Roland Garros

Williams Gives Paris A Jolt, Then Wins Her 800th Career Match

PARIS, May 27, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When three-time French Open champion Serena Williams began her 2019 Roland Garros campaign against Vitalia Diatchenko, ranked 83rd, from Russia, all eyes – at least those who weren’t focused on Serena’s Nike collection […]

Kvitova Withdraws From Roland Garros

PARIS, May 27, 2019 The Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, seeded 6th, has withdrawn from the Roland-Garros tournament with a left forearm injury. Kvitova, who was scheduled to meet Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the first round, was replaced by the Slovenian lucky loser Kaja […]

Federer Opens Paris Comeback With First-Round Win

PARIS, May 26, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Marin Cilic and Grigor Dimitrov among others set the ball rolling on the first day of the 2019 French Open. The baton of action was carried onward later in the […]

Auger-Aliassime Withdraws From Roland Garros

PARIS, May 26, 2019 Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, seeded No. 25, has withdrawn from the Roland-Garros tournament with a left adductor injury. The 18-year-old, who finished runner-up to Benoit Paire at the ATP 250 event in Lyon on Saturday, was scheduled […]

Tsitsipas Through To Second Round At Roland Garros

PARIS, May 26, 2019 (by Sharada Rajagopalan and Florian Heer) The start of action at the 2019 French Open on Sunday not only saw some big names in the men’s singles draw – the bottom half, to be precise – […]