French Open 2023 final: Novak Djokovic creates history as win 23rd Grand Slam
Novak Djokovic created “incredible” history on Sunday when he captured a record-breaking 23rd men’s Grand Slam title, reinforcing his case to be crowned the greatest player of all time. The 36-year-old Serb brushed off an early wobble to defeat Casper…
French Open 2022: Nadal wins his 14th title and 22nd Grand Slam
Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title on Sunday with a straight-sets rout of Casper Ruud to become the oldest male champion at Roland Garros. In a disappointing final, 36-year-old Nadal won 6-3, 6-3,…
French Open 2022: Nadal enter into final after Zverev got injury
Rafael Nadal has become the second-oldest men’s finalist in French Open history after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, stopped playing Friday because of an injured right leg. Now Nadal will try to become the oldest champion at a tournament he’s…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to retire after French Open 2022
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a former Australian Open runner-up and world number five, said Wednesday that he will retire from tennis after this year’s French Open. “A few weeks ago I decided I was going to stop at Roland Garros this year,”…
Barbora Krejcikova inspired by coach Novotna, wins 1st grand slam at French Open 2021
Thinking of her late coach the whole time, Barbora Krejcikova went from unseeded player to Grand Slam champion at a French Open full of surprises. Krejcikova beat 31st-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the final at Roland Garros on…
Nadal faces 3rd lose in 108 French Open matches, Djokovic beats him at 2021 semifinal
Sprinting, sliding and stretching, anticipating each other’s moves for four sets and more than four hours, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal produced a masterpiece in the French Open semifinals. Djokovic, as it happens, is one of only two men in…
“No-one is invincible,” says Nadal ahead of French Open 2021
Rafael Nadal said “no-one is invincible” in an interview with AFP Thursday as he targets a 14th French Open title and record-setting 21st Grand Slam crown. “No-one is invincible, anywhere,” said Nadal whose career record at Roland Garros stands at…
Spectators to present negative COVID report to attend Roland Garros 2021
French Open fans must show they are free from Covid-19 if they want to be among the small number of spectators allowed to attend this year’s Roland Garros, organisers said Wednesday. French tennis federation director-general Amelie Oudea-Castera said potential spectators…
French Open 2021 postponed by one week
For the second year in a row, the traditional French Open schedule is being disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament said Thursday it will push back the start of this season’s event by one week…
Rafael Nadal beat Djokovic to win 13th French Open title
Spanish tennis champion Rafael Nadal has claimed his 13th Roland Garros title defeating Novak Djokovic in the final of 2020 French Open. Nadal won men’s title in straight sets as beat Serbia’s Djokovic by 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. Now Rafa has…
