Cédric Rouquette
Passionate about tennis since he discovered the grace of Stefan Edberg's serve-and-volley game in the late 1980s, French and Toulousian Cédric Rouquette quickly understood that his pen had a much better chance of allowing him to be part of the tennis world than his forehand would. Reporter at L'Equipe (2000-2010), editor-in-chief of Eurosport online (2010-2014), he has been the director of the Tennis Majors project since 2020. It is, in a way, a homecoming after having spent six years in the service of the editorial projects of others, at CFJ Paris, at the W School, at the Creafeed agency and in the production company Scrine. He's also known as a great indie pop lover and specialist.
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May 9, 2026
Gauff drops first set, then loses just one service game to reach Rome last 16
Coco Gauff hit herself on the head with her racket after losing the...
Cédric Rouquette
May 9, 2026
Machac withdraws from Rome with illness, Medvedev through on walkover
Czech world number 53 Tomas Machac has pulled out of the Internazionali BNL...
Cédric Rouquette
May 9, 2026
“I felt his level dropped”: Dino Prizmic, 20, on reading the moment against his idol Novak Djokovic
Dino Prizmic beat Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 on his Foro Italico debut...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
“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...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
Prizmic ends Djokovic’s perfect Rome opener as Croatian qualifier lands second top-10 win
Dino Prizmic walked onto Campo Centrale to face his idol and walked off...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
“We haven’t spoken about boycotting”: Alexander Zverev cools the rhetoric, but sharpens the numbers
Asked in Rome about the prospect of a Grand Slam boycott, Alexander Zverev...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
Boycott a Slam? “Tough to say, but somewhere we need to start”: Sinner and Djokovic say the word but the threat lacks substance at this stage
On Thursday in Rome, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic each addressed the prospect...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
First men’s second-round match, first upset: De Minaur defeated by Arnaldi, Jodar next
Italian wild card Matteo Arnaldi pulled off the first upset of the Rome...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
“The most natural shot I have”: Lilli Tagger explains the one-handed backhand, after a Rome loss to Sakkari
Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger spoke after her Rome second-round defeat to Maria Sakkari...
Cédric Rouquette
May 8, 2026
“More natural, more solid, kind of disciplined”: Iga Swiatek’s early verdict on working with Francisco Roig
In her pre-tournament press conference in Rome, Iga Swiatek gave her first substantive...
Cédric Rouquette
May 7, 2026
“I want to blow apart this monopoly”: Angelo Binaghi sides with players against the Slams, and pushes his fifth-Grand-Slam dream
As Sabalenka and Gauff threaten a Grand Slam boycott over prize money, Italian...
Cédric Rouquette
May 6, 2026
“Really, like, shitty, literally”: Iga Swiatek recounts her Madrid illness ahead of Rome return
Iga Swiatek explained her early exit from the Madrid Open in her pre-tournament...
Cédric Rouquette
May 6, 2026
Mouratoglou says Sinner has same Roland-Garros odds as Nadal in his prime, ” but not for the same reasons”
Cédric Rouquette
May 6, 2026
“At some point we will boycott”: Sabalenka raises the stakes in players’ Grand Slam revenue fight
Less than 24 hours after the French Tennis Federation defended its prize money...
Cédric Rouquette
May 5, 2026
Faced with players’ protest over prize money, Roland-Garros highlights the specificity of its model and says it is open to “direct discussions”
As twenty of the world's top players challenge Grand Slam prize money levels,...
Cédric Rouquette
May 4, 2026
« No reason not to play Rome, but let’s see » : Jannik Sinner knows how much it takes to reach that level
Jannik Sinner became the first man to win five Masters 1000 titles in...
Cédric Rouquette
May 3, 2026
“They just put out a press statement”: inside Roland Garros’s prize money crisis and what could come next
They have no official name, no press office and no public platform. But...
Cédric Rouquette
May 3, 2026
Top players united in disappointment over Roland-Garros prize money as revenue share falls
Tennis's twenty biggest names have said, collectively and on the record, that Roland-Garros...
Cédric Rouquette
May 3, 2026
Sinner makes history with five consecutive Masters titles in 59-minute demolition of Zverev
Sinner (No 1) beat Zverev (No 2) 6-1, 6-2 in 59 minutes, won...
Cédric Rouquette
May 3, 2026
Sinner vs Zverev (again!): The Madrid final that keeps asking the same question about Zverev
Sinner has won eight consecutive matches against Zverev since August 2024, five of...
Cédric Rouquette
May 3, 2026
“It was almost like a curse”: Marta Kostyuk on finally letting go of the 15-year-old prodigy
After winning her first WTA 1000 title in Madrid, Marta Kostyuk opens up...
Cédric Rouquette