French Open

Three of his titles have come on clay in Rio, Barcelona and Madrid where he defeated Nadal, Djokovic and world number three Alexander Zverev to take the ...

Ofner, without a win on the main tour since July last year, has come through qualifying at Roland Garros for the first time in five attempts. Top seed Djokovic, who turns 35 on Sunday, and fifth-seeded Nadal, with 41 Grand Slam titles between them, are not in action on the first day. The 19-year-old, bidding to become just the eighth teenager to capture a major men's title, is widely tipped to end the dominance of 13-time champion Rafael Nadal and two-time winner Novak Djokovic.

Play in the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament has started on the red clay of Roland Garros in Paris.

Play in the year’s second Grand Slam tennis tournament has started on the red clay of Roland Garros in Paris, with none of the COVID-19 restrictions that limited attendance the past two years. Cirstea is participating in her 53rd Grand Slam tournament and she has reached one quarterfinal previously — at Roland Garros in 2009. PARIS — The Latest on the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local):

The second major of the tennis season gets started with the 2022 French Open from Roland Garros on Sunday.

The doubles draw for the men and women also features 64 total teams in action. Coverage continues on MSG when this event ends. Over the years, the French Open from Roland Garros has been the home of Rafael Nadal, who has won the event 13 times on his way to 21 total major wins.

It is not exceptional for a Spaniarad to lead the ATP Tour in clay-court match-win percentage for the 52 weeks leading up to Roland Garros with Nadal dominating ...

Nadal and Djokovic are scheduled to meet in the quarter-finals with Olympic champion Zverev lined up to play Alcaraz in his section. If he manages to reproduce the same tennis, he's going to be one of the favourites for sure.” That's why, you cannot underestimate anyone and probably not compare the performances of those players in any other tournament with the potential performance here in a Slam.” It is not exceptional for a Spaniarad to lead the ATP Tour in clay-court match-win percentage for the 52 weeks leading up to Roland Garros with Nadal dominating on the surface since his first win here as a 19-year-old in 2005. Alcaraz has a 23-3 record on clay over the last year and has won more titles (four) than matches he has lost - and is 16-1 on the red dirt this year. There has not been the same excitement about a young male player at Roland Garros since Nadal’s debut in 2005.

Carlos Alcaraz headlines Day 1 of the French Open on Sunday as the Spanish sensation gives Roland Garros a glimpse of the future of tennis.

Alcaraz was ranked 97th this time last year. Carlos Alcaraz headlines Day 1 of the French Open on Sunday as the Spanish sensation gives Roland Garros a glimpse of the future of tennis. Carlos Alcaraz headlines Day 1 of the French Open on Sunday as the Spanish sensation gives Roland Garros a glimpse of the future of tennis.

PARIS : The first Grand Slam tournament without any COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic started in early 2020 kicked off under menacing skies at Roland ...

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EMMA RADUCANU will face Linda Noskova in the first round of this year's French Open on Monday.

Raducanu will go up against qualifier Linda Noskova in the first round of the French Open to mark her debut at Roland Garros after being handed a favourable opener in Thursday's draw. "If she didn’t qualify at the US Open, or maybe lost in the second round of qualification, everything would have been different. The British star has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence after winning last year's US Open but is likely to face a major test at Roland Garros after experiencing mixed fortunes on clay in recent weeks.

Mats Wilander has been speaking highly of Carlos Alcaraz as the Spaniard prepares to face Juan Ignacio Londero in the first round at Roland-Garros.

"I think that it’s mental and I think Carlos Alcaraz has this unbelievably positive attitude. Boris Becker was even younger than me when he won Wimbledon in 1985 and people always talk about ‘why can you not be 18, 19 anymore’, because the game is so physical. Roland-Garros

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Tunisian Ons Jabeur became the first major casualty on the opening day of the French Open when the in-form sixth seed crashed out with a 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android I knew I have to be focused and play every single point and try to make her uncomfortable. In-form sixth seed Ons Jabeur crashed out of the French Open with a 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 defeat to Poland's Magda Linette in the first round at Roland Garros; Tunisian was seen as one of the big threats to world No 1 Iga Swiatek at the clay-court Grand Slam

The French Open began with two notable defeats: 2020 U.S. Open men's champion Dominic Thiem was eliminated in his 10th consecutive tour-level loss since ...

“Definitely thinking to go back to Challenger level now for maybe one or two tournaments. The French Open began with two notable defeats: 2020 U.S. Open men’s champion Dominic Thiem was eliminated in his 10th consecutive tour-level loss since returning from a wrist injury. “In practice was really decent already the forehand, but then match situation is something different, Grand Slam especially, I’m obviously a little bit more tight, more nervous and obviously the whole body gets more tight, gets more nervous and right now that’s toxic to my forehand because I’m still missing the fine feeling there.

World No.56 Magda Linette shocked this year's clay-court match-win leader, Ons Jabeur, in the opening round of 2022 Roland Garros for her third Top 10 win ...

Rain began to fall as the pair exchanged breaks during the third set, and a love hold for 6-5 put Linette in charge down the stretch. Linette used her court craft to draw errors from Jabeur late in the second-set tiebreak and squeak out the set. Osorio had previously defeated Tan en route to her first title on home soil in Bogota last year. World No.56 Linette was only 2-16 against Top 10 opponents coming into the match, and she had lost to Jabeur in the Roland Garros third round last year. Linette, though, came through in a tricky final set, garnering her second win over Jabeur in their five career meetings. And Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia overcame qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

Ons Jabeur was expected to contend for the French Open title but she lost in the first round to Poland's Magda Linette.

I knew I have to be focused and play every single point and try to make her uncomfortable. "I had so many tough matches with Ons and last year here I lost to her in the third round so I knew how difficult it's going to be," Linette said on court. The Pole, who lost to Jabeur in the third round last year, sealed the match when the Tunisian wasted a 40-0 lead in the 12th game and found the net on match point to be broken for the second time in the set.

Arab trailblazer Ons Jabeur crashed out of the French Open at the first hurdle on Sunday as Spanish teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz prepared to give Roland ...

I was happy to fight for every single point,” said Linette who needed treatment on a leg injury after dropping the first set. “It’s not the greatest feeling to go in a Grand Slam knowing that all is not perfect in practice. His last victory came in Rome just over a year ago.

There are numbers, then there are numbers. As Rafael Nadal takes to the court at the 2022 French Open, we take a look at 21 legendary numbers from the King ...

1,051 -- Nadal has 1,051 wins in his career as of May 22. 13 -- Nadal has won a staggering 13 French Open titles, a record at any single tournament in the Open era. 24 -- At the age of 24, Nadal became the youngest player ever to complete a career Grand Slam. He defeated Djokovic in four sets at the 2010 US Open to capture the achievement. The two could meet next in the French Open quarterfinals. In the 2022 French Open, he will look to move closer to the record of 31 held by both Federer and Djokovic. 15 -- Nadal turned pro at age 15 in 2001. 2 -- Nadal has also won two Olympic gold medals: in singles in 2008 and in doubles in 2016. They have met in nine Grand Slam finals, with Nadal winning on six occasions. Oddly enough, they have never played against one another at the US Open, in any round. The event, which takes place in November, features the world's best eight qualified singles players and doubles teams and is set up in a round-robin format. 11 -- Being partners on the court with Nadal pays off. 3 -- Well, the Big Three. More specifically: Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have dominated men's tennis for a generation.

Tunisian Ons Jabeur became the first major casualty on the opening day of the French Open on Sunday when the in-form sixth seed crashed out with a 3-6 ...

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Ons Jabeur has become the first major shock casualty on the opening day of the French Open, the...

I knew I have to be focused and play every single point and try to make her uncomfortable. So maybe it was a good thing to lose today. "I wanted to go as far as I could in the tournament because I played well on clay in Madrid and in Rome, and it's difficult to take that one in," Jabeur said. I am happy that I just managed to fight for every single point." "I had so many tough matches with Ons and last year here I lost to her in the third round so I knew how difficult it's going to be," Linette said on court. The Pole, who lost to Jabeur in the third round last year, sealed the match when the Tunisian wasted a 40-0 lead in the 12th game and found the net on match point to be broken for the second time in the set.

World No.87 Hugo Dellien of Bolivia has ousted two-time finalist Dominic Thiem on the opening day of the French Open.

This is toxic to my forehand because I am still missing the fine feeling there," he said. I am definitely thinking to go back to Challenger level for one or two tournaments," he said. "I knew it would take time and the level is extremely high.

Sloane Stephens of the U.S. plays against Germany's Jule Niemeier during the women's first round of the French Open Tennis tournament at the Roland Garros ...

The Serbian is bidding to match 13-times French Open champion Rafael Nadal's men's record of 21 Grand Slam titles and the two are on a quarter-final collision course. World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic is due to make his return to Grand Slam action on Monday after he was not allowed to take part in the Australian Open because of his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The French Open is the only one of the four majors to start on a Sunday.

He was unbeatable at the start of the year, then could hardly finish a match in the run-up to the French Open because of an injury. Which version of the ...

And after just a few weeks of preparation and a single tournament, Nadal won the Australian Open in January, showing the world once more that counting him out is a terrible idea. Also, he said that the results from the last two months mattered more than titles won a long time ago. “Things can change quick,” Nadal said, though neither he nor anyone else can say with any certainty that they will. “It’s something that we haven’t seen for sure in a long time.” Mueller-Weiss Syndrome, the degenerative foot condition that Nadal has had since childhood, prevented him from playing for most of the rest of the year. It has been a long time since Nadal showed up in Paris and this tournament was not his to lose. Nadal is 105-3 at Roland Garros. He has won 13 singles titles, the first coming half a lifetime ago, in 2005. He embarrassed Djokovic, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, in the final. Nine months later, though, Djokovic got revenge, breaking Nadal’s spirit and his body during an epic four-set semifinal on his way to the championship. He is the only player in the field with a 9-foot silver statue on these grounds. His knees are often on the edge of balky. Which version of the 13-time champion of this tournament will show up?

Dominic Thiem was easily beaten by Bolivia's Hugo Dellien in the French Open first round, while in the women's event Ons Jabeur became the first major ...

“The key is just to continue being patient, work on the stuff which is not working and then it will come back, but it will take time,” he said. At times he snapped forehands well long early in the point and other times he set up short balls only to miss the easiest shot of the rally. As he fell meekly to Dellien, the 87th-ranked Bolivian clay courter put an arm around Thiem and gave him some supportive words at the net. Since returning from a nine-month injury layoff due to a right wrist injury and various complications, Thiem has now lost all of his seven matches back, winning just two sets between them. Just two hours into the tournament on Sunday afternoon, Thiem suffered a disappointing and at times hard to watch first-round defeat to Hugo Dellien of Bolivia, who easily beat him 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. There was once a time, not very long ago at all, when Dominic Thiem was better placed than anyone else to emerge as the next new champion on these grounds.

World No.87 Hugo Dellien of Bolivia has ousted two-time finalist Dominic Thiem on the opening day of the French Open.

This is toxic to my forehand because I am still missing the fine feeling there," he said. I am definitely thinking to go back to Challenger level for one or two tournaments," he said. "I knew it would take time and the level is extremely high.

One of the favourites for the women's singles title and a former champion are sent packing on day one of the French Open at Roland Garros.

So maybe it was a good thing to lose today. But the Pole sealed the match when the Tunisian wasted a 40-0 lead in the 12th game and found the net on match point to be broken for the second time in the set. Spaniard Muguruza has recently appeared out of sorts, with the world number 10 racking up early losses in Madrid, Rome and Rabat, but appeared to be in good touch early in her opening round match with veteran Estonian Kaia Kanepi and took the first set 6-2.

Twice French Open finalist Dominic Thiem has crashed out of the tournament in the first round at Roland Garros, losing 6-3 6-2 6-4 to Bolivian world No 87 ...

This is toxic to my forehand because I am still missing the fine feeling there," he said. I am definitely thinking to go back to Challenger level for one or two tournaments," he said. "I knew it would take time and the level is extremely high.

The 2022 French Open men's singles draw and results. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are the Roland Garros favorites.

He would be the first teenage man to win a major since Nadal’s first conquest in Paris in 2005. Then there’s Alcaraz, who is the same age as Nadal was when Nadal won his first French Open. Alcaraz won his last two tournaments, including beating Nadal and Djokovic on back-to-back days on May 6-7. The 35-year-old Spaniard is bidding to break 1972 French Open champion Andres Gimeno‘s record as the oldest singles champion in Paris. But he most overcome persistent foot pain that impacted his lead-up, which for the first time since 2015 included no titles in the early spring clay-court season.

ROLAND GARROS — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will enjoy one of the privileges of being tennis royalty on Monday as they won't have to worry about the ...

Australia’s John Millman is as gritty as they come, and though he has never won a first-round match at Roland Garros, he might be the right kind of player to upset Korda. Australia’s Jordan Thompson will probably be glad to get a set off him, and will walk out following Iga Swiatek vs Lesia Tsurenko and Diane Parry vs Barbora Krejcikova. There is no “not before” time but the best bet is around 2pm UK time. Novak Djokovic is the first to experience it in front of what French Open chiefs hope will be a packed crowd when he takes on Yoshihito Nishioka not before 7.45pm.

Australians were biting the dust. Then out of the darkness came never-say-die qualifier Jason Kubler, who finally put a first-round victory on the board.

He had two match points denied by the American before he hammered a glorious winning backhand down the line in front of a by now sparse crowd after more than three-and-a-quarter hours and let out a primal roar. The Sydney wildcard O’Connell had kicked off the singles challenge on a humid morning with high hopes, only to depart Court 8 deflated by a 6-2 6-4 6-7 (7-5) 6-1 loss to Slovenian Aljaz Bedene. The one-time wonder boy of Australian tennis, who had battled through three tough qualifying matches to get to the main draw, defeated tough American Denis Kudla 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) to become the first of the 11-strong contingent to make it through.

World No.87 Hugo Dellien of Bolivia has ousted two-time finalist Dominic Thiem on the opening day of the French Open.

This is toxic to my forehand because I am still missing the fine feeling there," he said. I am definitely thinking to go back to Challenger level for one or two tournaments," he said. "I knew it would take time and the level is extremely high.

The 2022 French Open has officially begun and the first day of action wasn't without its share of surprises.

Women's singles - First round Women's singles - First round Women's singles - First round 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 Ons Jabeur (6) vs. Women's singles - First round

'I wasn't happy': Opening day French Open photo is just sad.

He finished runner-up to Nadal in 2018 and 2019. His last victory came in Rome just over a year ago. Sunday’s victory was her 10th top 10 win at a Slam. “So maybe it was a good thing to lose today. “Well, honestly, I wasn’t happy to play on a Sunday at 11am,” she added. Alcaraz then raced away with the tie courtesy of a double break in the second set and triple break in the third to set up a second round clash with compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

The 2022 French Open has officially begun and the first day of action wasn't without its share of surprises.

Women's singles - First round Women's singles - First round Women's singles - First round 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 Ons Jabeur (6) vs. Women's singles - First round

The two-time French Open finalist looked completely dispirited in his straight sets loss to Bolivian world No.87 Hugo Dellien on the opening day of action.

This is toxic to my forehand because I am still missing the fine feeling there,” he said. “I knew it would take time and the level is extremely high. He joked: “Usually I start a Grand Slam tournament with a five-set match and a few hours on court, but (coach) Sergi (Bruguera) told me today not to do that so I listened to him for once.” He earned his first break point in Thiem’s opening service game and broke him on his second to race through the first set. “The problem is in practice it is really decent, but a match situation is something different, Grand Slam especially. It continues a worrying slide for the Austrian, who has failed to win a match at any of the tournaments he has played since his wrist injury comeback in March, leaving him languishing as the world No. 194.