1:36 PM ET PARIS — Same superlatives, different day. Roger Federer returned to the French Open after a three-year absence with every intention of putting himself on a collision course with Rafael Nadal, the most inexorable force ever on Roland Garros’ red clay courts. He got double the opposition he’d wished for in Friday’s semifinal:
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1:05 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — In the early stages of his career, Roger Federer had a problem with left-handers. He lost four of his first seven matches, and eight of his first 20, against them. Something about the different spin, the different look, threw him off. Over time, as he honed his game
3:54 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Ash Barty was only 15 when she won the junior title at Wimbledon, a prodigy with a slice-and-dice game style tailor-made for grass. Three years later, burned out and struggling with depression, she quit tennis and took up professional cricket instead. Had she not taken the 18-month break,
1:15 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — When 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova steps onto court for her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal at the 2019 French Open on Friday, there will be no nerves, for one simple reason. She doesn’t do them. “I’m not nervous at all,” the American told ESPN.com shortly after beating defending French Open
2:17 PM ET PARIS — For the sixth time, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will face off at Roland Garros. Nadal is 5-0 in their previous meetings, but will Federer have the upper hand this time around in his return to the French Open for the first time since 2015? Our experts preview Friday’s semifinals
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
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