Djokovic described beating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic singles gold medal at the fifth attempt as the biggest achievement of his career on Sunday.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made it to her third final in four years at Roland Garros.
Rafael Nadal teamed up with Carlos Alcaraz for the first time as Spain's so-called dream team opened their Olympic doubles campaign with a 7-6(4), 6-4 defeat of Argentine sixth seeds Maximo Gonzales and Andres Molteni on Saturday.
Italy's Jannik Sinner lost both his previous Wimbledon duels with Novak Djokovic but turned the tables in emphatic fashion as his power and precision proved too much for the seven-time champion who, at 38, looked every bit his age in a humbling 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 loss.
Poland's Iga Swiatek could become only the third woman since tennis turned professional in 1968 to win all of her first six major finals, joining Margaret Court and Monica Seles, but Swiatek is not taking the big-hitting Anisimova lightly.
Coco Gauff, 18, is the youngest finalist at Roland Garros since Kim Clijsters in 2001.
Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff stressed the need to start matches earlier at Grand Slams
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
...And Alcaraz continues hat-trick quest
Images from Day 1 of the 2025 French Open in Paris on Sunday.
Gauff cruises past Zidansek to reach French Open third round
Spain's Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will team up to play doubles at this year's Olympic Games in Paris, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) said on Wednesday.
Images from the US Open women's singles quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
The duo will face El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Netherlands' Jean-Julien Rojer in the semi-finals.
A look at the top men's contenders at the 2020 French Open.
Carlos Alcaraz got his grasscourt campaign up and running with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Australian Adam Walton
Contenders lurk around every corner in New York, as a gruelling year has left the title vulnerable for those hoping to capture a maiden major title.
Third seed Alexander Zverev produced a near-flawless display to outclass former champion Holger Rune 6-3 7-6(4) on Saturday and return to the Paris Masters final after a gap of four years.
Carlos Alcaraz made a winning start in his bid to claim a first French Open title
The Indian jumped six places following his runner-up finish at the Perugia ATP Challenger tournament on Sunday.
Venus Williams and Elina Svitolina have received wild cards for the Classic Birmingham, a WTA 250 event on grass which begins on June 19.
IMAGES from the French Open quarter-finals played in Paris on Tuesday.
Fashion statements from Roland Garros...
Imane Khelif, the boxer at the centre of a gender dispute, beat Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in a Women's 66kg welterweight semi-final at the Paris Games on Tuesday to progress to the final at Roland Garros.
The two great rivals meet at Roland Garros for the first time in eight years in Friday's French Open semi-final.
Spain's dream team met its match as Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of an Olympic doubles gold medal were ended by American duo Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.
Three contenders for the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 8 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal's championship point winning racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction on Monday, ranking among the highest-priced such memorabilia.
Poland's world number one Iga Swiatek swatted aside 25th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-2 with a near-flawless performance to reach the round of 16 for a fourth straight year at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
German Alexander Zverev thought his time had finally come to win a Grand Slam title but his French Open campaign ended in pain and agony after he was forced to retire during his semi-final against Spaniard Rafael Nadal with an ankle injury.
Iga Swiatek will be looking to join a select band of players who have lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup four times
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has made it to the semi-finals on his Olympic Games debut.
'The personal satisfaction is big because under the circumstances that we played this Roland Garros, even if I played an amazing match this afternoon, the conditions are a little bit not the conditions that I will choose, never, to play an event like this'
Third seed Alexander Zverev eased past home favourite Ugo Humbert
'Just two people who love #Wimbledon bumping into each other on the streets of London.'
Images from the US Open matches played at Flushing Meadows on Saturday
Nadal has traditionally started his French Open campaigns with at least one claycourt title under his belt but this year got to the French capital empty-handed.
Nadal, who would pass fellow Spaniard Andres Gimeno as the oldest Roland Garros men's singles champion if he wins, had to dig deep again in a three-hour slugfest in the semi-final against Alexander Zverev before the German was forced to retire mid-match after injuring his ankle.
Following a first round exit at the Italian Open, Andy Murray is undecided on what's next.
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