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French Open

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won 19,including the past 18. Because of the withdrawal, this does not count as a victory for Sharapova, who will play 2016 French Open cham- pion Garbine Muguruza on Wednesday.

Oddly enough, Muguruza didn’t have to put forth much effort in the fourth round, either. Her opponent, Lesia Tsurenko, stopped because of an injury after only two games. No. 1 Simona Halep, a two-time runner-up at Roland Garros, will play former No. 1 Angelique Kerber, a two-time major champion elsewhere, in Wednesday’s other quar- terfinal after both picked up easy straight-set wins in the fourth round.

The quarterfin­als today are Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina, and Madison Keys vs. Yulia Putintseva. Kasatkina eliminated Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that resumed Monday after being suspended a night earlier because of darkness at 3-all in the second set.

The day’s biggest buzz was about a match that never took place.

Williams said she first was troubled by her pectoral muscle during the best performanc­e of her return, a 6-3, 6-4 win in the third round against 11th-seeded Julia Goerges on Saturday. During Sunday’s doubles, Williams showed signs of trouble. By the third set, she hit first serves at about 80 mph, about 40 mph slower than she can. Between points, she repeatedly jabbed a thumb into her chest to massage the muscle.

“At the end, she was just pushing the ball . ... That’s when I knew she had a problem. I didn’t know what kind of problem, but I knew there was something really wrong,” Mouratoglo­u said. “Basically, she couldn’t play.”

‘I have made every sacrifice that I could. So it’s extremely disappoint­ing.’ Serena Williams

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