2:27 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Limited experience? Veteran opponents? The unlikeliest of odds? None of these were a problem for a group of teenagers who didn’t flinch with French Open quarterfinal bids on the line. On Monday, Holger Rune pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournaments thus far with a 7-5, 3-6,
11:24 AM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Here we go. Again. The 59th installment of the Novak Djokovic–Rafael Nadal rivalry takes place at the French Open under the lights Tuesday night — a quarterfinal match so hotly anticipated that organizers have ensured it will be played free to air, removing the usual paywall. No two
8:28 AM ET ESPN News Services Madison Keys totally lost control after a brilliant opening set as she crashed out of the French Open with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Russian Veronika Kudermetova in Paris on Monday. The 22nd seed, who was looking to be the third American into the quarterfinals, was powerless against
6:30 AM ET Associated Press The International Tennis Federation has awarded Stan Smith its highest honor, the Philippe Chatrier Award. Smith won the singles titles at the US Open in 1971 and Wimbledon the following year, and also won five Grand Slam doubles titles and was part of seven Davis Cup winning teams for the
4:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com With French Open quarterfinal bids on the line, none of the teenagers flinched. On Sunday, Coco Gauff, Leylah Fernandez and Carlos Alcaraz each won their matches to get one step closer to their first Grand Slam title. For Fernandez and Alcaraz, both 19, it’s the first time either has made
5:52 PM ET PARIS — Rafael Nadal is used to overcoming adversity. His entire year has been anchored around it — whether it’s his chronic foot injury, a rib fracture or his own Uncle Toni attempting to mastermind his downfall. But Nadal has remained in control of his 2022 script, despite his five-set win over
10:07 AM ET Associated Press Defending champion Novak Djokovic has reached his record 16th career Roland Garros quarterfinal and could find a familiar foe across the net next: Rafael Nadal. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic quickly recovered from only the slightest of blips at the start of the second set Sunday and went on to a
10:21 AM ET ESPN News Service American teenager Coco Gauff hit one backhand around the net post in the first set along the way to earning a berth in the French Open quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. The 18-year-old American took over from 4-all in the opening set en route to beating No. 31
3:55 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jessica Pegula roared towards the crowd after her victory at the French Open on Saturday. The 28-year-old just defeated Tamara Zidansek, a 2021 semifinalist at the tournament, 6-1, 7-6 (2) and advanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in her career. “[I’m] definitely very happy
8:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match and advanced into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the fourth time in four appearances with a sometimes shaky 6-3, 7-5 victory over Danka Kovinic on Saturday. Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, has collected 48 of the past 49
10:39 AM ET Iga Swiatek came into the French Open as the favorite — and so far, she has looked dominant. While Saturday’s match over Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic did not go perfectly, Swiatek still easily advanced to the fourth round with a 6-3, 7-5 victory to win her 31st match in a row. And while
9:43 AM ET ESPN News Services Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev cruised past Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia with a comfortable 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory in less than two hours Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the French Open. The US Open champion, who reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year after four consecutive first-round
7:22 PM ET PARIS — It took Sloane Stephens three games to silence the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd. Her opponent at the French Open, Diane Parry, went to school just across the road from Roland Garros — she grew up hearing over the walls of the playground the incredible support French players receive from the partisan
5:54 PM ET Simon Cambers The transition from top junior to professional is laced with danger. For some, it’s seamless; for others, it’s too much to handle. But for those lucky few who manage to win the French Open junior title, it seems that their progress into the senior ranks is more certain than most.
6:46 PM ET Novak Djokovic insists he holds no grudges against Australia and is still keen to return for a crack at more tennis history there next year. The world No. 1, who was deported from the country following a global drama over his vaccination status before this year’s Australian Open, also talked of his
11:54 AM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal remained on track for a quarterfinal matchup at the French Open with a pair of straight-sets victories Friday. The top-ranked Djokovic beat Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 at Court Philippe Chatrier in 1 hour, 44 minutes — the quickest of his three
May 25, 2022 PARIS — Rafael Nadal will momentarily take his attention off his bid for a 14th French Open title on Saturday evening when he travels to the Stade de France to watch his beloved Real Madrid face Liverpool in the Champions League final as they seek to secure their 14th European Cup triumph.
12:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Irina-Camelia Begu on Friday was fined $10,000 by the French Tennis Federation after she threw her racket and it bounced off the clay and into the stands during a match at the French Open on Thursday. Begu, a 31-year-old Romanian player who is ranked 63rd, was cited for unsportsmanlike
10:20 AM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff, the youngest remaining woman in the French Open draw, reached the fourth round at Roland Garros by beating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-4 on Friday. Gauff, 18, was a toddler when Estonian Kanepi — who at 36 was the oldest remaining woman — played the first of her
5:10 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Most tennis fans didn’t know Leolia Jeanjean’s name prior to the French Open. Even many of her peers didn’t know much about her going into the event. After all, the world No. 227 had never played in the main draw of any tour-level event, let alone a major, and had