Rafael Nadal would probably not have played any grand slam other than the French Open with the chronic foot injury that needed numbing injections in Paris, the 14-time Roland Garros champion said on M...
Sunday’s triumph, with Billie Jean King and King Felipe VI of Spain in attendance, also made Nadal, at 36, the oldest man to win the French Open, surpassing his compatriot Andres Gimeno, who won...
French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has apologised for saying women’s tennis is not as appealing as the men’s game, adding that her comments were taken out of context.
The rem...
Nerves have often been a deciding factor in grand slam finals but there is little chance that Swiatek, who has been working with a psychologist, will struggle with her composure.
“I’m jus...
“It was a super tough match. Over three hours and we didn’t even finish the second set. Of course being in the final of Roland Garros is a dream without a doubt, but at the same time that ...
'Big Boys Play At Night' screamed the slogan on Imran Khan's T-shirt, a marketing gimmick of the Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket in the late 1970s that instantly caught the imagina...
Iga Swiatek is curently enjoying the best time in her tennis career. The polish tennis star registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over American Jessica Pegula to storm into the semi-finals, and extend...
The never-say-die spirit came to the fore as Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop saved five match points to knock out Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, the reigning Wimbledon champions, from the Roland Gar...
Iga Swiatek, unbeaten since February, was sitting in the players’ restaurant at the French Open and twisting her head right and left at high speed, her eyes comically wide as they darted to and ...
Iga Swiatek has embraced the pressure that comes with being world No.1 and will go into the French Open, starting this Sunday, as the overwhelming favourite to clinch a second major title, tennis grea...