Tennis News - Page 30
Sumit Nagal set to qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics after winning Heilbronner Neckarcup Challenger title
Third seed Nagal did not have it easy, as unseeded Ritschard did provide stiff competition in second and third sets respectively. With this title triumph, he will be entering the top 80 of the ATP Rankings, making him eligible to compete in the Paris Olympics next month.
French Open 2024: Coco Gauff-Katerina Siniakova beat Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini to clinch women's doubles title
Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova claimed the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday with a 76(5) 63 victory over Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini a day after the latter's crushing loss in the singles final.
Iga Swiatek ignites era of Roland Garros reign, echoing Rafael Nadal's dominance
Iga Swiatek clinched her third straight Roland Garros title and fourth in five years by beating Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday.
Iga Swiatek wins French Open for third straight year, clinches fifth major title
Iga Swiatek is the fourth woman in the Open era to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen four times
French Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz chases history against Alexander Zverev
Carlos Alcaraz would have triumphed on all three surfaces if he beats Alexander Zverev, searching his first major title, in the French Open final.
French Open 2024: Iga Swiatek targets third straight title against first-timer Jasmine Paolini
Iga Swiatek, who has won all four of her previous Grand Slam finals, is targeting a third straight French Open title against Italy's Jasmine Paolini, into her first major final.
Alexander Zverev exacts revenge on Casper Ruud to set up French Open 2024 final with Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev holds a career 5-4 winning record against Carlos Alcaraz, including a victory in their only previous Roland Garros meeting in the 2022 quarter-finals.
French Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz outplays Jannik Sinner in five sets to reach Roland Garros final
Carlos Alcaraz has won both of his two previous major finals -- at Wimbledon last year and the 2022 US Open. Victory on Sunday would see him head to the Australian Open next January seeking a career Grand Slam.
Alexander Zverev settles assault case with ex-girlfriend
Alexander Zverev agreed to pay €200,000 as part of the settlement with most of it going to the state treasury
Coco Gauff says lack of video replays in tennis is 'ridiculous'
Coco Gauff had a heated argument with the chair umpire during her French Open semi-final loss against Iga Swiatek
French Open 2024: Iga Swiatek to take on Italy's Jasmine Paolini in women's singles final
Jasmine Paolini had won a total of four matches in 16 Grand Slam appearances before advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open in January. On Saturday, she will take on World No 1 Iga Swiatek in the French Open final.
French Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden pair's campaign ends with defeat in semi-finals
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden crashed out of the French Open after going down to Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the semifinals here on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic undergoes knee surgery, reveals it 'went well'
Novak Djokovic was forced to withdraw from the French Open ahead of his quarter-final against Casper Ruud
Novak Djokovic's mediocre season hits another snag at French Open
Novak Djokovic has had an uncharacteristically poor season with no finals, let alone a title. The injury induced withdrawal from French Open could signal beginning of the end for the 24-time major winner
French Open: Andreeva stuns Sabalenka to become youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist for 27 years
Mirra Andreeva is the youngest woman to reach the last four at a Slam event since Martina Hingis at the 1997 US Open, and the youngest at Roland Garros since Hingis, also that year.
French Open: Alexander Zverev beats Alex de Minaur to set up semi-final vs Casper Ruud
There will be a first-time French Open men's champion for the first time since 2016 on Sunday, with Ruud the only man left in the draw who has previously reached the final.
French Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden pair reach semi-finals
The second seeded IndoAustralian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden sailed into the semifinals of the French Open with a comfortable victory over Belgium's Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in the men's doubles quarterfinals here on Wednesday.
French Open 2024: Ons Jabeur hits out at controversial scheduling
All 10 of the night matches at Roland Garros so far this year have been men's ties.
'I think it's great for Italy': Jannik Sinner reacts to becoming first Italian world No. 1
Jannik Sinner, who became the world No.1 tennis player after Novak Djokovic's withdrawal from the French Open, is the first Italian man to achieve the feat.
French Open 2024: Swiatek storms into semis as injury cuts Djokovic's campaign short
World number one Swiatek improved her career record in Paris to 33-2 and is on course to become the first woman to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen three years in a row since Justine Henin in 2005-07.
Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open, concedes top ranking
Djokovic pulled out of the clay-court major on the eve of his quarter-final clash against Norway's Casper Ruud citing a knee injury.
Paris Olympics 2024: Rohan Bopanna picks N Sriram Balaji as partner for doubles tennis
Rohan Bopanna has picked N Sriram Balaji, who impressed at the French Open, as his partner for the Paris Olympics
Novak Djokovic surpasses Roger Federer records, unclear if he can continue at French Open
Novak Djokovic earned a 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory to keep his hopes going to remain the World No. 1 next Monday.
French Open 2024: Novak Djokovic stages escape act, Daniil Medvedev out
Novak Djokovic battled back from the brink to delight the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd by winning in four hours and 39 minutes.
French Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden progress to men's doubles quarter-finals
The second-seeded Indo-Australian pair bounced back from a set down and kept their cool to edge past N Sriram Balaji and MA Reyes-Varela Martinez, defeating them 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6 (10-8) in their third round clash.
French Open: No one likes the late-night matches, but no one can agree on a solution
During the French Open, which began May 26 and ends June 9, one of the hurdles has been the weather: Showers on five consecutive days, including Saturday, created havoc with the schedule.
French Open: Alcaraz sets up quarter-finals with Tsitsipas, Swiatek demolishes Potapova in 40 minutes
Women's world number one Swiatek demolished Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0, conceding only 10 points in the shortest completed match of her career.
French Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden advance to second round with hard-fought win
Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden overcame fighting Brazilians Orlnado Luz and Marcelo Zormann in a testing threeset opening round at the French Open here on Sunday.
French Open: Djokovic beats Musetti in five-set epic to reach last 16, Zverev beats Griekspoor
Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev beat Tomas Machac while two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka downed close friend Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-1.
'Sad to see that a lot of countries are silent about it': Jabeur wants world to speak more on 'unfair' Gaza war
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 36,284 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.