PARIS — Iga Swiatek dabbed at her eyes with a white towel while sitting on her sideline chair at the 2024 Olympics after a lickety-split, clean-as-can-be win Friday that earned a bronze for Poland’s first tennis medal at any Summer Games. Sure, she beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 in 59 minutes on … Read more
PARIS — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet his longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebden and Nadal faces Hungaraian Marton Fucsovics, with the winners of those matches meeting in Round 2. The 38-year-old Nadal won a record 14 of his … Read more
LONDON — Italy’s Jasmine Paolini faces the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova for the Wimbledon women’s championship. The match Saturday at Centre Court is the first singles final at the All England Club for each player. The seventh-seeded Paolini is playing for the trophy at a second consecutive Grand Slam tournament after losing to Iga Swiatek … Read more
Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts as he plays against Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their men’s singles match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day two of The French Open tennis tournament at The Roland Garros Complex in Paris on May 27, 2024. Anne-christine Poujoulat | AFP | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports will be the new … Read more
PARIS — Alexander Zverev won the third set 7-5 against Carlos Alcaraz to move ahead in the French Open final on Sunday. Alcaraz won the first set 6-3 and Zverev took the second 6-2 to level the match. Both players are looking to win the title for the first time on the red clay at … Read more
PARIS — When Carlos Alcaraz was a kid growing up in Spain — which, considering he’s only 21, was not all that long ago — he used to run home from school and flip on the TV to check out the French Open. Long before he was preparing to play in Sunday’s final in Paris … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Jasmine Paolini will try to accomplish something no one has been able to do in quite some time: defeat Iga Swiatek at the French Open. The top-seeded Swiatek carries a 20-match Roland Garros winning streak into Saturday’s final against 12th-seeded Paolini. Play is scheduled to begin in Court Philippe Chatrier … Read more
PARIS — It would be foolish to count Novak Djokovic out of any match, no matter how dire the circumstances or how steep the deficit. He’s shown that, over and over again, as recently as his last two wins at the French Open. Similarly, it would be a mistake to write off Djokovic right now, … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the the French Open with an injured knee on Tuesday, an abrupt end to his title defense and to his current stay at No. 1 in the rankings. “I am really sad to announce that I have to withdraw from #rolandgarros,” Djokovic posted on social … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff came back to defeat Ons Jabeur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the French Open on Tuesday to reach the semifinals at a third consecutive Grand Slam tournament. Gauff won her first major title at the U.S. Open in September, then made it to the final four at the Australian … Read more
