french open 2013

The ATP World Tour Finals is the one big tournament that Rafael Nadal has yet to win, but following his record eighth French Open title…

The size of the Goliath that Roland Garros’s David—Ferrer, that is—had to take on in his first ever Grand Slam was, in a word, huge.…

If Maria Sharapova was to defend her French Open title, she would have to find something very special indeed. In arch-rival—indeed her nemesis—Serena Williams, she…

David Ferrer admits he will need to produce his best tennis to have any chance of beating seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open…

It was a tough act to follow for the second pair of semi-finalists at Roland Garros, but on a cooling, shadow-filled evening on Philipp Chatrier,…

For the organisers of the French Open, men’s semi-final day must have been something of a headache when it came to scheduling. At the start…

After a semi-final that brought together two such closely-matched women—Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka were separated by one place in the rankings, a couple of…

There were, in the end, few surprises about the last four standing in the women’s French Open semi-finals. Each match contained a former Roland Garros…

On one side of the net stood a Grand Slam champion who knew how it felt to be No1 in the world. He was, in…

When it comes to Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grand Slam quarter-finals, there is just a bit of back-story. So as the bottom half of…

Novak Djokovic arrived in Dubai this year fresh from winning a record third consecutive Australian Open title. He was, naturally, upbeat and optimistic about his…

The draw of this year’s French Open featured many women who had won the Suzanne Lenglen cup before—and more who had come within touching distance…

The contenders for the quarter-finals of the 2013 French Open began to take on the look of a bygone age as the draw unfolded towards…

Despite rain, cold wind, and the absence of two of the biggest names in the men’s game, Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro, the…

Victoria Azarenka admitted she “left her serve at home” after the third seed struggled to a 4-6 6-3 6-1 victory over home favourite Alize Cornet…

Roland Garros may have been burdened by troublesome weather as the French Open tried to complete its bulging first two rounds, but in one element…

Caroline Wozniacki says she is looking ahead to Eastbourne after a second-round loss to Bojana Jovanovski at the French Open on Wednesday. The 22-year-old 10th…

Dawn broke on another damp morning in Paris, but the final day of second-round action got under way on time, albeit under gloomy, cool skies.…

Heather Watson admitted she was “really gutted” after losing to Stefanie Voegele in three sets in the first round at the French Open. The British…

Sixty years to the day after the biggest obstacle in the world, Mount Everest, was conquered, the only remaining British woman in the French Open…

Roger Federer has rarely been a man for one-word answers, rarely been short of an opinion, and rarely been caught off guard by a question—and…