Serena Williams overcame a gritty challenge from unseeded Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens, winning 7-6(7), 6-4, to reach the French Open final, in Paris, on Friday. She will meet Garbine Muguruza, who reached her second Grand Slam final when she beat Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 in the first semi-final at Roland Garros.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Garbine Muguruza's defence of her French Open title ended in tears on Sunday when the Spaniard had to be escorted from the Roland Garros interview room after breaking down following her fourth-round loss to Kristina Mladenovic.
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.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Caroline Garcia was knocked out of the French Open fourth round by Angelique Kerber on Monday, but the local favourite is confident that she has what it takes to become the first French Grand Slam champion since 2013.
Images from Day 3 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Five things to watch out for at the French Open on Wednesday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 French Open.
Still wearing a compression sleeve after a recent forearm issue, Carlos Alcaraz produced a stellar show in a rematch of the duo's 2022 encounter to firmly put himself back in the conversation as the favourite to lift the title in Paris and a third major.
Rafael Nadal is generally a slow starter but should not have any problem getting past his first-round opponent, Germany's Yannick Hanfmann.
Timea Bacsinszky wants a lasting souvenir at the French Open.
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
Keys will next face 10th seed Sloane Stephens, nine months after her compatriot beat her in the US Open final
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was locked in a fifth-set fight to the finish against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the third round of the French Open on Saturday when play was suspended because of bad light.
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.
Stanislas Wawrinka trumped fellow Swiss Roger Federer at a grand slam for the first time with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory in the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday
French hope Kristina Mladenovic fought through the pain with a 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 win over American Jennifer Brady in the French Open first round on Monday.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made it to her third final in four years at Roland Garros.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Seven months after the last French Open ended the tournament is back, boosted by the prospect of more spectators despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and forecasts of good weather.
The Pole said she wanted to do better this time and felt the pressure.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open in Paris on Tuesday
Virginie Razzano astonished the French Open crowd on Monday when she served underarm on match point, and missed.
Persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the almost-empty Roland Garros grounds.
World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will feel like they are working overtime on Friday when organisers cram all four semi-finals into a single session to try and ensure a rain-ravaged tournament ends on schedule.
Serena Williams recovered from a set down to beat Australian Ashleigh Barty 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and book a place in the third round.
Serena Williams played with fire at the French Open on Thursday but the world number one pulled through to the third round with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win against unheralded German Anna-Lena Friedsam.
At the French Open on Wednesday, however, Djokovic's shots often failed to hit the bullseye.
India is steadily moving forward in the highly competitive world of tennis and people need to be patient to see more results, especially in singles, says former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli. The 31-year-old was in the capital to launch the second edition of Rendez-vous, a tournament for Indian boys and girls to earn a wild card for the junior French Open. "It is a tremendous effort to promote Roland Garros, our Grand Slam. It's good to have these courts to understand the surface and technique. India is on the right path, you need to have patience. Everything has to be in place and AITA is doing a good job," Bartoli, who retired in 2013 and is now busy with her designing work, said.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi produced a sensational performance to take out sixth seed Andrey Rublev and reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday.
An 18-year rivalry will play out its next gripping chapter at Roland Garros as Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic eye up a French Open final in which milestones galore will be on the line.
Images from Day 6 at the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Friday.
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 all the action from Day 1 of the French Open played at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Former champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a second consecutive first-round exit at the French Open
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