67 h. ago Swiatek sweeps past Svitolina to set up Sabalenka showdown at French Open

Four-time Roland Garros champion victorious 6-1, 7-5Belarusian gets better of Zheng Qinwen in straight setsAryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek will take their era-defining rivalry to the latter stages of the French Open for the first time as they reached the semi-finals.Sabalenka, the world No 1, edged past Zheng Qinwen, the eighth seed, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to end the Olympic gold medalist’s 10-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Sabalenka has reached the last four in nine of her past 10 grand slam tournaments, her only earlier loss coming in the quarter-finals in Paris last year when she was suffering from food poisoning. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago French Open: Alcaraz and Sabalenka in action, Swiatek edges Rybakina in thriller – live

Live Roland Garros updates from 10am BSTYou can email Katy with your viewsAch, Paolini breaks again – that’s loose from Svitolina, and she’ll be raging at her behaviour. At 4-2, it’ll take some work to get back into the set and, as I type, another gorgeous drop underlines the point. Paolini has the greater variety of shots, but Svitolina is canny, meeting aggression with aggression. We’re now at 30-all while, in the other match, it’s 2-2 and already a slog. Lovely stuff!Yes she can! She’s worked her way into this match, stepping into court and looking to attack, no “rally balls”, to borrow Chrissie’s expression. A fantastic return, inside-out on the forehand, makes 15-40, and a long forehand means we’re back on serve at 3-2 Paolini. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago French Open: Rybakina v Swiatek, Svitolina stuns Paolini on day eight – live

Live Roland Garros updates from 10am BSTYou can email Daniel with your viewsAch, Paolini breaks again – that’s loose from Svitolina, and she’ll be raging at her behaviour. At 4-2, it’ll take some work to get back into the set and, as I type, another gorgeous drop underlines the point. Paolini has the greater variety of shots, but Svitolina is canny, meeting aggression with aggression. We’re now at 30-all while, in the other match, it’s 2-2 and already a slog. Lovely stuff!Yes she can! She’s worked her way into this match, stepping into court and looking to attack, no “rally balls”, to borrow Chrissie’s expression. A fantastic return, inside-out on the forehand, makes 15-40, and a long forehand means we’re back on serve at 3-2 Paolini. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago French Open: Paolini v Svitolina, plus Swiatek and Alcaraz in action – live

Live Roland Garros updates from 10am BSTYou can email Daniel with your viewsYes she can! She’s worked her way into this match, stepping into court and looking to attack, no “rally balls”, to borrow Chrissie’s expression. A fantastic return, inside-out on the forehand, makes 15-40, and a long forehand means we’re back on serve at 3-2 Paolini.Paul forces to Popyrin to deuce and after a bit of back and forth zooms into the net to retrieve a drop, the winner he creates earning break-back point. Popyrin then nets a backhand and at 1-1 we’re back on serve in the first, er exactly as I predicted. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open: Alcaraz in action, Rybakina sets up Swiatek clash – live

Live Roland Garros updates from 10am BSTWhy not email Tom with thoughts on the actionXheng goes through, having beaten Mboko 6-3 6-4. Amanda Anisimova, the American is involved in a ding dong with Denmark’s Clara Tauson. The first set went to Anismova 7-6, and it’s 3-3 in the second set.Sabalenka claims the first set, having swiftly pulled her game back together after losing those two games. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open day six: Paolini and Rybakina in action, Swiatek and Sabalenka advance – live

Live Roland Garros updates from 10am BSTWhy not email Luke with thoughts on the actionXheng goes through, having beaten Mboko 6-3 6-4. Amanda Anisimova, the American is involved in a ding dong with Denmark’s Clara Tauson. The first set went to Anismova 7-6, and it’s 3-3 in the second set.Sabalenka claims the first set, having swiftly pulled her game back together after losing those two games. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago French Open 2025: Raducanu v Swiatek, Sabalenka and Alcaraz in action on day four

Live coverage from Roland Garros from 10am BSTSend Katy an email with your thoughtsOns Jabeur, who lost in the first round yesterday, has called out organisers for not scheduling women’s matches in the night slot, saying: “I don’t think they have daughters.” Last year all 11 prime-time matches featured men, and that’s been the case too for the first four days of this year’s tournament – tonight 12th seed Holger Rune will face the American world No 137 Emilio Nava – so it’s hardly the contest of the day. Why couldn’t, say, Swiatek and Raducanu have played their match this evening? What’s more baffling about the French Open’s stance is that Amelie Mauresmo – who does have a daughter – is the tournament director. You’d think she’d be more keen to promote the women’s game.The players are out on another overcast day in Paris, so expect heavy conditions again. Among the early starters: the Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, the red-hot Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the Canadian teenage winning mac...

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9 d. ago Emma Raducanu vs Iga Swiatek LIVE: French Open scores and updates with Carlos Alcaraz also in action

Day four at Roland Garros is action packed with Emma Raducanu aiming to beat Iga Swiatek for the first time as women’s No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka also looks to progress

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu LIVE: French Open scores and updates with Katie Boulter in action

An action-packed day two at the French Open sees Raducanu and Katie Boulter in action, with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz also taking to court

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1 week ago French Open 2025: Raducanu digs deep, Alcaraz also through, Osaka v Badosa – live

Coverage of the first round, which starts at 10am BST‘Emotional’ Nadal honoured | And you can mail DanielRaducanu is getting nowt for nowt, forced to 30-all as she seeks her endorsement. From there, though, she does well to close out for 4-2, while Bouzas Maneiro breaks Navarra at the start of srt two for 6-0 1-0. This is an absolute tousing so far.Inside-out backhand to the corner and Wang can’t control her response. Raducanu breaks again, for 3-2, and can she hold on to it this time? Continue reading...

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1 week ago French Open 2025: Raducanu digs deep to beat Wang; Alcaraz and Ruud in action – live

Coverage of the first round, which starts at 10am BST‘Emotional’ Nadal honoured | And you can mail DanielRaducanu is getting nowt for nowt, forced to 30-all as she seeks her endorsement. From there, though, she does well to close out for 4-2, while Bouzas Maneiro breaks Navarra at the start of srt two for 6-0 1-0. This is an absolute tousing so far.Inside-out backhand to the corner and Wang can’t control her response. Raducanu breaks again, for 3-2, and can she hold on to it this time? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu LIVE: French Open scores and updates from Carlos Alcaraz v Giulio Zeppieri

An action-packed day two at the French Open sees Raducanu and Katie Boulter in action, with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz also taking to court

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1 week ago French Open 2025: Raducanu v Wang goes to deciding set, Alcaraz and Ruud in action – live

Coverage of the first round, which starts at 10am BST‘Emotional’ Nadal honoured | And you can mail DanielRaducanu is getting nowt for nowt, forced to 30-all as she seeks her endorsement. From there, though, she does well to close out for 4-2, while Bouzas Maneiro breaks Navarra at the start of srt two for 6-0 1-0. This is an absolute tousing so far.Inside-out backhand to the corner and Wang can’t control her response. Raducanu breaks again, for 3-2, and can she hold on to it this time? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu LIVE: French Open scores and updates before Carlos Alcaraz v Zeppieri

An action-packed day two at the French Open sees Raducanu and Katie Boulter in action, with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz also taking to court

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1 week ago French Open 2025: Raducanu, Alcaraz and Ruud in early action on day two – live

Coverage of the first round, which starts at 10am BST‘Emotional’ Nadal honoured | And you can mail DanielElsewhere, Rybakina leads Riera 3-0 and Korda leads Darderi 3-1. I think there’s a fair chance it’s just me who calls him Smurf, dardas being smurf in Hebrew.A backhand winner down the line raises two break points for Bouzas Maneiro both saved by Navarro. So to deuce we go and they’re absolutely zetzing it now, Bouzas Maneiro converting her second advantage for 1-0. Already, this looks like a belting tussle while, on Court 8, Wang is serving having come back from 0-30 down to deuce. As I type, though, Raducanu punishes a return then a swing-volley for advantage, Wang then swipes wide, and that’s a break too. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu LIVE: French Open scores and updates before Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner return

An action-packed day two at the French Open sees Raducanu and Katie Boulter in action, with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz also taking to court

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1 week ago French Open 2025: Sabalenka, Paolini and Paul open up on day one – live

Coverage of the first round which starts at 10am BSTAlcaraz wary of ‘dangerous’ Sinner | Email DanielLooking around the courts, Svitolina leads Sonmez 3-0; Nakashima leads Navone 2-0; Paul and Moller are 1-1; Jvitova leads Golubic 2-1 on serve; and Lys leads Stearns 1-0 on serve.And though she’s capable of it, the others will sense opportunity. Coco Gauff, seeded two, has to play really well to win, whereas Sabalenka can do so when not quite at it. Continue reading...

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