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Schwaerzler, Kjär Earn Junior Doubles Title At Roland-Garros

PARIS/STARNBERG, June 9, 2024 Joel Schwaerzler of Austria has finished his junior career by winning the French Open doubles title at Roland-Garros. The 18-year-old triumphed alongside Nicolai Budkov Kjär from Norway. The duo defeated Federico Cina of Italy and Japanese […]

Alcaraz Wins First Roland-Garros Title With His Head And Heart

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 9, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 4 Alexander Zverev met in the Roland-Garros final on Sunday to decide this year’s men’s singles champion. It was the first final between two players each […]

Swiatek Completes Three-Peat At Roland-Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 8, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Iga Swiatek was all business from first ball to last one in her latest Roland-Garros final. On a beautiful Saturday in Paris, and with a full house of fans packing Court Philippe-Chatrier, the […]

Swiatek Remains The Queen, Through To Third Straight Roland-Garros Final

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Two-time defending champion and this year’s top seed Iga Swiatek continued her reign of Roland-Garros by advancing to her third straight French Open final on a sun-splashed Thursday afternoon in Paris. The 23-year-old, […]

Alcaraz Keeps Smiling, Keeps Winning At Roland-Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 5, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) After Carlos Alcaraz continued his mastery of Stefanos Tsitsipas with his sixth career victory over the Greek star, this one a 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory in the quarterfinals of Roland-Garros before an […]

Djokovic Withdraws From Roland-Garros, Sinner To Become New No. 1

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. […]

Zverev Wins Late-Night Roland-Garros Duel Over Rune

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 […]