Novak Djokovic, two days after turning 39 and on his record 82nd Grand Slam appearance, beat Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 on Court Philippe-Chatrier to open Roland-Garros – his 22nd consecutive appearance at the tournament, tying Richard Gasquet’s record.

In a generational clash at Roland-Garros, veteran Sorana Cirstea, playing her final tournament in Paris, overcame 17-year-old French wild card Ksenia Efremova. The Romanian secured a 6-3, 6-1 victory, marking her first main-draw win here since 2022 and equalling a career-best on clay.

Nishesh Basavareddy, a 21-year-old American wild card and the world No. 156, beat seventh seed Taylor Fritz 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-1 on his Roland-Garros debut. The main surprise of Day 1.

João Fonseca (No 28) beat French qualifier Luka Pavlovic 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-2 on Court Simonne-Mathieu, in front of a crowd that felt closer to Rio than to Paris.

Federico Cina beat Reilly Opelka 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4 on Sunday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Swiss Stan Wawrinka and Dutchman Jesper de Jong in the next round

Mirra Andreeva (No 8), the highest-ranked woman in action on the opening day of Roland-Garros, returned to Court Philippe-Chatrier – the scene of her quarter-final exit a year ago to French wild card Loïs Boisson – and beat France’s Fiona Ferro 6-3, 6-3 to open the tournament.

The first seed out at Roland-Garros 2026 was Tomás Martín Etcheverry (No 23) – and Nuno Borges did not need a tight set to do it. The Portuguese beat the Argentine 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

The 26th seed came back from 2-0 down in the second set, saved two consecutive match points in the tiebreak, and explained afterwards how she has stopped letting the worst moments cost her matches.

Down two sets to one, 3-5 in the fourth, cramping in the fifth, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No 21) found a way past Damir Dzumhur 6-7(5), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in four-plus hours of Paris heat.

Belinda Bencic beat Julia Kraus 6-2, 6-3 to win her first Roland-Garros match since 2022 and reach the second round at the French Open 2026, while Caty McNally came back from 3-6, 0-3 to beat Ajla Tomljanovic 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 and 32nd seed Xinyu Wang got past Lilli Tagger 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

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

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.

The 21-year-old Frenchman spent a semi-final defeat identifying the precise cost of his greatest strength. What he did with that knowledge was something else entirely.

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…

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.

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.

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.

“I had no fuel today.” Luciano Darderi apologised to the crowd after a 6-1, 6-1 semi-final loss to Casper Ruud, at the end of a week that included his first top-three win, over Zverev.

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.

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