Images from Day 12 of the French Open at the Roland Garros on Thursday.
Images from Day 1'a matches at the French Open played on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday.
It will be the second time Nadal and Del Potro meet at Roland Garros. The previous match up saw the Spaniard beat Del Potro in straight sets in the opening round in 2007.
Claycourt master Rafael Nadal quickly adapted to his new surroundings at Roland Garros with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 demolition of German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann in the first round of the French Open on Monday.
Images from day two of the 2011 French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, on Monday.
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is presented with an award after playing his final match before retiring REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Images from Day 1 of the French Open 2012 tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, on Sunday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the almost-empty Roland Garros grounds.
Security was breached at the French Open on Sunday when a fan jumped onto Court Philippe Chatrier and attempted to take a selfie with Roger Federer.
Novak Djokovic will begin his French Open quest feeling "invincible" on Monday, according to former world number one Boris Becker.
French favourite Kristina Mladenovic skidded out of a storm-struck French Open on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Timea Bacsinszky in a rain-interrupted quarter-final in Paris.
Rafa Nadal said he was not playing well enough to lift the French Open title despite breezing past Ivan Ljubicic in their fourth-round match on Monday.
Images from Day 8 at the French Open in Paris, on Sunday.
Gusty winds and half-empty stands gave no sense of the usual Parisian glamour as last year's French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur began with an easy win on Sunday and Lleyton Hewitt pulled out injured.
Zverev will have a chance to spoil the birthday party for Nadal, who turns 36 on Friday
Rafael Nadal zipped around Court Philippe Chatrier as though he had rockets in his heels on Wednesday during a straight sets quarter-final win over Nicolas Almagro but he was still not quick enough for the umpire.
Play on Court Philippe Chatrier will have a familiar feel on Thursday with Rafa Nadal and Justine Henin, holders of eight French Open singles crowns, bidding to move into the third round.
Japan's Naomi Osaka crashed out of the French Open in a 7-5, 6-4 first-round loss
Former champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a second consecutive first-round exit at the French Open
Rafa Nadal reclaimed his French Open crown in emphatic style on Sunday when he battered Sweden's Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to win the title for the fifth time in six years.
Venus Williams and her dress were centre of attention at Roland Garros on Wednesday but Roger Federer once again proved his tennis needs no added frills as both players moved smoothly into the French Open third round.
Roger Federer did little to dampen the soaring temperatures at the French Open with a red-hot display of shot making that brought the year's second Grand Slam bursting into life on Monday.
Images from Day 11 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Wednesday.
Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hughes Herbert became the third home duo to win the French Open men's doubles when they beat second seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic 6-2, 7-6(4) on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Iga Swiatek is dynamite on court and the fireworks have just started, her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski said on Saturday after the world number one clinched her second Grand Slam title at the French Open.
IMAGES from the French Open women's final played at Roland Garros on Saturday
Although hampered by a chronic foot injury that saw him out in the last 16 of the Italian Open, an event that precedes the French Open, the 21-time Grand Slam champion has looked pain-free in his bid for a 14th French Open crown.
Zverev twisted his ankle as he tried to retrieve a shot in the 12th game of the second set
Zverev won in four sets at Roland-Garros to send Alcaraz packing and reach the French Open semi-finals for a second straight year.
Roland Garros had been scheduled for May 24 to June 7 before the French tennis federation (FFT) pushed it back to Sept. 20-Oct 4 in a bid to save the tournament from falling victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FFT said all tickets purchased for this year's French Open would be cancelled and reimbursed instead of being transferred.
Serena Williams is the first woman in the professional era to win 50 matches at each of the four Grand Slams.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
Images from Day 11 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Iga Swiatek, who beat American teenager Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in Saturday's final at Roland Garros, went from being a largely unknown 19-year-old, ranked 54th in the world, to instant celebrity status after lifting her first Suzanne Lenglen Cup 18 months ago.
Zverev was left wondering why he has been struggling to get into his matches
There was only a scattering of fans inside the stadium as Sharapova took to the court on Wednesday, but after getting into her stride she overpowered the 91st-ranked Diatchenko.
Novak Djokovic had his neck taped during the match on Court Philippe Chatrier and his movements seemed somewhat restricted
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