, ranked 38th, beat Johanna Konta (26th) 7-5, 7-6 (2) to reach the final without losing a set.
The last teenager to reach the final at Roland Garros was Ana Ivanovic, who was also 19 when she finished runner-up in Justine Henin in 2007.
Vondrousova recorded three points of adjustment while he was in the lineup of 3-5 in the first set.
Vondrousova will face Ash Barty, eighth seed, or American Amanda Anisimova, 17, for the title.
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11:20
The women's semi-finals start at Roland-Garros with a day and unusual terrain – and the standings outside the main stadium have been criticized by the head of the women's tennis circuit.
WTA CEO Steve Simon said the tour was "extremely disappointed" by the calendar and called it "unfair and inappropriate".
Normally, all the singles semifinals of the Open de France are held at the Philippe Chatrier court, with the women on Thursday and the men on Friday. But after the rain that swept all Wednesday, tournament officials were forced to modify the program.
The quarterfinals being postponed to Thursday, the women's semifinals were postponed to Friday, sharing the day with the men's semifinals.
With more rain on Friday, it was decided to place the two women's semifinals simultaneously on the second and third courts of Roland-Garros, from 11am.
The men's semifinals, including Rafael Nadal against Roger Federer, were to be played at Chatrier.
According to Simon's statement, women "earned the right to play on the biggest stage". He added that the WTA thought that "other solutions were possible", without proposing any.
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9am
The four semi-finals of the single Open de France are scheduled on the same day and the most anticipated match is that of Rafael Nadal against Roger Federer.
The other semifinal on Friday is Novak Djokovic vs. Dominic Thiem.
This is the first time since 2011 that the four men ranked 1-4 have all reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros.
Federer vs Nadal is one of the great rivalries in the sport. It will be their 39th meeting in total, and the sixth at the Open de France – but the first in eight years.
In the women's semifinal, 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova of the United States tries to follow her loss to defending champion Simona Halep by beating No. 8 seed Ash Barty.
The other female clash is Johanna Konta against Czech Marketa Vondrousova, aged 19.
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