1:04 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Toni Nadal, the uncle and longtime coach of Rafael Nadal, was waiting to meet with his nephew after the final at the 2019 French Open on Sunday, ready to congratulate his nephew on his 12th Roland Garros title. It was an achievement Toni described as “incredible” — especially
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8:45 AM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — It is just a short walk, or an even shorter drive if you are a top player, to get from Roland Garros to the French Tennis Federation’s National Training Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which is available to French players throughout the year, free of charge. With six indoor
3:34 AM ET French Open champion Rafael Nadal said he will play no grasscourt warm-up tournaments ahead of Wimbledon but is confident he can mount a challenge for a third title in southwest London. The Spaniard collected his 12th Roland Garros crown by beating Dominic Thiem on Sunday, moving just two Grand Slam titles behind
5:15 PM ET Rafael Nadal won his 12th French Open in Paris on Sunday. At an even dozen, he has now won enough titles there to make ranking them an interesting exercise. Here is our countdown of Nadal’s Roland Garros championships — from 12 to 1, in reverse order of importance — including Sunday’s victory
2:43 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — For an insight into the mind of Rafael Nadal, it is worth remembering something he said several years ago. It was the 2012 Australian Open and Nadal, who was already through to the final, was asked about Andy Murray‘s loss to Novak Djokovic in the other semifinal, a
9:45 PM ET Dylan Alcott has become the first Roland Garros quad wheelchair champion after defeating American and longtime rival David Wagner in a three set epic. While the spotlight was on fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty claiming her first Grand Slam title, Alcott was making history of his own after he downed Wagner 6-2, 4-6,
3:00 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — How do you solve a problem like Rafael Nadal, especially on the clay courts of Roland Garros? It is the question facing Dominic Thiem as the Austrian prepares for Sunday’s men’s final at the 2019 French Open. The good news is that it’s a question he asked himself
1:32 PM ET PARIS — Ashleigh Barty decided to take a break from tennis in 2014 to play cricket. After almost a few years away, she returned and won her first Grand Slam title Saturday at the French Open with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marketa Vondrousova. One of the more well-liked players on the
1:13 PM ET The 2019 French Open will have a women’s final that nobody would have dared predict before the tournament started: Ashleigh Barty vs. Marketa Vondrousova. The former is a burned-out prodigy reborn at age 23, on the verge of becoming the first Australian since Margaret Court in 1973 to win the red-dirt championships.
1:24 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — The second French Open semifinal between world No 1 Novak Djokovic and fourth seed Dominic Thiem will resume on Saturday after it was held over from Friday because of rain. The pair were level at one set apiece, with Thiem leading 3-1 in the third when the players