PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As Tuesday afternoon’s Roland-Garros men’s first quarterfinal match between Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov was underway on Court Philippe-Chatrier under partly-cloudy skies, off the court, it was defending champion and current World No. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The all-court quality that Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune showed during their late-night fourth-round tussle at Roland-Garros, which started as the featured Monday night-session match but didn’t end until early Tuesday morning, was […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 3, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) In a two-hour, 49-minute battle among two of the fiercest competitors in men’s pro tennis, Australia’s Alex de Minaur recovered from a set down to earn his first Roland-Garros quarterfinal berth Monday afternoon. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The older Iga Swiatek gets the better she plays – and, sometimes, quicker, too. On Sunday morning, under cool and blustery conditions at the French Open in Paris, the just-turned 23-year-old three-time Roland-Garros […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti made Roland-Garros history in the middle of the night in Paris early Sunday. Competing for a spot in the fourth round, in a featured Saturday night […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 1, 2004 (by Michael Dickens) Felix Auger-Aliassime came ready to play when his Roland-Garros rain-suspended third-round match against Ben Shelton resumed under the closed roof of Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Saturday. What a difference a day made. By the […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 31, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Coco Gauff has been nothing if not consistent in Paris. On Friday at Roland-Garros with the roof open over Court Philippe-Chatrier, the World No. 3 and third seed from the United States advanced […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With 55 singles matches (27 men’s and 28 women’s) on Thursday’s Roland-Garros order of play, thanks to a rain-soaked Wednesday, in which the only completed matches – nine in all – were ones […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 29, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) On the facade of Court Philippe-Chatrier are the words “Victory belongs to the most tenacious.” While the quote is originally attributed to Napoleon, it was also used by Roland Garros, the French World War […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 28, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 7 Casper Ruud arrived at this year’s Roland-Garros fresh off winning his second clay-court title of the season at Geneva on Saturday to go with his earlier triumph in Barcelona. Add […]
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