1:14 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Heavy rain forced the two remaining quarterfinals in both the men’s and women’s singles at the French Open to be postponed Wednesday. The four affected matches, including those involving women’s defending champion Simona Halep and men’s world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, will now be played Thursday. The delay
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Gabriela Sabatini is the latest tennis great to jump on the Ashleigh Barty bandwagon as the Australian chases Roland Garros redemption and a spot in the French Open semifinals. Eighth-seeded Barty jousts with American 14th seed Madison Keys in the opening match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Wednesday night, having carved her way through to the
4:22 PM ET PARIS — They know each other very well, and thus Roger Federer knew he couldn’t regard Tuesday’s quarterfinal match against Stan Wawrinka as a mere appetizer for the salivating prospect of facing Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros again. Wawrinka is playing his best tennis since returning from knee surgery 18 months ago.
1:51 AM ET PARIS — To get to the press seating at Court 1 at Roland Garros, you slip through a door between two public entrances with an unobtrusive “Tribune Access” sign posted next to it, feeling as if you’re privy to a secret. You enter a corridor painted white and industrial gray, and if
12:02 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — On the eve of her 2019 French Open quarterfinal match against Sloane Stephens, Johanna Konta‘s coach, Dimitri Zavialoff, tried to explain the one thing he thought had made the difference to the way Konta has been playing at Roland Garros. “It’s just showing her how good she is
4:31 PM ET Simon Cambers Despite being ranked No. 5 in the world, Alexander Zverev’s win over 12th-ranked Fabio Fognini was his first career win over an ATP Top-20 player at a major (1-7). Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports Ever since he first emerged on Tour as a tall, gangly 16-year-old, Alexander Zverev has been tipped for
1:34 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Dominic Thiem isn’t sure whether Serena Williams or French Open officials were to blame for their press room incident over the weekend, but said he is ready to move on from the episode after it “made a big round in all the social networks.” Thiem had to abruptly
12:05 PM ET Simon Cambers Former world No. 1 Andy Murray plans to return to tennis at the Fever-Tree Championships at London’s Queen’s Club, tournament organizers confirmed to ESPN.com on Monday. If all goes well there, Murray is hoping to play doubles at Wimbledon, as well. The 32-year-old Scot has not played since having a
6:19 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — It is 17 months since Stan Wawrinka walked into the news conference room at the Australian Open, grimacing in pain after his first attempt at coming back to the Tour after knee surgery. There were times when he was not sure if he would ever to be able
10:25 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Roger Federer‘s return to French Open clay is going so smoothly he still has not dropped a set in reaching the quarterfinals. The 20-time Grand Slam winner eased through with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 win Sunday against unseeded Argentine Leonardo Mayer. With temperatures reaching 88 Fahrenheit (31 Celsius)