French Open 2014 Results: Scores and Breakdown for Day 6’s Key Matches

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Published: May 30, 2014

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Day 6 marked the start of Round 3 at the 2014 French Open. The players who advanced now stand just four wins away from a Grand Slam title. Given the wild nature of the second major of the season so far, it's hard to count anybody out at this point, especially in the women's draw.

Another big name on that side of the tournament was knocked out Friday. Serena Williams and Li Na, the top two seeds when play began, were both eliminated early on. Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 3 seed, joined them courtesy of Ajla Tomljanovic.

Let's take a closer look at that match and a couple of the other notable results from the sixth day of action at Roland Garros. For a complete list of scores from across all the events on Day 6, visit the tournament's official site.

 

Novak Djokovic d. Marin Cilic (6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4)



After a sluggish start, Djokovic was able to find a comfort zone, and he cruised through the first two sets. Cilic wasn't playing poorly, it was just a matter of not being able to hit enough winners to overcome the consistency of the six-time major champion.



The high-upside Croatian continued to thump forehands into the third set, and it finally started paying off. He played particularly well in the tiebreak, when those power shots were forcing Djokovic well behind the baseline in an attempt to just stay in points.

Djokovic rebounded well to close out the match in the fourth after dropping his first set of the tournament. That said, he didn't play as well over those final two sets as he will need to if he wants to make it all the way to the final to likely face Rafael Nadal.

The No. 2 seed beat Nadal at the Rome Masters a couple of weeks ago. It led to plenty of discussion about whether it's finally his time to capture a French title to complete the career Grand Slam. While it's possible, so far, it looks like the Spaniard is still the player to ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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