Roland-Garros
Yes Zverev is attacking more than ever – you wouldn’t know it, but the data does
Alexander Zverev's aggression is often unnoticed, yet highly effective. Stats reveal a significant shift towards ending points faster and dictating rallies earlier. This subtle evolution makes him a quiet, but powerful, force on court, redefining his playing style.
June 7, 1986: The day Chris Evert won Roland-Garros for the seventh time
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 7, 1986, Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova to win Roland-Garros for a record-extending seventh time
“The sky is the limit”: how Mirra Andreeva built a champion out of a world-class player
Through a coach who named the barriers and a Federer model she chose to inhabit, Mirra Andreeva turned a turbulent season into a maiden Roland-Garros title at 19. Conchita Martínez explains how a world-class player became a champion.
A Roland-Garros finalist, a Wimbledon wild card still – and a holiday before either
Maja Chwalinska, the surprise Roland-Garros runner-up, faces an unusual challenge: despite her new top 25 ranking, she's not guaranteed a main draw spot at Wimbledon. The entry list closed before her incredible run, leaving her hoping for a wild card or facing qualifying. It's a unique quirk of the tennis calendar.
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
After a spring of frayed nerves, Mirra Andreeva spent her Roland-Garros fortnight watching old Roger Federer matches and trying to carry herself the way he did. At 19, the newly crowned champion explains how impersonating her idol's calm helped her choose to be a fighter.
The opponent in the mirror: how Mirra Andreeva taught herself to feel just enough
June 6, 1982: Mats Wilander wins the longest final in Roland-Garros history over Guillermo Vilas
“He’s my reference”: Cobolli on facing Zverev in Roland-Garros final
“A stiff neck which didn’t allow me to do some movements”: Mensik’s physical restriction in his semi-final defeat
“You lose the rhythm”: Flavio Cobolli weighs the cost of a walkover into the final
“I can’t move, I can’t eat, I can’t drink”: the morning Matteo Arnaldi’s first Slam semi-final disappeared
Breaking: Arnaldi withdraws from Roland-Garros semi-final, Cobolli through to the final to face Zverev
Out-of-body, feet on the ground: how Maja Chwalinska holds her fairytale together
Clinical: Zverev reaches his second Roland-Garros final and his fourth Grand Slam final, beating Mensik in four sets
“It cost me a lot physically”: Chwalinska on Roland-Garros final run
The unbelievable story of Maja Chwalinska: the world No. 114 becomes the first qualifier ever to reach the Roland-Garros final
“A Grand Slam is nothing compared to that”: the battles Marta Kostyuk won with herself before she ever reached a semi-final
Andreeva, 19, ends Kostyuk’s clay-court streak and reaches her first Grand Slam final
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final
June 4, 1972: Gimeno becomes oldest man to win Roland-Garros…at that time