Tag: French Open

World No.9 Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his second Grand Slam title beating World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the Men's singles final of the French Open here today

Paris: India’s Sania Mirza and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares crashed out of the French Open after losing in the first round of the mixed doubles match yesterday. Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer stunned the top-seeded Indo-Brazilian pair 6-2, 6-2 to enter the second round of the tournament. Groenefeld-Rojer showed their dominance right […]

Paris: India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his doubles partner Australia’s Nick Kyrgios were knocked out of the French Open after suffering a straight set defeat in the first round of the men’s doubles match here on Monday. Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis and France’s Lucas Pouille beat the Indo-Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 to enter the second round. Bhupathi-Kyrgios […]

World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday made an astonishing comeback from being two sets down to beat fifth seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in four hours and 11 minutes and win the French Open title.

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova on Saturday became the first Czech Republic woman in 40 years to win the French Open title as she defeated No.31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the final match.

Novak Djokovic dashed Rafael Nadal's hopes of winning a record 21st Grand Slam title and his 14th French Open after the world No. 1 overcame the Spaniard 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 in a four-hour-22-minute semi-final that was replete with moments of brilliance as well as errors.

Unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova pulled off a remarkable upset by outlasting No.17 seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in a French Open women's semi-final match to reach her first Grand Slam final on Thursday.

Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer of Switzerland withdrew from French Open tennis.

World No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan on Monday withdrew from the French Open over her stand to not to speak to the media due to her mental health.

London: Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of her long-standing shoulder injury. The 32-year-old has not played since pulling out of an event in her native Russia at the end of January and had a small operation in February, reports the BBC. The two-time Roland Garros champion […]

Paris: Australia’s Ashleigh Barty won the French Open, winning her maiden Grand Slam singles title, with a lopsided victory over Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old Barty, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise up the rankings after resuming her tennis career following a hiatus to play professional cricket, earned a 6-1, 6-3 win […]

Paris: World champion P V Sindhu would look to snap her recent run of early exits when she begins her women’s singles campaign at the USD 750,000 French Open badminton tournament, beginning here on Tuesday. Since claiming her maiden World Championships title in August, Sindhu has looked awfully out-of-form as she had failed to cross […]

Paris: Saina Nehwal’s campaign at the 2019 French Open came to an end on Friday. She was beaten by South Korean teenager An Se Young in a hard-fought two-game match that lasted 49 minutes. Young thus continues her impressive run having beaten reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu in the first round of the Denmark Open […]

Paris: Ace Indian women shuttler P.V. Sindhu bowed out of the ongoing French Open badminton tournament after losing her quarter-final match. Newly crowned World Champion Sindhu lost to World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying 21-16, 24-26, 21-17 in an intense last-eight match which lasted for 75 minutes on Friday night. It was a fierce battle […]

Paris: The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their dream run, sailing into the finals of the French Open Super 750 with a straight game win over Japan’s Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe here. Satwik and Chirag, who had won their maiden Super 500 title at the Thailand Open in […]