French Open
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Naomi Osaka wins opener at French Open 2021 and speaks briefly
Tennis | May 30, 2021, 05:01 PM 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
Tennis | May 30, 2021, 04:38 PM 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
Tennis | May 29, 2021, 10:01 PM 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
Tennis | May 29, 2021, 09:17 PM 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
Tennis | May 29, 2021, 07:37 PM 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
Tennis | May 29, 2021, 03:25 PM 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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'Big Three' Djokovic, Nadal, Federer in same half of French Open draw
Tennis | May 27, 2021, 11:15 PM 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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Sumit Nagal also fails to make French Open main draw cut
Tennis | May 27, 2021, 10:47 AM 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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Naomi Osaka says she won't do news conferences at French Open
Tennis | May 27, 2021, 09:55 AM ISTThe French Open is scheduled to begin Sunday in Paris. Osaka heads into the clay-court tournament ranked No. 2 in the world.
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Ankita and Ramkumar bow out of French Open Qualifiers
Tennis | May 27, 2021, 08:04 AM ISTAnkita, up against higher-ranked German Greet Minnen, could win only two games in the entire match that lasted one hour and 21 minutes.
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Ramkumar Ramanathan progresses to second round of French Open Qualifiers, Prajnesh bows out
Tennis | May 25, 2021, 06:41 PM ISTRamkumar erased a one-set deficit to beat American Michael Mmoh 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in his opening round that lasted one hour and 54 minutes.
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Ankita Raina makes winning start in French Open 2021 qualifiers
Tennis | May 24, 2021, 11:06 PM ISTAnkita showed nerves of steel as she bounced back from a set down to beat Russian-born Australian Rodionova, ranked 168th, 3-6 6-1 6-4 in a thrilling rain-affected three-setter.
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Sumit Nagal to clash with Marcora, Prajnesh Gunneswaran versus Otte at French Open 2021 qualifiers
Tennis | May 23, 2021, 09:56 PM ISTThe 23-year Nagal is yet to earn a main draw berth in the Clay court Grand Slam and must make a good start against the 191st ranked Marcora.
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Monfils ends 15-month winless run ahead of French Open
Tennis | May 18, 2021, 11:01 PM ISTLess than two weeks before the French Open starts in Paris, the fifth-seeded Frenchman got a welcome boost after being slowed by injuries recently.
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French Open players to get 1 hour of daily freedom in Paris
Tennis | May 12, 2021, 08:04 PM ISTGuy Forget, the director of the clay-court Grand Slam, said players will have the chance to get out for a jog or enjoy some fresh air during their stay in the French capital despite coronavirus restrictions.
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French Open postponed by a week due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tennis | Apr 08, 2021, 01:42 PM ISTThe clay-court Grand Slam tournament was set to start on May 23, but first-round matches will now get underway on May 30.
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French Open 2021 likely to be postponed due to COVID-19 cases
Tennis | Apr 04, 2021, 10:33 PM ISTFrance 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.
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COVID-19 hits French Open revenues; 2021 still on
Tennis | Oct 11, 2020, 04:22 PM ISTAs 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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Dominic Stricker wins French Open boys' title
Tennis | Oct 10, 2020, 05:45 PM ISTBecomes 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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Rafael Nadal reaches 13th French Open final
Tennis | Oct 09, 2020, 10:11 PM ISTDefending champion Rafael Nadal is through to a 13th French Open final after beating Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (0).