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Boulter stuns Rybakina for the biggest win of her career and a first Queen’s semi-final
Katie Boulter beat top seed Elena Rybakina 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of The HSBC Championships 2026, her fifth career top-10 win and the biggest of her career by ranking. She faces Donna Vekic in the semi-finals.
A Roland-Garros finalist, a Wimbledon wild card still – and a holiday before either
Maja Chwalinska, the surprise Roland-Garros runner-up, faces an unusual challenge: despite her new top 25 ranking, she's not guaranteed a main draw spot at Wimbledon. The entry list closed before her incredible run, leaving her hoping for a wild card or facing qualifying. It's a unique quirk of the tennis calendar.
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
After a spring of frayed nerves, Mirra Andreeva spent her Roland-Garros fortnight watching old Roger Federer matches and trying to carry herself the way he did. At 19, the newly crowned champion explains how impersonating her idol's calm helped her choose to be a fighter.
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final
Marta Kostyuk arrived at her first Roland-Garros semi-final on a 16-0 clay-court streak, with titles in Rouen and Madrid and a career-high ranking of No. 15. Her coach of two and a half years, the former player Sandra Zaniewska, explains to Tennis Majors the thinking behind the run.
“The Grand Slam I grew up dreaming of”: Sorana Cîrstea reflects on her last Roland-Garros
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.
May 30, 1995: The day Virginie Buisson and Noelle van Lottum played the longest women’s match in Roland-Garros history
Roland Garros: Teichmann makes last 16, knocked out Muchova, 2023 finalist
May 25, 1983: The day Steffi Graf became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam match
Tommy Paul, more seriously than Coco Gauff a week ago, would cancel the loser’s speech after a final if he could
May 19, 2002: The day Serena Williams won Rome for her first title on clay
“Everybody’s there to beat you”: Rome champion Svitolina will arrive at Roland-Garros with new confidence but a focus on the first round
Svitolina back on top of Rome eight years on, beating world Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in four days
“Just couldn’t dream about a better year”: Svitolina’s post-maternity comeback reaches a Rome final
Svitolina outlasts Swiatek to reach first Rome final in eight years, beating Nos. 2 and 3 in 24 hours
Gauff reaches back-to-back Rome finals with straight-sets win over Cirstea
May 14, 2008: The day world No 1 Justine Henin suddenly quit professional tennis
“In a way it freed me up”: Sorana Cirstea on the late-career breakthrough she didn’t expect
Svitolina turns it around against Rybakina to reach first Rome semi-final since 2018, Swiatek next
“More like a clay-court player”: Swiatek is rediscovering the version of her game that won three Roland-Garros titles
Swiatek’s level surges before Roland-Garros as Pegula falls in straight sets