Roland-Garros

Rybakina out of Roland-Garros to Starodubtseva, the second seed beaten by 71 unforced errors and the conditions she could not control

Elena Rybakina (No 2), the Australian Open champion, is out of Roland-Garros, beaten 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) by Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva (world No. 55) on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. "Just pity, because I was practicing well before French Open", she said.

Cédric Rouquette

May 27, 2026

Surviving the clay: who are the real contenders at Roland Garros 2026?

The Roland Garros tournament began on the 17th of May.

Carl Benson (guest)

May 27, 2026

Świątek equals Chris Evert’s Open Era record at Roland-Garros with another straight-sets win, dispatches Bejlek to reach the third round

Iga Swiatek defeated Sara Bejlek 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 29 seed, and Pole Magda Linette in the next round

Tennis Majors

May 27, 2026

May 27, 2016: The day Rafael Nadal stunned the tennis world by pulling out of Roland-Garros

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 27, 2016, Rafael Nadal unexpectedly called for a press conference to make an announcement that caused a seismic shock in the tennis world

Alexandre Sokolowski

May 27, 2026

Félix Auger-Aliassime, Roland-Garros 2026

Auger-Aliassime survives 1-4 down in the fifth against Altmaier, the last first-round match of Roland-Garros and the first to be decided in a fifth-set tie-break

Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Daniel Altmaier 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday evening and will play Roman Andres Burruchaga in the next round

Roland-Garros

Rybakina out of Roland-Garros to Starodubtseva, the second seed beaten by 71 unforced errors and the conditions she could not control

Surviving the clay: who are the real contenders at Roland Garros 2026?

Świątek equals Chris Evert’s Open Era record at Roland-Garros with another straight-sets win, dispatches Bejlek to reach the third round

May 27, 2016: The day Rafael Nadal stunned the tennis world by pulling out of Roland-Garros

Auger-Aliassime survives 1-4 down in the fifth against Altmaier, the last first-round match of Roland-Garros and the first to be decided in a fifth-set tie-break

Struff outlasts Bublik in four sets, the third top-10 player out in the first round at Roland-Garros

Boisson’ Roland-Garros story ends in the first round one year on, dismantled in straight sets by Kalinskaya

Four reasons Daniil Medvedev’s first-round Roland-Garros loss was not a surprise – if you listen to his open analysis (plus a mysterious one)

At 17, Kouamé beats former US Open champion Cilic on Grand Slam debut, the youngest man through to round two at Roland-Garros since 2009

Monfils plans summer push to play until 40 after Roland-Garros farewell – the tournaments he hopes to play

Vekić opens Day 3 at Roland-Garros with a routine win over Tubello to reach the second round

A perfect moment, just the body and this emotions made the fifth set messy: Monfils’s farewell in his own words

May 26, 1956: The day Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Grand Slam

“Roland-Garros, I love you, I owe you everything, goodbye until we meet again” : Gaël Monfils’ last words to Paris

Monfils ends his Roland-Garros career in a five-set loss to Gaston, retiring at home where it all began

Rather lose 6-0, 6-0 than retire: Casper Ruud’s proud Roland-Garros comeback

“A dead person’s Achilles in my arm”: The Kokkinakis comeback no one in tennis had done before

Monfils: “Roland-Garros gave me 99.9% of my dreams, except the trophy”

De Jong ends Wawrinka’s emotional Roland-Garros farewell on Court Simonne-Mathieu

Swiatek and Paolini, 2024 Roland-Garros finalists, both come through their openers in straight sets