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French Open chief hopes Naomi Osaka to return next season
June 01, 2021 13:11 ISTFrench Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton said he is expecting Naomi Osaka to return to Roland Garros next year after Japanese world No. 2 player withdrew from the Grand Slam due to mental health.
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King vs Queen: Defending French Open champs Nadal and Swiatek practice together
June 01, 2021 10:47 ISTThe pre-tournament knock-about between the men and women's defending champions on red clay made a splash on social media.
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French Open 2021: Tennis stars, others lend support to Naomi Osaka
June 01, 2021 9:11 ISTFollowing Naomi's decision to quit the Grand Slam tournament, support followed her from former and current tennis stars including the likes of Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova among others.
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Naomi Osaka quits French Open 2021 after media boycott row; cites anxiety
June 01, 2021 8:30 ISTA dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences 'huge waves of anxiety' before speaking to the media and revealed she has 'suffered long bouts of depression'.
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Sofia Kenin breaks losing streak with French Open win
May 31, 2021 23:22 ISTKenin is seeded fourth and was the runner-up last year to Iga Swiatek. The victory was Kenin’s first since announcing she’s no longer coached by her father, Alex.
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Novak Djokovic planning to play at Tokyo Olympics
May 31, 2021 23:09 ISTDjokovic competed at three Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in singles back in 2008 in Beijing.
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Le grand retour: Roger Federer wins return to Paris, Slam action
May 31, 2021 23:04 ISTThis match bathed in sunshine Monday meant Federer finally was back at the French Open and back in Grand Slam action and he gave the excited fans what they wanted perhaps as much as he did: a victory.
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Fifth time lucky: Daniil Medvedev posts maiden win at Roland Garros
May 31, 2021 20:22 ISTThe second-seeded Russian, who lost in the first round on each of his four previous appearances on the Parisian red clay, claimed a maiden win at the Grand Slam event by defeating Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.
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French Open 2021: Jannik Sinner saves match point, advances in 5 sets
May 31, 2021 19:30 ISTThe 18th-seeded teenager was on the verge of a shock exit at Roland Garros, a year after making it to the quarterfinals on his debut on the Parisian clay.
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French Open 2021: Birthday girl Iga Swiatek wins to start title defense
May 31, 2021 18:08 ISTHer best friend on the tennis circuit, Kaja Juvan, was the victim as Swiatek emphatically kicked off her campaign to become the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to defend the French Open title.
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Serena Williams, Roger Federer roll back years on Day 2 of French Open 2021
May 31, 2021 15:34 ISTFederer, the oldest player in men's singles this year, is scheduled for the third match on Court Philippe Chatrier. It will the first Grand Slam match since the 2020 Australian Open
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More fans, May weather: 2021 French Open is closer to normal
May 30, 2021 22:51 ISTNearly 5,400 people per day are allowed on-site at the outset of the French Open, with expectations of even more allowed in at the tail end of the tournament
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French Open 2021: Pablo Andujar overcomes two-set deficit to upset No.4 seed Dominic Thiem
May 30, 2021 21:43 ISTThe fourth-seeded Austrian was beaten 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 by 68th-ranked Pablo Andujar in the first round.
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Naomi Osaka fined $15,000 for not speaking at French Open
May 30, 2021 20:53 ISTOsaka announced Wednesday in a Twitter post that she would not be taking part in news conferences during the French Open
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French Open 2021: Petra Kvitova saves match point to move into Round 2
May 30, 2021 20:31 ISTKvitova, who reached the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2012 and last year, next faces either Elena Vesnina or Belarussian qualifier Olga Govortsova.
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French Open 2021: After win, Naomi Osaka skips news conference in Paris, as promised
May 30, 2021 20:19 ISTOsaka returned to Roland Garros after skipping the trip last time, turning in a mistake-filled 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over 63rd-ranked Patricia Maria Tig at Court Philippe Chatrier on Day 1 of the Grand Slam tournament.
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Coco Gauff, Venus Williams team up in doubles at French Open 2021
May 30, 2021 19:12 ISTThe women's doubles draw was announced in Paris on Sunday and Gauff, 17, and Williams, 40, are a surprise entry.
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Naomi Osaka wins opener at French Open 2021 and speaks briefly
May 30, 2021 17:01 ISTThe No. 2-ranked Osaka has said she won't participate in news conferences at Roland Garros — and she did not do a pre-tournament session with the media.
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French Open 2021: 3-time major champ Angelique Kerber suffers a third consecutive first-round loss
May 30, 2021 16:38 ISTThe 26th-seeded Kerber was beaten 6-2, 6-4 to Anhelina Kalinina, a qualifier from Ukraine ranked 139th making her tournament debut.
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French Open 2021, women's singles preview: Iga, Barty, Osaka strong title contenders
May 29, 2021 22:01 ISTHaving never progressed beyond the fourth round of a women's major, 19-year-old Iga broke through for her maiden Grand Slam title last year, upstaging American Sofia Kenin at the French Open in Paris.
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Novak Djokovic warms up for French Open with title in Belgrade
May 29, 2021 21:17 ISTTop-ranked Djokovic struggled on serve in the first set as he was broken three times by his Slovakian opponent.
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French Open 2021, men's singles preview: Rafael Nadal favourite, chance for Next Gen to shine
May 29, 2021 19:37 ISTThe inevitable question remains - can Nadal beat the odds, once again, to lift an unprecedented 14th on la terre battue?
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French Open 2021: From Coco Gauff to Carlos Alcaraz, tennis' teen set
May 29, 2021 15:25 ISTHere is a look at a quartet of the teen set in tennis who eventually could end up in the spotlight during the inevitable shift as the sport's standard-bearers move from their mid-30s to their late 30s and, soon enough, their 40s.
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Without the press, we won't be the athletes we are today: Rafael Nadal on Naomi Osaka's decision
May 28, 2021 22:55 ISTJapanese sensation Naomi this week said that she would not face the media at Roland Garros as "people have no regard for athletes' mental health" during press conferences.
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Naomi Osaka becomes highest-earning female athlete in 2020-21
May 28, 2021 9:56 ISTNaomi's total earnings amounted to $55.2 million, of which $5.2 million was from prize money, the highest payday ever for a female athlete.
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'Big Three' Djokovic, Nadal, Federer in same half of French Open draw
May 27, 2021 23:15 ISTThe Big Three top the leaderboard for Grand Slam men’s singles titles: Federer and Nadal head to Roland Garros, where play begins Sunday, tied with 20, while Djokovic has 18.
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Novak Djokovic reaches Belgrade Open semifinals, records 952nd career win
May 27, 2021 22:48 ISTDjokovic beat Coria 6-1, 6-0 in just 56 minutes to record his 952nd career win as a professional.
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Sumit Nagal also fails to make French Open main draw cut
May 27, 2021 10:47 ISTThe Haryana youngster crashed out of the Clay Court major with a 3-6 3-6 loss to Alejandro Tabilo from Chile, last night.
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