frenchopen
Jasmine Paolini leaves the French Open empty-handed as she also lost her second final, in the women's doubles with Sara Errani on Sunday. The Italian pair lost 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, against US Open champion Coco Gauff and Czech player Katerina Siniakova. Paolini had lost her first grand slam singles final on Saturday, 6-2, 6-1 against world number one Iga Swiatek. The Italian men's doubles of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori had also lost the final, on Saturday against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic of Croatia. And their men's singles star Jannik Sinner went out in the semis against...
DPA
Carlos Alcaraz fights to a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev to claim a first French Open title which makes him the youngest player to win grand slams on three different surfaces. Alcaraz, 21, dropped five games in a row each in losing the second and third set but allowed his opponent only three more games as he regrouped to triumph in 4 hours 19 minutes to follow a proud Spanish title tradition on the Roland Garros clay. Alcaraz had previously won the hard court US Open in 2022 and the Wimbledon grass court grand slam last year. His 14th overall career title made him emula...
DPA
Iga Swiatek cemented her status as the queen of clay with a third straight and fourth overall French Open title on Saturday, a resounding 6-2, 6-1 triumph over surprise finalist Jasmine Paolini. Poland's world number one Swiatek prevailed in 1 hour 8 minute over her 12th seeded Italian opponent who was playing in her first final at the majors. Paolini, 28, showed no fear and broke in the third game but Swiatek roared back by winning the next 10 games for a 6-2, 5-0 lead. Paolini saved face by holding serve before Swiatek wrapped up matters with a service winner on first match point. Swiatek th...
DPA
Iga Swiatek cemented her status as the queen of clay with a third straight and fourth overall French Open title on Saturday, a resounding 6-2, 6-1 triumph over surprise finalist Jasmine Paolini. Poland's world number one Swiatek prevailed in 1 hour 8 minute over her 12th seeded Italian opponent who was playing in her first final at the majors. Paolini, 28, showed no fear and broke in the third game but Swiatek roared back by winning the next 10 games for a 6-2, 5-0 lead. Paolini saved face by holding serve before Swiatek wrapped up matters with a service winner on first match point. Swiatek th...
DPA
Alexander Zverev hopes to have matured enough over the past years to finally land a maiden grand slam title at age 27 on Sunday when he faces Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final. Alcaraz, for his part, can at 21 become the youngest man to win majors on three different surfaces if he adds the Roland Garros crown on clay to those on hard court from the 2022 US Open and grass from last year's Wimbledon. World number four Zverev leads their head-to-head 5-4, including a 2022 quarter-final success at the Frech Open and success at the same stage at this year's Australian Open. Third ranked Alcar...
DPA
Iga Swiatek routs Jasmine Paolini, 6-2, 6-1, to claim a third straight and fourth overall French Open women's singles title. Poland's world number one Swiatek won 10 games in a row from 2-1 down in the first set to 5-0 in the second and prevailed in 1 hour 8 minutes on first match point over her 12th seeded Italian opponent who was playing in a first grand slam final. Swiatek, 23, became the third player in the Open era since 1968 to win the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen three times in a row, following Monica Seles 1990-1992 and Justine Henin 2005-2007. Her four titles overall, the first coming in 202...
DPA
Those lucky enough to have had tickets for day 5 of the French Open on Thursday were treated to no less than six five-set matches, with some particularly intriguing drama unfolding late at night. Number 13 seed Holger Rune initially led Flavio Cobolli by two sets in their second-round encounter before the Italian was able to level the score. Trailing 5-0 in the fifth set match tiebreak, Rune managed to stage a last-minute comeback to winning 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 7-6 (10-7). Norway's Casper Ruud, touted as one of the favourites to win the trophy as a two-time runner-up on the legendary clay cour...
DPA
Novak Djokovic has admitted to form and fitness concerns heading into Sunday's start of the French Open where the title holder could lose the world number one spot to Jannik Sinner. Djokovic, who turned 37 earlier in the week, is yet to win a tournament this year and went out in the Geneva semi-finals against Czech player Tomas Machac, 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. The Serb spoke of stomach problems but also agreed that he is not going into the Paris grand slam, where his first opponent is French wildcard entry Pierre-Hugues Herbert, in the best overall shape. “Of course I am worried. I haven't been playing ...
DPA
Germany tennis legend Boris Becker has given compatriot Alexander Zverev some advice ahead of his blockbuster first round at the French Open against record champion Rafael Nadal. "My tip to Zverev would be: Play against the player and not against the myth! It's very important that you see the current Nadal as an opponent - a 37-year-old Spaniard from Mallorca," the six-time Grand Slam winner told broadcasters Eurosport in an interview on Friday. Zverev is coming off a win at the Italian Open, while Nadal has struggled with injury since the start of last year and rarely played. His best result ...
DPA
Alexander Zverev's appeal against a €450,000 ($487,000) penalty order on aussault charges will start on May 31 during the French Open where the Olympic tennis champion will be making another attempt to win a first grand slam title. A Berlin district court that 10 days are scheduled in the trial set to last until July 19. The trial comes after Zverev appealed against the penalty order on charges that he assaulted a women in May 2020 in Berlin during an argument between the two. The German player has dismissed the allegations and the court said the presumption of innocence remains until a verdic...
DPA
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら