Swiatek's dominance on clay that the top seed from Poland has won her last 20 matches at Roland Garros, as she bids for a third successive trophy to add to her maiden Grand Slam triumph in Paris four years ago
The extension of the French Open's Roland Garros stadium, which has been championed by Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, was stopped by an administrative tribunal on Friday.
'So to have a person by your side that you love and can comfortably and mutually and reciprocally talk about tennis in our case, I think it's a breath of fresh air.'
'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.'
Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
New England batsman Tom Westley has been promised a debut to remember when he makes his first test appearance in Thursday's third Test against South Africa at The Oval.
Tabilo broke the top seed four times on Centre Court while not conceding a single break point.
'I don't want to close 100% the door, because it's a very simple thing...'
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2, on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
India's tennis campaign at the Paris Olympics lasted just a day as Sumit Nagal and the men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji bowed out after losing their respective opening matches to French challengers in Paris 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.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
When contacted, AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar said he does not have any objection to Bopanna playing with Balaji, ranked 84, at the Paris Olympics.
Jana Novotna, who lifted the Wimbledon title 26 years ago in 1988, tragically died in 2017 following a battle with ovarian cancer aged 49.
The big names who will be bidding for a podium finish before bidding farewell...
Tradition won the day on Sunday when the French tennis federation decided to keep the French Open at a renovated Roland Garros and rejected plans to move the tournament to the Paris suburbs from 2016.
Both Balaji and Bhambri have got some decent results on clay in lead up to the Roland Garros, where the action will unfold during the Summer Olympics from July 27.
Three contenders for the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
The Monte Carlo Masters begins on Sunday. Nadal has won the event a record 11 times, with his last victory coming in 2018.
Serena Williams' return to the WTA Tour following the birth of her first child will be the 'greatest challenge' of her career
England debutant Toby Roland-Jones wreaked havoc as he picked four wickets to have South Africa reeling at 126 for 8 at stumps on Day 2 of the third Test at the Oval on Friday.
Rain showers delayed the start of play at the French Open on Thursday.
Twice finalist Ruud overcomes Davidovich Fokina test
IMAGES from Day 5 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Friday.
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) is considering to move the French Open out from Roland Garros if its extension project does not get the green light within a year. The project was agreed on earlier this year and an architect was appointed but the Paris City Council is now getting cold feet, FFT director general Gilbert Ysern said on Tuesday.
Maria Sharapova was crowned the new queen of Roland Garros after she kept her poise to outwit and outpower diminutive Italian Sara Errani 6-3 6-2 to complete her collection of Grand Slam trophies on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old was staring at defeat while down a set and a break but dug deep to prevail in two hours 24 minutes for his 200th tour match victory and his 10th ATP title.
Gustavo Kuerten's French Open career came to an emotional end when he lost 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round.
Rafael Nadal withdrew from Indian Wells on Wednesday on the eve of his first-round match.
The French Tennis Federation has welcomed the decision of a French tribunal to lift the suspension of plans to expand Roland Garros, the home of the French Open tournament.
Rafael Nadal confirmed he will miss this year's French Open as he is yet to recover from injury.
Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open
Can Iga Swiatek challenge Rafael Nadal's French Open record?
Let us forget tennis for a while and take a look at Nadal's grand birthday cakes at the Roland Garros over the years. It is a tradition which cannot be interrupted!
Rediff.com takes a sneak peek into the unique outfit designs of some players at the French Open.
The ICC on Wednesday announced the line-up of match officials for the upcoming U-19 men's World Cup with umpire KNA Padmanabhan and match referee Narayanan Kutty being the two Indian representatives.
Maria Sharapova was dogged by injury and controversy as she tried to get her career back on track.
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