Iga Swiatek shared her perspective on the dispute between the match umpire and Coco Gauff during their semi-final showdown at the 2024 Roland Garros. Gauff engaged in a conversation with the match umpire Aurelie Tourte during her match against Swiatek at Roland Garros, which Swiatek ultimately won in two sets. The disputed point played a…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, June 7, 2024 Rivalry revelry lit up Paris today. The latest chapter of the Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner rivalry saw the Spaniard drop eight of the first 10 games then roar back for a five-set victory to reach his first Roland Garros final. More: Alcaraz Edges Sinner for First…
Rain, rain and more rain spoiled the fourth day of the French Open forcing the five matches on the outside courts which opened play in the morning, to be suspended without completing a set. They were never recalled meaning all the action was centered on the two main courts with a retractable roof resulting in…
Carlos Alcaraz struggled quite a bit against Jannik Sinner in the 2024 Roland Garros semi-final, but he engineered a marvelous comeback in five sets. Sinner was a slight underdog in this match, but he didn’t look like the underdog at the start of the match. He completely outplayed the Spaniard in the first few games….
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, June 7, 2024Photo credit: Corleve/Mark Peterson Alexander Zverev has reached an out-of-court settlement in the domestic abuse case he was contesting. Olympic gold-medal champion Zverev has agreed to pay €200,000 in a settlement for the case to be dropped. German media reports €150,000 will go to the German treasury with €50,000 paid to…
There was some let-up in the Paris weather on Thursday that enabled a bumper schedule to complete the 2nd-round of the women’s draw between rain showers, including matches held over from Wednesday, much court switching, and 9 seeds being bumped out of contention over the course of a long Day 5 at the French Open….
BY JAMES BECK How did Iga Swiatek get so good? There’s no question that she’s the best player in women’s tennis. Six years ago, she was among the forgotten ones on the WTA Tour. She played mostly ITF tournaments. There she was in 2018, ranked No. 412 in the world and needing to win three…
Canadian Rob Shaw saw his Roland-Garros campaign come to an end in the semi-finals Friday, as he and David Wagner lost to Andy Laphorne and Guy Sasson 6-2, 3-6, 10-2 in Quad Wheelchair doubles. In a competitive matchup, Laphorne of Great Britain and Sasson of Israel used their experience in the latter stages to book…
Iga Swiatek will try to win a historic third consecutive Roland Garros trophy on Saturday, but Jasmine Paolini will try to stop her in the final. The first of these potential triplet of trophies came in 2022 when she bested Coco Gauff in the final. Last year, the Polish player bested Karolina Muchova, and in…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, June 1, 2024 Felix Auger-Aliassime has faced the game’s greatest champions on the biggest stages in the sport. Few shrink safe space as quickly as Carlos Alcaraz, but Auger-Aliassime has big ambition ahead of their French Open fourth-round showdown. Rublev: I Kill Myself A resurgent Auger-Aliassime wrapped up…
