French Open
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India's Dev Javia qualifies for Junior French Open singles main draw
Tennis | Oct 09, 2020, 06:23 PM ISTThe 18-year-old from Vadodara beat Emiliano Aguilera Guerrero of Mexico 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in the final group match to make it to the junior singles main draw.
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French Open: Sofia Kenin eyes 2nd Grand Slam of year, Iga Swiatek 1st of career
Tennis | Oct 09, 2020, 05:35 PM ISTKenin, a 21-year-old from Florida, and Swiatek, a 19-year-old from Poland, will face each other Saturday in the French Open women's final.
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Teen Iga Swiatek is lowest-ranked French Open women's finalist
Tennis | Oct 08, 2020, 09:37 PM ISTPolish teenager Iga Swiatek becomes the seventh unseeded player to reach the French Open final in the Open era after beating Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1.
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French Open: Polish teen Iga Swiatek reaches women's final
Tennis | Oct 08, 2020, 08:15 PM ISTSwiatek becomes the seventh unseeded player to reach the final in the Open era after beating Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1.
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French Open: Pavic and Soares into men's doubles final
Tennis | Oct 08, 2020, 08:03 PM ISTThe seventh seed duo beats top-seeded Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the semis; will meet the eighth-seeded pair of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in final.
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French Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas into his first semi-final in Paris
Cricket | Oct 07, 2020, 10:05 PM ISTThe fifth-seeded Greek player beats 13th-seeded Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 to avenge a loss in the Hamburg final less than two weeks ago.
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French Open: Paris prosecutor’s office looks at match-fixing
Cricket | Oct 06, 2020, 10:37 PM ISTThe Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a police investigation into suspicions of match-fixing during a recent match at the French Open.
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French Open: Very awkward deja vu, says Novak Djokovic on hitting line judge
Tennis | Oct 06, 2020, 08:56 PM ISTWorld No.1 says that he had a "very awkward deja vu" when he accidentally hit a ball at the head of a line judge at during his win over Karen Khachanov.
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Nadia Podoroska becomes first female qualifier to reach French Open semis
Tennis | Oct 06, 2020, 06:51 PM ISTThe 131st-ranked Argentine tossed her racket high into the air after beating third-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4.
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French Open: Sofia Kenin, Zhang Shuai reaches fourth round, first for China since 2012
Tennis | Oct 03, 2020, 07:59 PM ISTSofia Kenin blows past Romanian qualifier Irina Bara 6-2, 6-0 in 72 minutes; Zhang Shuai becomes China's first player to get so far in French Open since Li Na in 2012.
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French Open: 3 debutants reach fourth round first time since 1994
Tennis | Oct 03, 2020, 06:21 PM ISTDaniel Altmaier, Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner made it to the last-16 in their French Open debut. That many men haven’t gone that far on their debuts at Roland Garros since four debutants made the last 16 in 1994.
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French Open: Caroline Garcia rides rowdy crowd to 4th round as she beats Elise Mertens
Tennis | Oct 02, 2020, 09:59 PM ISTFrench Open: Caroline Garcia comes back from a terrible first set and gets a very good top 20 win over Elise Mertens 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the last 16.
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Storm stops French Open play, except under roof
Tennis | Oct 02, 2020, 07:54 PM ISTThe third-round match between Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia, played under the closed roof of Court Philippe Chatrier, is the only one that hasn't been suspended.
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French Open: Simona Halep wins Amanda Anisimova rematch 6-0, 6-1
Tennis | Oct 02, 2020, 07:44 PM ISTTop-seeded Halep extended her winning streak to a career-best 17 matches as she seeks a third Grand Slam title.
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French Open: Early-bird Dominic Thiem advances to 4th round
Tennis | Oct 02, 2020, 06:41 PM ISTDominic Thiem outperforms Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round under the new roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.
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French Open: Elina Svitolina, Polish teen Iga Swiatek reach 4th round
Tennis | Oct 02, 2020, 05:35 PM ISTSwiatek advances with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard; third seed Svitolina defeats Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 7-5
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French Open: Novak Djokovic breezes into third round
Tennis | Oct 01, 2020, 09:53 PM ISTWith the roof open and sunshine bathing the tournament’s biggest stadium after days of miserable weather, Djokovic routs Ricardas Berankis 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
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French Open: Roberto Carballes Baena ousts Denis Shapovalov to reach 3rd round for first time
Tennis | Oct 01, 2020, 09:01 PM ISTThe Spaniard overcomes ninth-seeded Shapovalov 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 in an encounter that lasted five hours.
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Sofia Kenin, Jelena Ostapenko reach 3rd round at French Open
Tennis | Oct 01, 2020, 08:11 PM ISTFourth-seeded American Kenin pulls out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ana Bogdan; former champion Ostapenko beats second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2.
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French Open: Qualifier Sebastian Korda upsets fellow American John Isner
Tennis | Sep 30, 2020, 08:14 PM ISTAfter eliminating Andreas Seppi in his opening main draw match, the 20-year-old American qualifier takes out 21st-seeded Isner in the second round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win.