Teenager Andreeva shows her mettle, Pegula advances at French Open
Coco Gauff forgot to bring her rackets to the court but reminded her rivals of her French Open title ambitions with a commanding win while Daniil Medvedev lost his composure on a cold and blustery Tuesday as he crashed out in the opening round.
Iga Swiatek continued her bid for a fifth French Open title when the Polish fifth seed overcame Romania's Jaqueline Cristian to reach the Roland Garros fourth round.
Defending champions Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz powered into the second round of the French Open on Monday.
Named after France's second-most decorated female player, the brand new 5,000 seat Court Simonne Mathieu nestles amongst the area's graceful 19-century greenhouses.
Named after France's second-most decorated female player, the arena is nestled among the area's graceful 19-century greenhouses.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova on Monday.
French Tennis Federation (FFT) said the start was delayed due to security officials neutralising a vehicle illegally parked outside the stadium.
The French Open, traditionally held in May-June, was postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will now be held at Roland Garros from Sept. 27-Oct. 11.
Billie Jean King helped the United States win the inaugural Fed Cup, the team event is being re-named in honour of the greatest trailblazer in women's tennis.
Leolia Jeanjean, playing in her maiden Grand Slam, is a former big hope of French tennis who ended up living on minimum wage after a knee injury suffered when she was 15 kept her off the courts for two years.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
'It was a long time, really tough moments. Tough months'
The Spaniard, who turns 36 next week, will next meet Dutch 26th seed Botic van de Zandschulp with a potential quarter-final looming against world number one Novak Djokovic who defeated him in last year's semi-finals.
Sunday's final was an intense contest as nerves played their part, with 10 of the 22 games going against serve.
Rafael Nadal is generally a slow starter but should not have any problem getting past his first-round opponent, Germany's Yannick Hanfmann.
Persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the almost-empty Roland Garros grounds.
Images from Day 5 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Images from Day 4 of the 2021 French Open in Paris on Wednesday.
Unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova beat Britain's Johanna Konta 7-5, 7-6(2) to reach the French Open final.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
Rafael Nadal left German qualifier Yannick Maden no hope as he booked his ticket for the third round of the French Open in ruthless fashion with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open, in Paris, on Sunday.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.
A summary of Thursday's play at the French Open.
Images from Day 4 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Images from Day 7 of the 2019 French Open in Paris on Saturday.