Marta Kostyuk delivered her most pointed remarks yet on Russian players’ reluctance to condemn the war, after reaching her first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland-Garros. She questioned their silence, stating they are ‘grown-ups’ and ‘clearly aware of what’s going on,’ urging them to take a clear stance.

Alexander Zverev (No 2) beat 19-year-old Rafael Jodar 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-3 on Court Philippe-Chatrier — his 5th Roland-Garros semi-final, his 11th Grand Slam semi-final. The match turned on a 10-point run from 2-5 down in the first set. After that, Jodar didn’t break Zverev again and lost his own serve four times. Fonseca or Mensik next, with the German two wins from a first Grand Slam title.

The 36-year-old Romanian, beaten 6-0 6-3 by Mirra Andreeva in the quarter-finals of her farewell Paris campaign, on a season beyond her expectations, the longevity she is proudest of, and the clay-court tournament she dreamed of as a girl.

Marta Kostyuk (No 15) beat Elina Svitolina (No 7) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. A rematch of the Madrid final, against Mirra Andreeva, awaits in the semi-finals.

Mirra Andreeva (No 8), 19, beat Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 on Court Philippe-Chatrier – her 2nd career Grand Slam semi-final, both at Roland-Garros, after her 2024 semi-final run at 17. 34 wins this year, more than any other woman on tour. 20 wins in her last 23. The winner of the all-Ukrainian Svitolina-Kostyuk quarter-final awaits.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 2, 1994 Mary Pierce blitzed Steffi Graf with a dominant display of power tennis

The Italian won in five sets (7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4) after being down 4-1 with a double break in the fourth set. He will face his fellow countryman Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals.

The Belarusian dispatched the Japanese star in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) and will now face Diana Shnaider for a spot in the final four.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (No 4) beat Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 on Court Philippe-Chatrier – his first Roland-Garros quarter-final in eight attempts, his fifth Grand Slam quarter-final overall.

Matteo Berrettini won against Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) on Monday. He’ll play the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 19 seed, and Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the next round

The Roland-Garros men’s draw is wide open following the exits of Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner, setting the stage for a new Grand Slam champion. Players like Alexander Zverev downplay this unique opportunity, but Casper Ruud offers a more candid perspective on the situation. We asked the five biggest names left.

Roland-Garros has turned surreal in a record May heatwave: Rybakina is already out, Djokovic laboured through four sets in Wednesday’s furnace, and with the heat forecast to break only on Sunday, Patrick Mouratoglou warns the weather is the one rival nobody in the draw can out-rank – Sinner’s lone vulnerability included.

Thanasi Kokkinakis, after an unprecedented surgery involving a deceased donor’s Achilles tendon, fought back from 2-5 down in the fifth set to win in Paris. Still learning to read his body daily, he has set a deadline of the Australian Open to decide if his challenging comeback is sustainable.

Twenty-three players spoke on Friday, there was no boycott, no real challenge to the FFT’s refusal to move on this year’s prize money, and, underneath it, the sense that this was not the moment to act, only to make sure a conversation would open.

The 41-year-old Swiss says he’s too professional just to turn up and not give his best, but it’s not easy when everyone knows you are retiring

Sinner struggles physically. Sinner wins anyway. Daniil Medvedev, the player who just took him to five hours across two days, explains the pattern, and traces it back to Djokovic and Nadal.

When Elina Svitolina took 12 months away from the WTA tour in late 2022, she was 28 years old, ranked No. 24, and considered post-peak by most of the tennis world. She returned at Charleston in April 2023, ranked outside the world’s top 800. Within four months of returning, she had reached the Roland-Garros quarter-finals … Continued

Sorana Cirstea announced this would be her last year on tour. It is shaping up as one of her best. The 36-year-old explains, with unusual clarity, why deciding to leave unlocked the tennis.

Iga Swiatek is into the Rome semi-finals, hasn’t faced a break point in two days, and on Wednesday told reporters she is back to “playing more like a clay-court player.” Roig is delivering.

Now ranked outside the top 70, the Greek is struggling for confidence and while his father remains in his coaching camp, things are unlikely to change

Tomáš Macháč has indicated on Tuesday that he suffered a tear in his left foot at Roland-Garros, ruling him out for what he expects to be a matter of weeks but leaving him hopeful of returning for the grass-court season. The Czech revealed the injury in a post on Instagram, referencing the moment spectators had … Continued

Jannik Sinner will skip a grass-court warm-up event for the first time of his career, going straight from his Roland-Garros second-round exit to a recovery block and then to Wimbledon. He confirmed that it’s his intention.

Novak Djokovic has addressed the recent hiring of Viktor Troicki to his coaching team, clarifying his decision. He also responded to Miomir Kecmanović’s public disappointment, stating that the details between Kecmanović and Troicki “doesn’t interest” him.

Twenty-four hours after losing the Hamburg final in three sets to the Peruvian qualifier Ignacio Buse, Tommy Paul arrived at his Roland-Garros media day with a recommendation. Asked, in a serious question about the uniqueness of tennis scoring, what one rule he would change, the American chose the runner-up ceremony. “I don’t think finalists should … Continued

Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the grass season, extending his layoff to a second consecutive Grand Slam as the wrist injury picked up in Barcelona keeps the two-time defending champion off Tour into the summer.

The first Italian Rome champion since Panatta in 1976. The second man ever to complete the Career Golden Masters. Sinner answers twelve questions on the week – and on what’s still to come.

The player who has reached three Grand Slam finals and the ATP Finals places Sinner and Alcaraz at the level the Big Three reached at 25, 26. If not above.

Jannik Sinner (No 1) beat Casper Ruud (No 13) 6-4, 6-4 to become the second man after Novak Djokovic to complete the Career Golden Masters. Sixth straight Masters 1000 title, 34 in a row at the level. Roland-Garros next.

Casper Ruud will play his fifth final on the biggest clay stages, Roland-Garros and the three clay-court Masters 1000 events. He becomes only the 13th player since the ATP Tour began in 1990 to have qualified for the final at all four of those tournaments, a list that runs from Alex Corretja and Gustavo Kuerten … Continued

A third Italian Open. A 20th career title. Four Grand Slam semi-final losses. Eight days before Roland-Garros, Elina Svitolina has reset the conversation about her chances in Paris.

Jannik Sinner has broken Djokovic’s Masters 1000 record. He doesn’t want to talk about it. In front of his home crowd, the world No. 1 asks for the conversation to be about something else. Something trivial, or something greater? He hasn’t let us know clearly enough yet.

In a sport built on tennis parents who became inseparable from the story, Jannik Sinner is asking for the opposite. In Rome, he drew the line at his family.

“Jannik is really, really the heavy favourite. Carlos on clay, when he’s healthy, is equal or above him.” Zverev sets the order after his Rome third round win.

Jannik Sinner brushed aside questions about his Roland-Garros favouritism and paid a heartfelt tribute to an injured Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.

The reigning Roland Garros champion will forfeit 3,000 ranking points as rival Jannik Sinner stands to benefit most from his absence.

The top two are almost 8,000 points ahead of No 3 Alexander Zverev and are mopping up every tile, but is it becoming too boring?

Indian Wells. Miami. Monte Carlo. The world No. 1 didn’t just return from a sluggish start to the season – he came back and demolished the competition. Here is how he did it. Once upon a time in California…

A 7-6, 6-3 victory over the reigning champion ends Alcaraz’s 22-week reign at the top of the rankings, hands Sinner his 67th week at No. 1 —–and delivers his first title on clay at the highest level.

Alcaraz arrives on clay having lost just once in two years on the surface. Sinner arrives having spent exactly as many weeks at world No. 1 as his opponent: 66. Only one of them leaves with the right to add a 67th.

Sunday’s Monte-Carlo Masters final brings the first Alcaraz–Sinner clash of the year, on clay, with the world number one ranking at stake. Everyone was waiting for it — the players most of all, for whom facing each other is the only way to know where they truly stand.

Beaten in three sets by Dino Prizmic in his Rome opener, Novak Djokovic spoke with unusual directness about the physical reality he is now playing inside – and the choices that come with it.

Rafael Nadal dismissed the “prospect” label for world number one Carlos Alcaraz and questioned how many major opportunities remain for Novak Djokovic.

Following a grueling Australian Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, the 10-time champion showed immense grace in defeat, reflecting on his two-decade journey in Melbourne and a surprising run to the championship match.

Following a historic five-set victory over Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic reflects on defying the “experts” who tried to retire him, his strategic recovery for the final, and why this semifinal stands as his finest performance in years. This is most of the quotes Novak delivered at the flash quotes spot in Melbourne after 2:00 am.

Now that the intensity and need is no longer there, it seems the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are letting go much of their past.

Roger Federer spoke at the Australian Open on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s Opening Ceremony and exhibition match. Here are the 9 key takeaways from his press conference.

Novak Djokovic has severed ties with the PTPA, the breakaway union he co-founded in 2020, citing deep-seated concerns over transparency and governance.

Roger Federer returns to Melbourne for AO opening night exhibition alongside Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt. He hasn’t played in Melbourne since 2020.

Rafael Nadal reflected in an interview on his competitive yet respectful rivalry with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, stating that he has grown to appreciate his rivals and is proud of the shared history.

Swiss legend Roger Federer will join tennis immortals at August ceremony.

Novak Djokovic secured his 101st career title on Saturday, defeating Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in a physically demanding 2-hour, 58-minute final at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship in Athens.

“Longevity is one of my biggest motivations,” Djokovic said in Riyadh, downplaying any impression that he might retire soon.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 2, 1994 Mary Pierce blitzed Steffi Graf with a dominant display of power tennis

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Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 28, 1980, Jimmy Connors won over the Parisian fans after coming from two sets to love and match point down to defeat French player Jean-Francois Caujolle

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