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Halep fights back to finally clinch French Open title
The popular Romanian, who had lost three major finals before Saturday, showed signs of nerves at first but recovered to outclass her 10th-seeded opponent.
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Ruthless Nadal crushes Del Potro to reach French Open final
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro often had Rafael Nadal in trouble in a ferocious first set but paid heavily for failing to convert any of the six break points that came his way.
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Montjane knocked out of French Open after three-set epic
Wheelchair tennis players Kgothatso Montjane was knocked out of the French Open after a three-set quarterfinal battle to the three-time runner-up Aniek Van Koot on Thursday.
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Stephens downs Keys again to reach French Open final
Sloane Stephens, who had never gone past the fourth round in Paris, will take on twice French Open runner-up and world number one Simona Halep of Romania in Saturday’s final.
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Tactical change helps Halep reach French Open semis
World number one Halep made a slow start, misfiring on her first serve and spraying her groundstrokes wide early on in a duel that lasted more than two hours, before steadily wearing down her opponent.
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Beaten Djokovic says may skip Wimbledon
The Serb, three-times a Wimbledon champion, appeared distraught after his quarter-final defeat by unseeded Marco Cecchinato in which he was treated for neck pain.
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Unstoppable Nadal marches past Marterer
Nadal extended his current streak of consecutive completed sets won at Roland Garros to 37.
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Battling Argentine Schwartzman recovers to knock out Anderson
Diego Schwartzman switched gears in the tiebreak at the end of a tight fourth set to level the contest at two sets apiece as a tiring Kevin Anderson failed to earn a point.
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Halep ready to feel all the emotion at Roland Garros
Simona Halep has played three Grand Slam finals and lost them all and rare are the times when she does not open up about her early match jitters.
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Serena Williams withdraws from French Open with injury
Serena Williams says had suffered a pectoral muscle injury in her third-round victory against Germany’s Julia Goerges.
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Resurgent Djokovic tames Verdasco
The Serb, seeded 20th after a well-documented form slump, was given a ferocious fight in the early stages with the opening three games lasting 29 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier.
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Halep subdues Petkovic after tight early tussle
Relegated to the new Court 18 for the day, the Romanian had to battle for an hour to take the opening set but sped through the second with a minimum of fuss.
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Deja vu as Nadal crushes his friend Gasquet in Paris
Top seed Nadal won the first 12 points of the match and opened up a 5-0 led before Gasquet finally got into the contest, but it was once more too little.
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Novak Djokovic rediscovers old fire to reach last 16
The Serb is still wrestling with his own game as much as the man across the net, but there was plenty of evidence in his victory to suggest he is approaching the form that earned him 12 grand slam titles.
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Serena shows plenty of fight to subdue Barty
The 'warrior princess' inside Serena Williams came out in full fighting mode at the French Open on Thursday as the American proved she was no pushover when it came to making an impact in a Grand Slam arena.
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New mum Serena back in the Grand Slam groove in Paris
Dressed in a skintight, all-in-one black bodysuit, broken up by a vivid scarlet belt, Serena captivated the French crowd from the start of the contest to its 7-6(4), 6-4 conclusion.
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Nadal fights off gutsy Bolelli in Roland Garros opener
Resuming the match on Tuesday after a thunderstorm ended the previous night’s play early in the third set, Nadal was forced to an entertaining tiebreak to wrap up a hard-fought French Open first round encounter.
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Djokovic's bid for second French Open off to glum-faced start
Novak Djokovic launched his campaign for a second French Open title with a moody victory over Brazilian qualifier Rogerio Dutra Silva on Monday, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
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Flustered Champion Ostapenko falls at first French Open hurdle
Never at ease on the Roland Garros main show court, the world number five slumped to a 7-5, 6-3 defeat to a Ukrainian opponent who had won both the pair’s previous meetings.
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Deja vu for French Open as Nadal favourite again
Nadal, who has a 79-2 win-loss record on the Parisian clay, enters his title defence after a stellar season on his favourite surface.
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Sharapova seeks redemption on Roland Garros clay
The Russian has been dogged by injury and controversy as she tries to get her career back on track.
