
17-year old Kouamé saves the match from two points down to reach the third round, the youngest man in a major’s last 32 since Nadal in 2003
Moïse Kouamé, 17, ranked No. 318, was two points from defeat at 5-4 down in the fifth – and won. The French wild card beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(8) in five hours to reach the Roland-Garros third round, the youngest man in the last 32 of a major since Nadal at 2003 Wimbledon.

Breaking: Sinner out of Roland-Garros, beaten in the second round by Juan Manuel Cerúndolo after apparent heat collapse
Jannik Sinner is out of Roland-Garros. 2026! The world No. 1, on a 30-match winning streak and the overwhelming favourite for the only major missing from his collection, led Juan Manuel Cerúndolo by two sets and 5-1 – and then his body gave way in the heat. The Argentine, ranked outside the top 50, came back to win 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.

“I need really some time off to recover completely, also mentally”: everything you wanted to know about Sinner’s loss, and we were not afraid to ask
Jannik Sinner opens up about his unexpected Roland-Garros exit, where he led by two sets and 5-1 before his body gave way. The Italian star explains he had 'no energy left' and needed time to recover, both physically and mentally, after such an unexpected experience.
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“If he wins, I have to win”: Francisco Cerúndolo joins brother Juan Manuel in the Roland-Garros third round on the family’s day in Paris
Francisco Cerúndolo reached the Roland-Garros third round as fans shouted news across the court that his brother Juan Manuel was toppling world No. 1 Jannik Sinner — making the Argentines only the third set of brothers to go that deep in Paris in the Open Era.
Auger-Aliassime comes from a set down again, but far more comfortably, to reach the Roland-Garros third round
Félix Auger-Aliassime (No 4) dropped the first set for the second match running and recovered again – this time comfortably – beating Argentina’s Roman Andrés Burruchaga 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Roland-Garros third round.
“I need really some time off to recover completely, also mentally”: everything you wanted to know about Sinner’s loss, and we were not afraid to ask
Jannik Sinner opens up about his unexpected Roland-Garros exit, where he led by two sets and 5-1 before his body gave way. The Italian star explains he had ‘no energy left’ and needed time to recover, both physically and mentally, after such an unexpected experience.
17-year old Kouamé saves the match from two points down to reach the third round, the youngest man in a major’s last 32 since Nadal in 2003
Moïse Kouamé, 17, ranked No. 318, was two points from defeat at 5-4 down in the fifth – and won. The French wild card beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(8) in five hours to reach the Roland-Garros third round, the youngest man in the last 32 of a major since Nadal at 2003 Wimbledon.
Breaking: Sinner out of Roland-Garros, beaten in the second round by Juan Manuel Cerúndolo after apparent heat collapse
Jannik Sinner is out of Roland-Garros. 2026! The world No. 1, on a 30-match winning streak and the overwhelming favourite for the only major missing from his collection, led Juan Manuel Cerúndolo by two sets and 5-1 – and then his body gave way in the heat. The Argentine, ranked outside the top 50, came back to win 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.
Cobolli eases past Wu to reach the third round, the highest seed left in a Medvedev’s section
Flavio Cobolli beat Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta and American Learner Tien, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Osaka reaches the Roland-Garros third round for the first time in seven years, Jovic next
Naomi Osaka won against Donna Vekic 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Thursday and will face No 17 seed Iva Jovic in the next round
Vacherot withdraws from Roland-Garros with a foot injury he had been signalling all week, Tabilo advances
Alejandro Tabilo benefited from the forfeit of Valentin Vacherot on Thursday afternoon.
Roland-Garros under a heat dome: the draw is bending, and we have seen nothing yet
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.
May 28, 1980: The day Connors came back from two sets to love down against a Frenchman and won over the Paris crowd
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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Roland-Garros under a heat dome: the draw is bending, and we have seen nothing yet
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.
“A dead person’s Achilles in my arm”: The Kokkinakis comeback no one in tennis had done before
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.
Well, it didn’t escalate quickly – On Roland-Garros media day, players were united, each in their own way
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.
Retiring Wawrinka embracing the ever-difficult farewell tour
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
“That he struggles is not a problem for him to win”: Medvedev’s view on Sinner from across the net
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.
“Just couldn’t dream about a better year”: Svitolina’s post-maternity comeback reaches a Rome final
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
“In a way it freed me up”: Sorana Cirstea on the late-career breakthrough she didn’t expect
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.
“More like a clay-court player”: Swiatek is rediscovering the version of her game that won three Roland-Garros titles
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.
Can a brave decision stop Tsitsipas’ freefall?
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
Sleep, adrenaline and the long march to Roland-Garros: Inside Jannik Sinner’s fatigue management
Jannik Sinner has spent the Madrid Open quietly admitting he is tired. With Rome and Roland-Garros looming, the world number one is navigating a familiar dilemma, and a familiar illusion.
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HEADLINES & HEAT
Djokovic explains the Troicki hire, says Kecmanović’s words aren’t his business
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.
Tommy Paul, more seriously than Coco Gauff a week ago, would cancel the loser’s speech after a final if he could
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
Alcaraz withdraws from Queen’s and Wimbledon as wrist injury extends layoff
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.
“Impossible to stay the way I’m playing right now for the entire season”: Sinner, in his own words, after winning Rome
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.
“Not many that can reach this level, if anyone at all”: Casper Ruud on Sinner, Alcaraz, and the Big Three at their peak
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.
Sinner ends 50-year Italian wait for Rome title, completing Career Golden Masters with Ruud win
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.
“Some of the best I’ve felt on court in a long time”: Ruud and the case for consistency over peaks
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
“Everybody’s there to beat you”: Rome champion Svitolina will arrive at Roland-Garros with new confidence but a focus on the first round
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.
Svitolina back on top of Rome eight years on, beating world Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in four days
Elina Svitolina (No 7) won her third Rome title, beating Coco Gauff (No 3) 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 to complete one of the most demanding paths to a WTA 1000 trophy in recent memory.
Sinner stretches Masters streak to 33, beating Medvedev in two days to reach Rome final
Jannik Sinner (No 1) saw off Daniil Medvedev (No 7) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to reach his sixth consecutive Masters 1000 final and a back-to-back Rome final. The Italian’s all-time Masters 1000 winning streak now stands at 33. Casper Ruud awaits on Sunday.
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Writing his “own story” rather than “chasing records”: dominant Sinner pulls back from the legacy machinery in Rome
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.
“When they come at me, no problem. When they come at my family – that bothers me”: Jannik Sinner on the price of being Italy’s biggest sports star
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.
“It’s Sinner who feels the difference, not me”: Zverev says Alcaraz’s absence changes nothing for the rest of the field before the French Open
“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.
Sinner deflects favourite tag and pays tribute to Alcaraz after Roland-Garros withdrawal
Jannik Sinner brushed aside questions about his Roland-Garros favouritism and paid a heartfelt tribute to an injured Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.
Alcaraz withdraws from Rome and Roland-Garros after his latest wrist exams
The reigning Roland Garros champion will forfeit 3,000 ranking points as rival Jannik Sinner stands to benefit most from his absence.
Incredible dominance of Alcaraz and Sinner may not be the best thing for tennis, or them
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?
How Jannik Sinner turned a gruelling winter training block into the most dominant spring in tennis
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…
Sinner seizes the throne: world No. 1 after defeating Alcaraz in Monte-Carlo final
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 defends his Monte-Carlo crown and clay master reputation – with the world No. 1 ranking on the line too
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.
No one wanted this match more than they did – why Alcaraz and Sinner needed the Monte-Carlo final
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.
THE BIG THREE
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, forever in the tennis news
“A new reality I have to deal with”: Novak Djokovic’s quiet admission after Rome exit
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 already labels Carlos Alcaraz as a “legend”
Rafael Nadal dismissed the “prospect” label for world number one Carlos Alcaraz and questioned how many major opportunities remain for Novak Djokovic.
“Legendary and historic: Djokovic salutes Alcaraz and Nadal in emotional final speech
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.
Novak Djokovic: “This win almost equals winning a Grand Slam”
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.
Once blessed with computer-like recall, memories fading for Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and others
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.
Federer in Melbourne: What the Legend Really Thinks About Alcaraz, Serena, and the ‘Lies’ of Tour Life (in 9 key quotes)
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.
Djokovic severs ties with PTPA in major blow to player union
Novak Djokovic has severed ties with the PTPA, the breakaway union he co-founded in 2020, citing deep-seated concerns over transparency and governance.
Federer to Take Rod Laver arena for maiden Australian Open opening ceremony
Roger Federer returns to Melbourne for AO opening night exhibition alongside Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt. He hasn’t played in Melbourne since 2020.
Nadal on his rivalry with the Big Three: ‘You end up appreciating your rivals’
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.
Roger Federer elected to International Tennis Hall of fame’s class of 2026
Swiss legend Roger Federer will join tennis immortals at August ceremony.
Novak Djokovic becomes oldest ATP Tour champion with Athens victory
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.
Djokovic not ready to retire yet
“Longevity is one of my biggest motivations,” Djokovic said in Riyadh, downplaying any impression that he might retire soon.
On this day
IN TENNIS HISTORY
May 28, 1980: The day Connors came back from two sets to love down against a Frenchman and won over the Paris crowd
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
May 27, 2016: The day Rafael Nadal stunned the tennis world by pulling out of Roland-Garros
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 27, 2016, Rafael Nadal unexpectedly called for a press conference to make an announcement that caused a seismic shock in the tennis world
May 26, 1956: The day Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Grand Slam
Every day, Tennis Majors looks back to the biggest moments in tennis history. On May 26, 1956 Althea Gibson became the first black athlete to ever win a Grand Slam title in tennis history, paving the way for champions such as Arthur Ashe and the Williams Sisters
May 25, 1983: The day Steffi Graf became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam match
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 25, 1983, 13-year-old Steffi Graf created a record that stands to date and is unlikely to ever be broken
May 24, 2004: The day Andre Agassi lost to a French qualifier in the first round at Roland-Garros
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 24, 2004, Andre Agassi suffered the worst loss of his career in a Grand Slam tournament since his Roland-Garros debut in 1987
May 23, 1994: The day Martina Navratilova broke her racquet as she bid farewell to Roland-Garros
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 22, 1994, Martina Navratilova bid farewell to Roland-Garros for the first time, only to return years later
May 22, 1995: The day Thomas Muster conquered Rome
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 22, 1995, Thomas Muster won an epic clay-court battle at the Foro Italico over one of the best clay-courters of the time
May 21, 1881: The day the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was founded
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 21, 1881, the USTA was founded thanks to James Dwight. It remains one of the most important governing bodies in tennis to date
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Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev
Novak Djokovic
Ben Shelton
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Aryna Sabalenka
Elena Rybakina
Iga Swiatek
Coco Gauff