PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Paula Badosa is always happy when nobody notices how nervous she is on court. While the emotions may be attributable to being one of the top-ranked players in the world – the 24-year-old […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Two nights ago, former World No. 1 Angelique Kerber of Germany survived a thrilling three-set drama with Poland’s Magdalena Frech, saving two match points to win and advance to the second round. For […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Sometimes, the final score doesn’t always tell the entire story. Take Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for instance. The 37-year-old standard bearer of a current-but-aging generation of French players that includes Gaël Monfils, Gilles Simon, Richard […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev earned his first victory on clay this season with a clean and efficient 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over 103rd-ranked Facundo Bagnis at the French Open Tuesday afternoon as […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Ninety minutes before French teenager Diane Parry sent shockwaves through Stade Roland Garros Monday afternoon by stunning defending French Open champion and current World No. 2 Barbora Krejcikova with a three-set, first-round upset […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The French Open, the year’s second major and the only one that starts on Sunday, began in Paris today. Plenty of fans flocked to Stade Roland Garros with none of the COVID-19 restrictions […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) As the French Open begins anew at Stade Roland Garros in Paris Sunday, there’s plenty of star power to be found up and down both the men’s and women’s 128-player singles draws. How […]
USTA Press Release, May 21, 2022 Thirty-one Americans are set to compete in the singles main draws at the French Open beginning next week – 16 women and 15 men – leading all nations in total players and seeded players […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) What began on Monday with a pair of 128-draw men’s and women’s fields competing for precious few qualifying spots each in the 2022 French Open, the year’s second major championship, wrapped up Friday at […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 20, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Thursday evening’s 2022 French Open men’s and women’s singles draw ceremony at Musee de l’Orangerie in the 1st arrondissement of Paris was filled with plenty of mystery and intrigue – and misery, too. […]
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