India's double Olympics medallist P V Sindhu continued her impressive run at the French Open badminton tournament, sailing into the women's singles semi-finals with a straight-game win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan, in Paris, on Friday. Sindhu, seeded third, scripted a convincing 21-14, 21-14 win over eighth seeded in 38 minutes to extend her head-to-head record against the Thai to 14-1.
Images from the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Swiatek will face Czech Karolina Muchova in the final.
Novak Djokovic has opted out of the US Open warm-up tournament following consecutive semi-final exits at the French Open and Wimbledon.
The women's singles is wide open, Arantxa said, but picked Halep as favourite.
PV Sindhu produced another impressive show as she rallied to a three-game win over USA's Beiwen Zhang to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals
Images from Day 5 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
While Sen needed just 40 minutes to advance Sameer Verma retired hurt against Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Rhustavito at the end of the second game when the scoreline reading 16-21, 21-12 in another men's singles match.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a tough path to a maiden French Open title after being placed in the same half of the draw as 22-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.
Raducanu was bundled out of the French Open in the second round
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
A look at the form and previous records of Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and Romanian Simona Halep ahead of the French Open final on Saturday
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt is a major doubt for this month's French Open after breaking two ribs in a fall.
A super-charged Justine Henin-Hardenne crushed Mary Pierce 6-1 6-1 to win the French Open crown for the second time on Saturday.
Factbox on Australia's Ashleigh Barty, who beat Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday:
The 24-year-old, who will be hoping to claim a first Grand Slam title at this year's French Open, said he has been trying to play with the same mindset he had during his run to the 2021 Roland Garros final.
A look at the top women's contenders at the 2020 French Open.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz arrives in Melbourne with only one mission in mind -- claim a first Australian Open title to become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam.
IMAGES from the French Open women's final played at Roland Garros on Saturday
Wednesday's washout means Friday will now be a bumper semi-finals day as the last four matches in both singles draws will take place then.
The claycourt Grand Slam at Roland Garros would now take place from Sept. 20-Oct. 4, dates that clash with several other events. With players already counting the cost of the tennis shutdown, the decision did not go down well.
Kidambi outperforms Sen, Sameer scores upset win
Factbox on Maria Sharapova, who became the 10th woman to complete a career Grand Slam after beating Sara Errani to win the French Open title on Saturday.
It wasn't just the tennis that amazed audiences at Roland Garros.
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.
The Hyderabad girl gets a berth following her top 10 ranking in the juniors.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
With three Masters tournaments and two Grand Slams in the space of seven weeks, players might have to make hard choices but French Open director Guy Forget is confident they will turn up at Roland Garros.
Commonwealth Games champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who won a bronze medal at the World Championships in August, will play Chinese Taipei's Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han, who got the better of England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 21-15, 21-14 in the other semi-final.
Gaston keeps French flag flying at Roland Garros.
Perhaps it bodes well for men's tennis that even the French Open will be competitive this year
Leander Paes and his partner Benoit Paire of France lost to the Colombian duo of Robert Farah and Juan Cabal in the second round.
Raghu Rai, one of India's most celebrated photographers, passed away at a private hospital in New Delhi at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, son, and three daughters.
'But in mid-October, if we're able to come together and we've been able to provide revenue for 600 people, I think we will be very satisfied as a federation and I as a former player.'
'I've practised with both of them a little bit and they're incredible ball strikers. There's more to come, I hope they stay injury-free.'
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Images from Monday's action at the French Open.
Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who beat Dominic Thiem to win his 12th French Open title:
'Neither I nor members of my team have symptoms of coronavirus. We carry out tests regularly. We will quarantine ourselves in accordance with current procedures'
