French Open postponed by a week due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tennis | April 08, 2021 13:42 ISTThe clay-court Grand Slam tournament was set to start on May 23, but first-round matches will now get underway on May 30.
The clay-court Grand Slam tournament was set to start on May 23, but first-round matches will now get underway on May 30.
France began a third nationwide lockdown on Saturday which president Emmanuel Macron said he expected to end in mid-May - with Roland Garros set to start on the 23rd May till the 6th June.
Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, who has been a former cricketer, took to Twitter to share a video of her bowling with a tennis racquet.
Polish President Andrzej Duda’s office announced Saturday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. The 19-year-old Swiatek met with Duda on Friday.
The 19-year-old Swiatek said Wednesday she drew a lot of support and strength from her work with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz, who was with her during the two weeks of the Paris tournament.
Trying to come up with a consensus pick is silly — especially now, when the Big Three are still active — and, more to the point, unnecessary. Why insist on choosing one when we should appreciate, admire and elevate all of them?
Djokovic was thrashed by Nadal in the final on Sunday night, losing 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 as the Spaniard cruised to his 20th Grand Slam title.
Rafael Nadal’s 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic on Sunday for a 13th championship at Roland Garros and 20th Grand Slam trophy in all — tying Roger Federer’s record for men — did not change the top of the ATP rankings.
Nadal defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 at Court Philippe Chatrier to win the French Open for the 13th time, the most by any player, male or female, at a single tour-level event.
Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to win a record-extending 13th French Open and match Roger Federer with his 20th Grand Slam title.
Swiatek also was paying attention, of course, when Bianca Andreescu won her first major at 19. And when Sofia Kenin added her name to the list of Slam champions at 21.
The Hungarian-French pairing, seeded second, beat the 14th-seeded team of Alexa Guarachi, from Chile, and American Desirae Krawczyk 6-4, 7-5.
As for next year, organizers are still planning to restore the Grand Slam clay-court tournament to its usual May-June slot but admit they have no visibility on whether the pandemic will allow that to happen.
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Nadal holds the edge at Roland Garros, winning six of their seven matches including two finals. Djokovic has however won 10 of their last 13 meetings and one of which includes his comfortable victory against Nadal in French Open 2015 quarters.
Kenin, a 21-year-old who lives in Florida, went a tour-best 16-2 in Grand Slam play in 2020, with a fourth-round showing at the U.S. Open in addition to getting to the last matches at Melbourne Park and Roland Garros.
At 19, she is the youngest to win the clay-court Grand Slam since 12-time men's singles champion Rafael Nadal won his first title in 2005, also at the age of 19.
It has indeed been a story to tell for Swiatek. It was only her seventh Grand Slam appearance and she never made it past the quarters in any of those seven events. But Swiatek played without a different maturity over the last two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros
Swiatek has become the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam title after beating fourth-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the French Open final.
Becomes the first Swiss player to win a boys' title at any major tournament since three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka at Roland Garros in 2003.
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