Roland Garros

Stephens Is Enjoying A Roland Garros Rebirth

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens is thriving at this year’s French Open. She’s one of eight American women who have advanced to the third round of the year’s second major. The Florida native been impressive in […]

Big 3 Jointly Through To Third Round At Roland Garros

PARIS, June 3, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) The Big 3 headlined Thursday’s action on Day Five of this year’s Roland Garros tournament. On Court Suzanne-Lenglen, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic eased past Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in […]

Kasatkina: On Getting Back To A Happier Place

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Three years have passed since Daria Kasatkina made a quarterfinal run at Roland Garros in 2018. On Wednesday, the 24-year-old native of Tolyatti, Russia, showed signs of her brilliant past when she dealt […]

Zverev, Tsitsipas Advance At Roland Garros

PARIS, June 2, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev opened Wednesday’s second-round action at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne-Lenglen with a 7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(1) victory over 23-year-old Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin. Zverev and Safiullin share a long […]

The Journey Back Was Suárez Navarro’s Reward

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The journey back to play Roland Garros one last time was Carla Suárez Navarro‘s reward. Win or lose, it didn’t really matter. But, oh, did the 32-year-old Spaniard born in the Canary Islands, […]

Nadal Starts Roland Garros Title Quest

PARIS/STARNBERG, June 1, 2021 Rafael Nadal began his campaign for a record-extending 14th Roland Garros title on Tuesday, with the No. 3 seed from Spain winning 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3) over World No. 63 Alexei Popyrin on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Nadal had […]

Swiatek Finding Right Balance On, Off The Court

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The second day of the Roland Garros fortnight started with defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrating her 20th birthday by playing her best friend, Kaja Juvan of Slovenia, and winning 6-0, 7-5. […]

Osaka Pulls Out Of Roland Garros

STARNBERG/PARIS, May 31, 2021 Naomi Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros on Monday evening. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion from Japan was fined $15,000 after she did not conduct a post-match press conference following her first-round win against Romanian Patricia […]

Collins: Surgery Changed Her Mindset

PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 31, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When Danielle Collins stepped out on Stade Roland-Garros Court 12 to play her first-round match against 145th-ranked Chinese qualifier Wang Xiyu on Sunday at the French Open, the 50th-ranked American had a different […]