A second top-10 scalp of the week carried him to a career first: world No 76 Kamil Majchrzak beat Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (4), 6-1 to reach a maiden ATP final, where Alex de Minaur awaits.

Level at 2-4, then untouchable: Alex de Minaur (No 2) won the last 10 games to beat Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-0 and reach his 21st career final, eyeing a Dutch double after Rotterdam.

World No 484 Robin Montgomery beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Libéma Open final, where eighth seed Barbora Krejcikova — a 6-3, 7-6 (4) winner over Magda Linette — awaits.

A flypast, a slip and a thigh strapping could not stop her: Emma Raducanu (No 42) beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 7-5 to battle into the Queen’s semi-finals, where Iva Jovic awaits.

A first top-20 win of 2026 and a return to a final since February: Taylor Fritz (No 2) beat Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-4 in Stuttgart to move one win from defending his title.

The 37-year-old left-hander beat Zhizhen Zhang 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach his first grass-court semi-final since 2023, claiming a 76th tour-level win on the surface to pass Richard Gasquet as the most prolific French player on grass in the Open era. He next faces Alex de Minaur.

Players have welcomed Wimbledon’s record 20% prize money rise as “a genuine and significant step forward” – while calculating that their share of revenues, at 14.4%, remains below its 2015 level. Welfare, revenue formula and representation stay unresolved.

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.

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.

Roland-Garros leaders Amélie Mauresmo and Gilles Moretton have addressed player unrest regarding prize money, playing down initial boycott fears. They insist talks are progressing, focusing on a fair percentage of revenues and welfare contributions, particularly for lower-ranked players, while acknowledging the need for more time.

Alexander Zverev’s aggression is often unnoticed, yet highly effective. Stats reveal a significant shift towards ending points faster and dictating rallies earlier. This subtle evolution makes him a quiet, but powerful, force on court, redefining his playing style.

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.

Players have welcomed Wimbledon’s record 20% prize money rise as “a genuine and significant step forward” – while calculating that their share of revenues, at 14.4%, remains below its 2015 level. Welfare, revenue formula and representation stay unresolved.

A 20 per cent rise to £64.2m makes Wimbledon the first Grand Slam to move on money since the players’ Roland-Garros protest – but the announcement is silent on revenue share, welfare and consultation, the three pillars of their campaign.

Wimbledon 2026 takes place from Monday 29 June to Sunday 12 July 2026, with qualifying held the week before, from Monday 22 June to Thursday 25 June. The Championships return to the All England Lawn Tennis Club in south-west London for a 14-day run that ends with the Ladies’ Singles final on Saturday 11 July … Continued

Tennis Majors takes a closer look at some of the top players who never won a Grand Slam. It is also an opportunity to give them back some of the glory that misfortune has eternally, and more or less unfairly, denied them. Official : Alexander Zverev is not a contender anymore after Roland-Garros 2026.

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.

The All England Club will transform Central Park’s Wollman Rink into a pop-up grass court from 26-29 June 2026, with an exhibition doubles match, public play slots and a live screening of Wimbledon’s opening day.

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.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 1976, Adriano Panatta became the first ATP player to win Roland Garros after saving a match point during the tournament

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 11, 1989, Chang defeated Stefan Edberg to become the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 10, 1984 Ivan Lendl came back from two sets down to win his first major title in Paris.

Crowned at Roland-Garros for his first Grand Slam title, Alexander Zverev saw his celebration overshadowed by the abuse cases that have surrounded his career since 2020.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 9, 1984, Martina Navratilova won Roland-Garros to complete the non-calendar Grand Slam

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 8, 1997 Gustavo Kuerten came from out of nowhere to claim Grand Slam glory in Paris

Tight, unstable and on the edge of physical collapse in the fourth set, Alexander Zverev found an unlikely release in his own cramps: forced to let go, he swung freely to claim, at last, a first Grand Slam title. On court, the German did not at first believe he had won.

Tennis Majors takes a closer look at some of the top players who never won a Grand Slam. It is also an opportunity to give them back some of the glory that misfortune has eternally, and more or less unfairly, denied them. Official : Alexander Zverev is not a contender anymore after Roland-Garros 2026.

n his first Grand Slam final, Flavio Cobolli experienced everything for the first time: the churning stomach on waking, the retreat into isolation before walking on court, then a five-set defeat to his friend Alexander Zverev. At 23, the Italian chooses to see a beginning.

Betrayed by cramp in a fifth set he entered already spent, Flavio Cobolli lost the Roland-Garros final to his friend Alexander Zverev. At 23, in his first Grand Slam final, the Italian had no trouble conceding that the title belonged to the German.

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 this day in 1976, Adriano Panatta became the first ATP player to win Roland Garros after saving a match point during the tournament

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 12, 2005 Andy Roddick capped off a magical run in London

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 11, 1989, Chang defeated Stefan Edberg to become the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 10, 1984 Ivan Lendl came back from two sets down to win his first major title in Paris.

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 9, 1984, Martina Navratilova won Roland-Garros to complete the non-calendar Grand Slam

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 8, 1997 Gustavo Kuerten came from out of nowhere to claim Grand Slam glory in Paris

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 7, 1986, Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova to win Roland-Garros for a record-extending seventh time

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 6, 1982, Mats Wilander defeated Guillermo Vilas in the longest final in Roland-Garros history