PARIS (AP) — Vanessa Peltier got up at dawn and traveled 500 kilometers (310 miles) to Paris from the Creuse region of central France just so she could watch Rafael Nadal practice on Tuesday, May 21. Spain's Rafael Nadal (AP/File photo) Along with thousands of other fans, she lined up outside the...
PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal returned to Roland Garros on Monday, May 20, to practice and try to figure out whether to compete at the French Open, a tournament he has won a record 14 times. Spain's Rafael Nadal (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) The 37-year-old Spaniard showed up late in the afternoon...
Alex Eala is giving everything she could to achieve her immediate goal of making it to the main draw at the 2024 Roland Garros. The 18-year-old trailblazer took that first step on Monday, May 20, after dominating China’s Ma Ye-Xin, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the qualifiers. Alex Eala gets...
PARIS (AP) — The second retractable roof at Roland Garros will be inaugurated on the opening day of the French Open next month, organizers said on Thursday, April 25, about a project planned with the Paris Olympics in mind. Roland Garros stadium (AP/File photo) A ceremony for the roof over the...
PARIS (AFP)—Novak Djokovic admits "history is hovering" over him as he takes on Casper Ruud in the French Open final on Sunday with a men's record 23rd Grand Slam title tantalizingly close. *Novak Djokovic seeks a record 23rd Grand Slam title. (File Photo/AFP) * The 36-year-old Serb can set...
PARIS (AFP)--Novak Djokovic battled into the French Open fourth round for a 14th consecutive year on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz also progressed, after women's third seed Jessica Pegula and men's seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev were dumped out of the tournament. *Spain's Carlos Alcaraz Garfia plays a...
PARIS (AFP)--Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title at a French Open without his old rival Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, while Iga Swiatek attempts to become the first woman to defend the title in 16 years. *Novak Djokovic hopes to break his tie with Rafa...
Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy's Twitter acount Alex Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva survived Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin and Croatia’s Petra Marcinko, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), to reach the semifinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles on Thursday, June 10. The top-seeded Filipino-Russian pair needed 1...
Desirae Krawczyk (right) and Joe Salisbury (Photo from Roland Garros Twitter account) Desirae Krawczyk, an American player with Filipino descent, and British partner Joe Salisbury captured their first Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title on Thursday in Roland Garros. The unseeded Krawczyk and Salisbury...
Photo from Alex Eala's Instagram account Alex Eala and Russian Oksana Selekhmeteva dumped Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas and Finland’s Laura Hietaranta, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles Tuesday night, June 8. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva hardly...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala and Russian partner Oksana Selekhemeteva opened their Roland Garros Girls Doubles campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Belarus’ Evialina Laskevich and Russia’s Alina Shcherbinina early Tuesday, June 8. The win came hours after Eala...
Alex Eala Alex Eala crashed out early in the Roland Garros Girls Singles after absorbing a first-round 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 upset defeat to unseeded Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain Monday night, June 7. Eala, seeded second in the tournament, fought tooth and nail to forge a deciding third set but...
