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Joao Fonseca rallies to shock Novak Djokovic at French Open
Chaos continued to reign at the French Open on Friday, with No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia squandering a two-set lead and exiting with a 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 loss to Brazil's Joao Fonseca in a third-round match in Paris.,Fonseca was staring down a loss when trailing 15-40 on his serve down 4...
French Open to impose 'significant sanction' on player for sexist remark
French Open organizers on Friday said a "significant sanction" will be imposed on Adolfo Daniel Vallejo after the player said his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman.,The sanction will be a fine, with the amount not announced.,Buoyed by the home crowd, French teenage prodigy M...
Marta Kostyuk to put clay-court streak on line against Iga Swiatek at French Open
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, who has not lost on the clay courts this season, advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Friday -- with four-time champion Iga Swiatek her next opponent.,The 15th-seeded Kostyuk won titles on the clay courts in Madrid and Rouen leading up to the French Open. She ...
French Open doubles match ends after sign causes injury
A French Open women's doubles match ended Friday when a player tripped over an advertising sign near the baseline and crashed into a wall.,Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez, 24, sustained a leg injury on the incident at Court Six at Roland Garros in Paris.,Sonmez was chasing down a lob in the first set when sh...
Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff charge into French Open 3rd round
A pair of top seeds advanced to the third round of the French Open with No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and No. 4 Coco Gauff earning straight-set victories Thursday at Paris.,No. 6 Amanda Anisimova also advanced along with No. 16 Naomi Osaka of Japan, No. 17 Iva Jovic, No. 19 Madison Keys, No. 22 A...
Top seed Jannik Sinner wilts, bounced from French Open
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner was one game away from advancing to the third round of the French Open on Thursday before it all fell apart.,Clearly struggling with the heat, Sinner squandered two chances to serve for the match before Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo ended his 30-match win streak with a 3...
Novak Djokovic, Joao Fonseca triumph, to meet in R3 of French Open
Three-time French Open champion Novak Djokovic gave his opponent and the partisan crowd some hope, but took it away in a four-set second round triumph Wednesday in Paris.,The No. 3-seeded Serbian was up a break on two occasions and earned a match point in the third set, but France's Valentin Royer d...
Yuliia Starodubtseva jolts No. 2 Elena Rybakina at French Open
Yuliia Starodubtseva recorded the biggest win of her career by posting a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over second-seeded Elena Rybakina on Wednesday in the second round of the French Open in Paris.,Starodubtseva, a 26-year-old from the Ukraine who attended Old Dominion, bounced back from dropping the o...
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev upset; French teen Moise Kouame, 17, advances
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round of the French Open for the seventh time in 10 appearances at Roland Garros, dropping a five-set match to Australian wild card Adam Walton, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 on Tuesday on Suzanne-Lenglen Court.,Other seeds to exit in Paris on Tuesday included ...
French Open organizers meet with player reps following protest
The French Tennis Federation met with player representatives on Friday following a coordinated protest featuring several top players in the world, Agence France-Presse reported.,"As these discussions require more time, all parties have agreed to continue the dialogue and to meet again in the coming ...
Kimberly Birrell shockingly beats No. 5 Jessica Pegula in French Open
Kimberly Birrell's first-ever French Open victory rates as the upset of the day as the Australian took down No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday in first-round action at the French Open in Paris.,Birrell lost eight of the first 10 games in the match before impressively storming back to...
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev upset; Frenchman Moise Kouame (age 17) advances
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round of the French Open for the seventh time in 10 appearances at Roland Garros, dropping a five-set match to Australian wild card Adam Walton, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 on Tuesday on Suzanne-Lenglen Court.,Other seeds to exit in Paris on Tuesday included ...
Coco Gauff wins after 'mini car accident' at French Open
Defending champion Coco Gauff won her first-round match at the French Open hours after a "mini car accident" on the way to Roland Garros on Tuesday.,The fourth-seeded Gauff discussed the incident with TNT Sports following her 6-4, 6-0 victory against fellow American Taylor Townsend in Paris.,Gauff, ...
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev upset; Frenchman Moise Kouame (17) advances
No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round of the French Open for the seventh time in 10 appearances at Roland Garros, dropping a five-set match in the first round to Australian wild card Adam Walton, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, on Tuesday on Suzanne-Lenglen Court. ,Medvedev melted down in the ...
Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils say goodbye at French Open
Stan Wawrinka lost a four-set match to Jesper de Jong on Monday, bringing a swift end to the final French Open for the 2015 champion at Roland Garros.,Wawrinka, 41, announced in December that he would retire at the end of 2026. The three-time Grand Slam winner was unable to add to his total of 46 wi...
Amanda Anisimova returns to action, wins first-round match in Paris
Amanda Anisimova needed some time to shake off the rust on Monday during her first-round match at the French Open.,It was nine weeks to the day that Anisimova last played a competitive match. But once the No. 6 seed found her form, she rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over France's Tiantsoa Rakotomanga ...
Amanda Anisimova returns to action, win first-round match in Paris
Amanda Anisimova needed some time to shake off the rust on Monday during her first-round match at the French Open.,It was nine weeks to the day that Anisimova last played a competitive match. But once the No. 6 seed found her form, she rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over France's Tiantsoa Rakotomanga ...
Ben Shelton cruises, Stan Wawrinka says farewell at French Open
Stan Wawrinka lost a four-set match to Jesper de Jong on Monday, bringing a swift end to the final French Open for the 2015 champion at Roland Garros.,Wawrinka, 41, announced in December that he would retire at the end of 2026. The three-time Grand Slam winner was unable to add to his total of 46 wi...
Hailey Baptiste powers past Barbora Krejcikova at French Open
American Hailey Baptiste overcame former French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in first-round play at Roland Garros on Sunday in Paris.,Baptiste, seeded 26th, saved two match points and outlasted Krejcikova 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6), 6-2 in two hours, 57 minutes.,Krejcikova, the 2021 Fr...
Nishesh Basavareddy upsets Taylor Fritz at French Open
World No. 8 Taylor Fritz was upset by fellow American Nishesh Basavareddy (ATP No. 156) to headline first-round action of the French Open Sunday at Roland Garros in Paris.,A year after Fritz was upended in the first round at this same event in a shocking upset to German Daniel Altmaier, he repeated ...