Spain's Garbine Muguruza insists she is enjoying herself at the French Open even if she doesn't look it, but don't expect her to smile too much until she gets her hands on the Suzanne Lenglen trophy for the second time in three years.
Second seed Novak Djokovic distracted the Roland Garros crowd but kept his focus as he made light work of Portuguese Joao Sousa to reach the second round of the French Open with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win in Paris.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Two days of rain delays at Roland Garros have had tennis fans huddled under umbrellas musing about when the French Open, like the other three grand slams, will have a roof.
Caroline Wozniacki moved a step closer to erasing an unwanted footnote from the list of her tennis achievements with victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open fourth round on Sunday.
Australian Nick Kyrgios did his best to enliven a damp and dismal Parisian day with some eye-catching play and colourful language as the French Open began without part of the usual furniture on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal, whose all-time claycourt record now stands at 414-36 says nobody should assume his feats are routine and that each victory is celebrated like the first.
Only one player has beaten Rafael Nadal on his beloved claycourts this year and that man, Austria's Dominic Thiem, blocks the Spaniard's path to the French Open final.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
The 20-year-old Ostapenko was the first unseeded woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Britain's Margaret Scriven in 1933.
No one will be able to match up to his iconic sense of style!
What happened on Day 3 of the French Open was more surprising. Two of the top five seeded women exited.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open, in Paris, on Sunday.
Serena Williams did not smile, celebrate or even acknowledge the standing ovation she was receiving from the roaring crowd as she watched Timea Bacsinszky's backhand float out on match point at the French Open on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Two-time Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka crashed out of the French Open in the first round losing 5-7, 5-7 to Katerina Siniakova on Monday, playing only her fifth tournament of the year after a legal battle over the custody of her son.
Images from Day 7 of the 2019 French Open in Paris on Saturday.
Images from Day 6 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday
Images from Day 3 of the French Open in Paris on Tuesday
Jelena Ostapenko became only the sixth female Grand Slam champion to lose in the opening round of their title defence on Sunday when she lost to Kateryna Kozlova at the French Open.
Images from Wednesday's matches at Roland Garros
IMAGES from matches played on Day 7 of the French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday
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