Tennis Australia Media Release, May 27, 2026 Australians Adam Walton and Kimberly Birrell have secured the biggest wins of their careers overnight at Roland Garros, with stunning upset victories in their first-round matches against two of the world’s top 10 players. Walton, currently ranked […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) If Jannik Sinner was still feeling the sting of his 2025 French Open championship final loss to Carlos Alcaraz, in which he held and squandered three championship points, it wasn’t evident Tuesday night. […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) With nine players from the United States currently in the WTA Top 50, America’s best women have been a model of consistency throughout the Open Era. According to Tennis Channel, there has been […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) By the time that Hugo Gaston put the finishing touches on the 19th and final French Open appearance by Gael Monfils on Court Philippe-Chatrier Monday night, there weren’t many dry eyes among the […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Stan Wawrinka was drenched in sweat and spread flat on his back following a brilliant, penultimate point during what turned out to be his last French Open match Monday afternoon. The crowd that […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) The French Open, chronologically the second of the four majors each year, dates back to 1891 – 135 years ago – but it didn’t become a Grand Slam event until 1925. Now celebrating […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) As Stan Wawrinka readies himself to play the French Open for the 21st and final time this week, the 41-year-old Swiss star who won the 2015 Roland-Garros men’s title seems at ease on […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 23, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) On the day that Novak Djokovic celebrated his 39th birthday, his gift from French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo was a starring role in the first Roland-Garros night session of the tournament on […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Thursday’s 2026 Roland-Garros men’s and women’s singles draw ceremony at L’Orangerie d’Auteuil, near Court Simonne-Mathieu, included the usual amount of mystery and intrigue that goes with a revealing a 128-player draw for a […]
Tennis Australia Media Release, May 12, 2026 Emerson Jones (Qld) and Adam Walton (Qld) are set to make their mark on the clay courts of Paris after being awarded wildcards into the main draw of Roland Garros. Seventeen-year-old Jones, currently ranked a career high world […]
