Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova and Andy Murray were among the top players who eased into the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday.
Images from Day 9 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Casper Ruud returned to the French Open final for a second year running by dismantling German 22nd seed Alexander Zverev to set up a showdown with 22-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.
The twice Wimbledon champion, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2012, looked poised and focused, treating the sparse Court Philippe Chatrier crowd to a few exquisite drop shots and lightning-quick forehands.
IMAGES from the Women's Singles Final of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
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 Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
Defending French Open champion Maria Sharapova, on Wednesday, called for a change in schedule for the Fed Cup, saying playing ties after Grand Slam tournaments was "pointless".
Order of play on the main show courts at the French Open.
The 22-year-old, who was looking to become the first Greek player to win a Grand Slam title, is, however, confident that he is on the right path to break the dominance of the two players who have won 11 of the last 12 majors.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
'I think it only happens in France. At Wimbledon, obviously, there's not that. Or in Australia either. At the US Open, it's still rather quiet. Here, it's a really unhealthy atmosphere.'
Zverev will have a chance to spoil the birthday party for Nadal, who turns 36 on Friday
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
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
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.
IMAGES from Day 11 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open 2024 tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, on Sunday
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
IMAGES from the French Open women's final played at Roland Garros on Saturday
Zverev was left wondering why he has been struggling to get into his matches
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.
She remained philosophical in defeat, however, saying that her expectations coming into the tournament had not been high.
The mother of one arrived at the 2019 French Open making another fashion statement
Rafael Nadal gets the opportunity to avenge his only defeat in 10 meetings with Diego Schwartzman, which he suffered a little over two weeks ago, when Spain's 12-time French Open winner faces the Argentine in the semi-finals at Roland Garros on Friday.
Nadal, bidding for a record-extending 14th French Open title, won the first five games of the match as he looked on course to repeat his drubbing of the Serb in last year's final.
Djokovic's challenger will be a 22-year-old who is bidding to become the first Greek to win a singles major.
Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
Thiem knocked out by Andujar in French Open first round
Tournament favourite Novak Djokovic beat Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday, kicking off his quest for a first ever Paris trophy to add to his eight other Grand Slams.
Djokovic is the first man to reach 10 successive quarter-finals at the French Open
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.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Images from Day 9 at the French Open.
Rafael Nadal is generally a slow starter but should not have any problem getting past his first-round opponent, Germany's Yannick Hanfmann.
IMAGES from matches on Day 8 at the French Open
Images from Day 5 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Sunday.
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