10:28 AM ET ESPN News Services Iga Swiatek continued her march toward a second French Open title in three years when she demolished Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 to reach the final and tie Serena Williams for the second-longest winning streak of this century. Swiatek’s 34th win in a row puts her one victory away
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12:22 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Coco Gauff sat plain-faced in her French Open changeover chair after moving one set away from her first Grand Slam final at 18 — just 18! — and calmly snacked on some cut-up pieces of pineapple and other fruit, seemingly without a care in the world. Her
7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Casper Ruud has become the first man from Norway to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament, getting that far at the French Open by beating 19-year-old Holger Rune of Denmark 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The eighth-seeded Ruud’s 3-hour, 15-minute victory at Court Philippe Chatrier began Wednesday
10:55 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 33rd match in a row with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 11th-seeded Jessica Pegula to advance to the semifinals of the French Open. The 21-year-old Swiatek will next face Daria Kasatkina of Russia for a spot in the final. Swiatek gained from what
7:04 AM ET Associated Press New French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo says nine of the 10 night session matches at Roland Garros this year involved men because women’s tennis currently has less appeal. Mauresmo said at a news conference Wednesday that she tried on a daily basis to find a women’s pairing that had
7:29 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Rafael Nadal insists he can’t know for sure whether any match at Roland Garros might be his very last at a place he loves, a place he is loved. For now, if he keeps winning and keeps performing the way he did during his monumental quarterfinal victory
8:16 PM ET PARIS — Eventually Rafael Nadal will retire, just like he’s told us he will. But it won’t be today — or even yesterday — when this punch-for-punch quarterfinal started against Novak Djokovic. The two old, grizzled heavyweights of the sport have traded blows since they first met on this patch of clay
2:03 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff had five set points in the opening set of her 2021 French Open quarterfinal match against Barbora Krejcikova. She failed to convert any of them. Ultimately, she lost the match — ending her career-best appearance at a major. She couldn’t hide her disappointment. But despite being just 17
3:06 AM ET Andy Murray said on Monday the decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points was not a “great move” by the ATP and WTA Tours. Wimbledon had its ranking points taken away by the men’s ATP and women’s WTA after the grasscourt major opted to exclude players from Russia and Belarus because
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
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
10:21 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
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
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
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
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