World number 54 Iga Swiatek stuns fourth seed Sofia Kenin to win French Open Final as 19-year-old Polish teenager wins first Grand Slam title Iga Swiatek won the French Open women’s singles title against Sofia Kenin The world number 54 won the Roland Garros final in comfortable fashion 6-4 6-1 Unseeded Swiatek is the youngest … Read more
Novak Djokovic plays down fitness worries after five-set epic with ‘fighter’ Stefanos Tsitsipas as he pledges ‘great battle’ with 12-time champion Rafa Nadal in Sunday’s French Open final By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 10:32 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 10:32 BST, 10 October 2020 Novak Djokovic allayed fitness concerns ahead of his French … Read more
Sofia Kenin sees off seventh seed Petra Kvitova in straight sets to book French Open final showdown with 19-year-old Iga Swiatek with the American bidding for second Grand Slam of 2020 The 21-year-old beat Kvitova 6-4, 7-5 to progress to her first French Open final Kenin is seeking back-to-back Grand Slams after winning the Australian … Read more
Novak Djokovic has plenty to shout about after recovering from slow start to see off Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his 10th French Open semi-final The World No 1 dropped his first set against Spain’s Carreno Busta Djokovic looked flat and had to save break points early in the second set The Serbian produced several loud … Read more
‘I’ve been feeling really comfortable on this court’: Stefanos Tsitsipas annihilates Andrey Rublev at the French Open to reach his second grand slam semi-final Stefanos Tsitsipas beat 13th seed Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-2 6-3 at the French Open Rublev, 22, was in control during the opening set, leading 5-3 against Tsitsipas Four games later Rublev lost … Read more
Men’s doubles pairs salvage British pride at Roland Garros after singles humiliation as Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski come through tough three-setter while Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram defeat second seeds to progress The British players will meet each other in the final if they continue winning Salisbury and Ram have already qualified for the … Read more
Sebastian Korda, son of Grand Slam champion Petr, is the last American man standing at French Open and faces idol Rafael Nadal in the fourth round… and the 20-year-old even named his cat after the Spaniard! Sebastian Korda faces great Spaniard Rafael Nadal in French Open fourth round Korda beat Pedro Martinez in straight sets … Read more
Wish you were here? Reigning French Open champion Ash Barty pictured beer-in-hand watching Aussie Rules as Roland Garros Slam stumbles into second week amid terrible weather and surge in Covid-19 cases Barty was caught on camera enjoying a beer at the game in native Queensland She decided against defending her French Open title at Roland … Read more
British star Dan Evans involved in furious confrontation in French Open doubles match after being accused of cheating during first round victory Evans and Hurkacz were taking on Middelkoop and Demoline in doubles match Trouble flared in the deciding set of the first round tie on Wednesday night Demoliner and Middelkoop claimed the ball had … Read more
‘I have absolute belief in the performance strategy’: LTA chief executive Scott Lloyd takes swipe at Heather Watson over her criticism about lack of young British talent Heather Watson is furious about the lack of younger talent coming through No British singles players made it through to the French Open second round It’s the first … Read more
‘I don’t like when somebody is joking on you’: Furious Sara Errani accuses Kiki Bertens of faking injury after she left court in a wheelchair following French Open second-round win… and Italian even mocked her opponent during fiery Roland Garros contest Kiki Bertens scraped through her second-round contest against Sara Errani Bertens finally prevailed 7-6 7-6 (5) … Read more
Serena Williams WITHDRAWS from French Open due to achilles injury and admits she is struggling to even WALK Serena Williams was due to face Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round But the American has withdrawn from Roland Garros due to an achilles injury The 23-time major winner sustained the injury in the US Open three weeks … Read more
More Grand Slam controversy as Kristina Mladenovic loses a game, and then the entire match, after umpire allowed play to continue despite the ball clearly bouncing twice Kristina Mladenovic looked poised to take the first set before a wrong decision The ball bounced twice, but the umpire allowed play to continue in the game Laure … Read more