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Mary Pierce - On This Day 2/6

June 2, 1994: The day Mary Pierce stunned Steffi Graf in Paris

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 2, 1994 Mary Pierce blitzed Steffi Graf with a dominant display of power tennis

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Aryna Sabalenka - Roland-Garros 2026

In total control: Sabalenka dismisses Osaka to reach fourth consecutive Roland-Garros quarterfinal

The Belarusian dispatched the Japanese star in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) and will now face Diana Shnaider for a spot in the final four.

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Felix Auger-Aliassime - Roland-Garros 2026

Auger-Aliassime reaches his first Roland-Garros quarter-final, the cleanest match of his fortnight against Tabilo, Cobolli next

Félix Auger-Aliassime (No 4) beat Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 on Court Philippe-Chatrier – his first Roland-Garros quarter-final in eight attempts, his fifth Grand Slam quarter-final overall.

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Diane Parry, Roland-Garros 2026

“There was more excitement than pressure, and accumulated fatigue”: Parry, the last French player in the draw is brought down to earth

A month ago, she would have signed for a Roland-Garros round of 16. On Monday, the Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska beat her 6-3, 6-2. Diane Parry on the defeat, the opponent, and the season ahead.

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Amélie Mauresmo, Roland-Garros 2026

“The machine is not 100% reliable”: Roland-Garros stands by human line judges, citing Casper Ruud’s reaction

A day after a disputed call proved costly for Casper Ruud against João Fonseca, Roland-Garros director Amelie Mauresmo defended keeping human line judges — and leaned on the Norwegian's own reaction to justify trusting people over a technology she still considers unreliable on clay.

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Joao Fonseca, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Fonseca becomes the first Brazilian man since Gustavo Kuerten to reach the Roland-Garros quarter-finals, after a four-set survival of Ruud

João Fonseca (No 28), 19, is into the Roland-Garros quarter-finals. He beat two-time...
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Alexander Zverev, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

“The same answer I gave two days ago”: Alexander Zverev hides from the favourite tag at Roland-Garros

Alexander Zverev has consistently refused to embrace the 'favourite' tag at Roland-Garros, despite...
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Rafael Jodar, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Hype confirmed: Jodar comes back from two sets down to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final

Rafael Jodar (No 27), 19, came back from two sets to love down...
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Marta Kostyuk and Iga Swiatek, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

“It’s serve, then movement, then mis-hitting everything”: how the loose Kostyuk beat the tense Świątek at Roland-Garros

Marta Kostyuk defeated Iga Świątek at Roland-Garros. Świątek cited a breakdown in serve,...
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Marta Kostyuk, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Kostyuk beats Świątek for the first time, ending the four-time champion’s Roland-Garros earliest exit in seven years

Marta Kostyuk (No 15) beat Iga Świątek (No 3) 7-5, 6-1 on Court...
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4 months ago

May 31, 2009: The day Rafael Nadal lost at Roland-Garros for the first time

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis...
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Anastasia Potapova and Coco Gauff, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Defending champion Gauff out of Roland-Garros in the third round; Potapova confirms marvellous clay-court spring

Anastasia Potapova edged out the defending champion Coco Gauff 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4...
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Matteo Berrettini, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Berrettini and Cerúndolo, the Sinner conqueror, both come through five-set marathons to set up a round-of-16 meeting at Roland-Garros

Matteo Berrettini saved two match points and needed four match points of his...
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Alexander Zverev, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

“How many times do I have to say it?”: at Roland-Garros, the elephant in the room is the open draw

The Roland-Garros men's draw is wide open following the exits of Novak Djokovic...
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Aryna Sabalenka, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Sabalenka cruises past Kasatkina to extend her round-of-16 streak, sets up a Roland-Garros meeting with Osaka one month after their Madrid clash

Aryna Sabalenka (No 1) beat Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5 to reach the Roland-Garros...
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Who will win Roland-Garros 2026?
4 months ago

Zverev, Ruud, Jódar – or someone else? Roland-Garros set to crown a first-time Grand Slam champion

The eliminations of Jannik Sinner on Thursday and Novak Djokovic on Friday have...
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4 months ago

May 30, 1995: The day Virginie Buisson and Noelle van Lottum played the longest women’s match in Roland-Garros history

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis...
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Novak Djokovic, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

“Barely standing on my legs”: Novak Djokovic, 39, confirmed that physicality was a key factor of this early exit at Roland-Garros

Novak Djokovic, on his own account, did not have enough left on Friday....
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Novak Djokovic and Joao Fonseca, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Birth of a giant: 19-year-old Fonseca recovers from two sets down to end Djokovic’s Roland-Garros, the Serb’s earliest exit in 17 years

João Fonseca (No 28), 19, came back from two sets to love down...
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Rafael Jodar, Roland-Garros 2026
4 months ago

Jodar comes back from two sets to one down to reach his first Grand Slam round of 16

Rafael Jodar (No 27), 19, came back from two sets to one down...
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