PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Defending Roland Garros women’s titlist Iga Swiatek of Poland rounded out the quarterfinal field with her 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine Monday evening. Playing in her first night session match […]
PARIS, June 7, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) For the fifth time in his career, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic completed a comeback from two sets down to secure a place in the Roland Garros quarterfinal round. The 17-time major champion […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Imagine the joy – or pressure – of being your country’s best tennis player at age 23. Imagine, too, becoming the first Slovenian player to reach the last eight of a Grand Slam […]
PARIS, June 6, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Elena Rybakina scored a massive victory at the French Open Sunday. The 21-year-old from Kazakhstan stunned three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams, ousting the American 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round to reach her […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer announced he has withdrawn from the French Open. The Roland-Garros tournament organizers learned of Federer’s decision Sunday afternoon. Both the tournament and Federer used their social media […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Roger Federer completed his remarkable three-hour and 36-minute, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-5 victory over Dominik Koepfer to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros at 12:43 a.m. Sunday morning, […]
PARIS, June 5, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Last year’s Roland Garros women’s champion Iga Swiatek continued her amazing run at the Parisian clay-court major Saturday, rallying from a break down in the opening set to eventually earn a 7-6(4), 6-0 victory […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas stood up to No. 31 seed John Isner of the United States for four sets during Friday’s featured night session match at the French Open on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The fifth […]
PARIS, June 4, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-three years after reaching the fourth round in Paris for the first time, three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams is back in the second week of the clay-court major for a 13th time […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens is thriving at this year’s French Open. She’s one of eight American women who have advanced to the third round of the year’s second major. The Florida native been impressive in […]
