Cédric Rouquette

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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Coco Gauff, Roma 2026
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...
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Tomas Machac, Rome 2025
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...
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Dino Prizmic, Rome 2026
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...
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Novak Djokovic, Rome 2026
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...
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Novak Djokovic, Roma 2026
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...
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Alexander Zverev, Rome 2025 | © Tennis Majors
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...
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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
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...
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Alex de Minaur, 2026
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...
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Lilli Tagger, 2026
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...
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Iga Swiatek, Madrid 2026
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...
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Antonio Binaghi, Rome 2026
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...
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Iga Swiatek, Rome 2026
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...
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Jannik Sinner, Madrid 2026
May 6, 2026

Mouratoglou says Sinner has same Roland-Garros odds as Nadal in his prime, ” but not for the same reasons”

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Aryna Sabalenka, Rome 2026
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...
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Amélie Mauresmo and Gilles Moretton, 2026
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,...
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Jannik Sinner, Madrid 2026
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...
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Sabalenka, Sinner, Alcaraz and Swiatek are among the players demanding more from Roland Garros.
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...
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Roland-Garros trophies
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...
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Jannik Sinner, Madrid 2026 | © Manu Fernandez/AP/SIPA
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...
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Alexander Zverev, Madrid 2026
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...
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Marta Kostyuk, Madrid 2026
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...
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