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Birth of a grass specialist? Eala downs Svitolina for a second straight top-10 win and a place in the Berlin semi-finals
Back-to-back top-10 wins and a hand-over-face moment of disbelief: Alexandra Eala (No 35) beat Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Berlin semi-finals on debut, the sixth top-10 win of her career at just 21.
Eala stuns Rybakina to reach the Berlin quarter-finals on debut
Shaking on match point and braver on the big moments: Alexandra Eala (No 35) stunned second seed Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Berlin quarter-finals on debut.
‘I need to get to work’ – Serena elusive on the last Wimbledon wild card spot
Serena Williams confirmed her Wimbledon return in doubles with sister Venus, but remained elusive about accepting the final singles wild card. After a Berlin Open exit, the tennis icon stated, "I need to get to work," keeping fans guessing about a solo comeback.
Williams’ comeback hits its first defeat as Routliffe and Olmos win in Berlin
The first defeat of her return: Serena Williams and new partner Karolina Muchova lost 6-4, 6-4 to Erin Routliffe and Giuliana Olmos in the Berlin first round, a fortnight into a comeback that has captivated tennis.
Lucky loser Vekic completes an improbable week with the Queen’s title
She failed to qualify, got in only as a lucky loser, and walked away with the trophy: Donna Vekic beat Emma Raducanu 6-0, 7-6 (6) to win at Queen's for her first title since 2023 and a climb back to No 32.
Shiny, happy Raducanu storms into her biggest final since the 2021 US Open
Montgomery and Krejcikova to meet for the ‘s-Hertogenbosch title
Raducanu battles past resilient Rakhimova to reach the Queen’s last four
Boulter stuns Rybakina for the biggest win of her career and a first Queen’s semi-final
A Roland-Garros finalist, a Wimbledon wild card still – and a holiday before either
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final
“The Grand Slam I grew up dreaming of”: Sorana Cîrstea reflects on her last Roland-Garros
“The decision hasn’t changed”: soon-to-be-retired Cîrstea, 36, into the Roland-Garros quarter-finals and closing the little door again
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