1 hour ago Gauff beats world number one Sabalenka to win French Open women’s title

Coco Gauff battled from a set down to stun top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 in the French Open final on Saturday, her maiden Roland Garros title and second Grand Slam crown. The 21-year-old Gauff became the first American woman to capture the singles title since Serena Williams in 2015 and the youngest from […]

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7 h. ago Sinner faces defending champ Alcaraz in hotly anticipated French Open final

The French Open men’s singles tournament will culminate with a blockbuster clash in Paris on Sunday. World number one Jannik Sinner faces defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the most eagerly anticipated men’s singles final since the start of the Rafa Nadal era 20 years ago at Roland Garros where the results were largely a foregone […]

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21 h. ago Ruthless Sinner downs Djokovic to reach maiden French Open final

World number one Jannik Sinner defeated record-chasing Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 7-6(3) in a clash of generations on Friday to set up a blockbuster French Open final showdown with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. Playing a younger, modern version of himself, the 38-year-old Djokovic looked every bit his age for a while on Court Philippe Chatrier […]

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26 h. ago Alcaraz returns to French Open final after ailing Musetti retires

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached back-to-back French Open finals after Italian eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti retired with injury while trailing 4-6 7-6(3) 6-0 2-0 on Friday. Alcaraz, who is attempting to become only the third man to retain his Roland Garros title this century after Rafa Nadal and Gustavo Kuerten, will face either world number […]

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27 h. ago Sabalenka eyes claycourt supremacy with Gauff hoping to be second time lucky

The French Open women’s singles final takes centre stage at Roland Garros on Saturday. World number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus takes on last year’s semi-finalist, American Coco Gauff, as she looks to land her first French Open crown to add to her three Grand Slam titles. Long considered a hardcourt specialist, the 27-year-old top […]

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35 h. ago Alcaraz, Sinner face big tests to set up dream French Open final

The French Open men’s singles semi-finals take centre stage at Roland Garros on Friday. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz meets Italian eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti in a rematch of their Monte Carlo final and Rome semi-final, both of which the Spaniard won to arrive in Paris with the perfect preparation. World number one Jannik Sinner plays […]

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47 h. ago Sabalenka downs holder Swiatek to set up French Open final with Gauff

World number one Aryna Sabalenka battled past four-times champion Iga Swiatek to reach her first French Open final with a 7-6(1) 4-6 6-0 win on Thursday that ended the Pole’s reign in Paris and snapped her 26-game winning streak at the tournament. The Belarusian will face 2022 finalist Coco Gauff in Saturday’s showcase match after […]

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3 d. ago Blunder fest as Gauff downs Keys to reach last four in Paris

Coco Gauff huffed and puffed into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 victory against fellow American Madison Keys in a match both players will be quick to forget as they broke the 100-unforced errors barrier on Wednesday. More than half of Gauff’s points came from Australian Open champion Keys’ soft mistakes and […]

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5 d. ago Gauff speeds into French Open last eight, Pegula crashes out

Second seed Coco Gauff brushed aside Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 7-5 on Monday to move into the French Open quarter-finals and stay on course for her first title in Paris. Gauff, who got to the final in 2022 and semi-finals last year, is the youngest American player to reach at least the fourth round at […]

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5 d. ago Swiatek digs herself out of deep hole, Alcaraz powers on in Paris

Four-times champion Iga Swiatek clawed her way back from the brink to reach the French Open quarter-finals by defeating her claycourt nemesis Elena Rybakina while men’s title holder Carlos Alcaraz also went through after a tough workout on Sunday. Fifth seed Swiatek looked out of sorts as she trailed 6-1 2-0 on Court Philippe Chatrier, […]

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6 d. ago Two dead and 500 arrested in France during PSG win celebrations

More than 500 people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said as further festivities were planned on Sunday. Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents […]

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6 d. ago Ruthless Sinner humbles Lehecka as Americans dig deep at French Open

World number one Jannik Sinner flattened Jiri Lehecka into the French Open clay to make the fourth round and Novak Djokovic also made a statement of intent but a trio of American women led by Coco Gauff had to dig deep to progress on Saturday. As grey skies enveloped Roland Garros in the morning, Sinner […]

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7 d. ago Djokovic faces Misolic with Parisian eyes on Champions League final (order of play)

The French Open third round continues on Saturday with Novak Djokovic headlining the night session, while world number one Jannik Sinner and top seeds including Alexander Zverev, Jack Draper, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys are also in action. TOP MEN’S MATCH: FILIP MISOLIC V NOVAK DJOKOVIC Djokovic may have hoped to spend his Saturday night […]

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8 d. ago Roland Garros bracing for bizarre Saturday as Champions League final looms

Roland Garros is bracing for a surreal Saturday evening when the biggest noise around the French Open might come not from the courts, but from the nearby Parc des Princes, where tens of thousands of Paris St Germain fans will gather to watch their team contest the Champions League final against Inter Milan. Some 40,000 […]

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8 d. ago Starmer warns Farage’s ‘fantasy’ fiscal plans would crash the economy

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Thursday that Nigel Farage would crash the economy if his Reform UK party ever won power, describing the tax and spending plans of his closest political rival as a “fantasy”. Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party has seen its support tumble after imposing tax hikes and spending cuts since sweeping […]

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9 d. ago Army searches for missing man after glacier debris buries Swiss village

The army was deployed and rescue specialists were airlifted in to search for a man still missing on Thursday after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down a mountain in Switzerland, burying much of a picturesque Swiss Alpine village. Blatten had already been evacuated more than a week earlier when part of the mountain behind […]

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1 week ago Greece drafts tougher law for rejected asylum seekers, PM says 

Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The Mediterranean nation was on the frontline of a 2015-2016 migration crisis when more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and […]

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1 week ago Larnaca EOA spent €700,000 for investment into sustainable energy

The Larnaca district self-governance organisation (EOAL) had made renewable energy investments amounting to over €700,000 to date and is moving at full speed towards its goal of sustainability and energy self-sufficiency, it announced on Wednesday. The largest amount had been financed through the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, the organisation added. According to the […]

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1 week ago Raducanu braced for tough test against Swiatek (order of play)

The second round of the French Open begins on Wednesday with holder Iga Swiatek seeking to maintain her 100% record against Emma Raducanu in a meeting of former U.S. Open champions, while Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are also in action. TOP WOMEN’S MATCH: RADUCANU V SWIATEK Swiatek, a four-times winner at Roland Garros, has […]

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1 week ago Gauff finds groove after forgetting rackets, Medvedev pays price for meltdown

Coco Gauff forgot to take her rackets to the court but reminded her rivals of her French Open title ambitions with a commanding first-round win, while Daniil Medvedev was unable to string out his journey beyond the first round on a wet and windy Tuesday. Three-times champion Novak Djokovic overcame the difficult conditions to begin […]

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