The french open
Djokovic conquers 'Everest' and eyes 52-year landmark at French Open
World number one Djokovic takes on Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas for the title with tennis history on the line.
The 20-time Grand Slam title winner, who will be 40 in two months' time, battled over three and a half hours until 12:45 Sunday morning to reach the last 16 in Paris.
Osaka, the highest earning female athlete in the world last year, opted for a code of silence in protest at what she believes is the detrimental effect of media coverage on her mental health.
Second seed Rafael Nadal, the 12-time champion, faces world number 213 Sebastian Korda whose father Petr was runner-up in 1992.
The Romanian, who claimed her first Grand Slam title on the Parisian clay a year ago, has taken a while to hit her stride this time and was taken to three sets in the first two rounds.
Nadal’s victory on Sunday earned him a 17th slam, putting him just three behind Federer’s record haul of 20.
Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus claimed their first grand slam Title when they beat Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young in the French Open men’s doubles final.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s French Open hopes vanished into thin air on Wednesday when he was sent packing in the first round.
Footage of the interview showed Hamou pulling the female journalist close before kissing her on the side of the head.
The world number one’s love affair with clay has turned sour this year, with recent losses to Borna Coric in Madrid and Fabio Fognini in Rome.
Not since Pete Sampras in 1999 has a world number one had a worse start to a year, with Murray’s win percentage at a fairly modest 70.8%.
Unlike the actual world ranking that is a rolling 12-month points total, the Race standings are a gauge of form since January when everybody starts on zero.
Sharapova will take on either Simona Halep or Andrea Petkovic in the French Open finals.
Novak Djokovic faces local favourite Jeremy Chardy, the man who beat Roger Federer.
Rafael Nadal is considered the king of the claycourt as he seeks a ninth French Open title.
Rafael Nadal believes his blazing performance could earn him a top ranking position should he play regularly.
Rafa Nadal beat fellow countryman David Ferrer to win the French Open.
Jo-Wlfried Tsonga sailed through to the semifinals after humiliating Roger Federer on Tuesday.
After a thrilling win, Djokovic suffered the emotional blow of hearing of his ex-coach’s death.