Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday on Wednesday with the 1,100th win of his career as he gears up for his French Open title defence, progressing to the Geneva quarter-finals.Meanwhile second seed Casper Ruud, who won the Geneva title in 2021 and 2022, booked his spot in the quarter-finals with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner.
Novak Djokovic returned to the court after his difficult experience in Rome with a milestone 6-3, 6-3 win against Yannick Hanfmann to reach the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open
Djokovic returned to the court for the first time since his shock early exit at the Italian Open earlier this month.
Jodie Burrage faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon after she suffered an ankle injury in training.
Roland Garros marks the start of what is expected to be an emotional summer for the Scot.
Andy Murray’s bid to play doubles at Roland Garros raises the possibility he will play the event at the Paris Games.
The BBC’s plans to hire Nick Kyrgios as a Wimbledon pundit this summer have sparked outrage among senior MPs and women’s campaigners.
Briton Billy Harris will tomorrow take on Valentin Vacherot for a place in the French Open main draw after his astonishing run continued yesterday. The 29-year-old, who won his first ever ATP Tour match at the age of 28, toppled Frenchman Manuel Guinard to leave him within one match of Roland Garros proper. His 6-3
The former US Open champion has been given a wild card.
Novak Djokovic will lose the World No 1 ranking if he fails to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.
For Tsitsipas they are a motivation, for Keys a joyless diversion, but in an age of live updates they loom large for all players
The Spaniard has struggled with a forearm injury over the past couple of months.
Caroline Wozniacki’s father, Piotr, has hit out at tennis administrators after the former world No 1 failed to receive a wild-card invitation into the main draw for next week’s French Open.
Tennis star Venus Williams, Manchester City striker Mary Fowler and seven other athletes have become the latest stars to be immortalised by Barbie dolls. Gymnasts Rebeca Andrade, from Brazil, and Alexa Moreno, from Mexico, will also get their own Barbies, alongside Canadian footballer Christine Sinclair, French boxer Estelle Mossely, Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini, Spanish paratriathlete and doctor Susana Rodriguez, and Polish track and field sprinter Ewa Swoboda.
Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are the defending champions.
As the ‘King of Clay’ prepares to wave goodbye, Nadal’s unprecedented success in Paris stands as one of the greatest records in sports history
Wimbledon has seen a boom in demand for its clothing after a Hollywood film starring Zendaya revived the “tenniscore” trend.
Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert both won their first grand slam titles on the Parisian clay in 1974.
Rafael Nadal is chasing a 15th Roland Garros title.
Andy Murray and Katie Boulter lead British interest in the singles in Paris.
Iga Swiatek admits she is the favourite and "confident" ahead of her bid to become only the fourth woman to win four Roland Garros singles titles in the Open era.I really hope I'm going to make it to the final and I really hope I'll be able to get that win, if it's Iga or not."
When a weary David Ferrer managed to win just five games in his French Open semi-final loss to Rafael Nadal in 2012, he was in no doubt over the enormity of the challenge.It would have been no consolation to the gritty Ferrer that at least he won one more game than Roger Federer managed in the 2008 final against Nadal.
Rafael Nadal will bring down the curtain on his 19-year French Open career with the likelihood of adding to his 14 titles greatly diminished before he leaves behind a record and reputation unlikely ever to be matched.As well as 14 titles in Paris, Nadal can boast a record of 112 wins and just three losses, two of which came against career-long rival Novak Djokovic.
Novak Djokovic on Tuesday said Rafael Nadal was his favourite to win the French Open, despite the record 14-time champion struggling for fitness in the twilight of his career.The record 24-time Grand Slam champion will arrive in Paris without a title in the season for the first time since 2018, unless he wins Geneva.
Heading to London for Wimbledon? Thanks to the unique buzz that surrounds the oldest tennis tournament in the world, June/July is always a fantastic time to visit the wider South West corner of the capital and its leafy surrounding areas.