french open 2016

And so what seemed such a long, lazy and warm stretch on the surface so redolent of summer—the red clay from Morocco to Italy, Monte-Carlo…

If you had asked Andy Murray a couple of years ago if he thought he would ever win the French Open title, he would freely…

The title bout at this year’s French Open between Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza really had the feel of a final for the ages, played…

It was, in the end, perhaps no surprise that the two best players in the world, No1 Novak Djokovic and No2 Andy Murray, who have…

There was certainly one familiar element in the women’s semi-final line-up at this year’s French Open. World No1 Serena Williams, playing in her 15th Roland…

The schedule on a very cool second Wednesday at Roland Garros felt just a little out of kilter. Were there really four fourth-round matches rubbing…

It may have been a gloomy and damp day—week even—in Paris, but Tuesday evening at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines was lit up by one of…

The No4 seed Garbine Muguruza and unseeded Shelby Rogers must have been counting their blessings that they were scheduled early on the middle Sunday of…

It will probably be little consolation to world No1 Novak Djokovic that Roland Garros has been coping with its own slice of history in this…

Some kind of order seemed to descend at last on the men’s draw at this year’s French Open when the last-16 line-up was finally set…

They are two superstars of women’s tennis. Serena and Venus Williams. The sisters, who continue to headline the women’s tour after almost two decades, are…

It was certainly an opportunity to relish for the British No2, Aljaz Bedene. He would take on the very best that tennis has to offer,…

Such has been the dominance of ‘the big four’—now arguably expanded to ‘the big five’—at the top of the game that many have cast around…

Rafael Nadal, the most successful man in the history of the French Open, has been forced to withdraw from what he called “the most important…

Considering that world No2 Andy Murray has reached the semi-finals of the French Open three times in his last four visits, and at least the…

The records have just kept tumbling since the tennis world shifted to Paris. Some, like Roger Federer’s run of consecutive Grand Slam appearances was, of…

The second-ranked British man, Aljaz Bedene, had already achieved something at Roland Garros that he had not managed before: He won a main-draw match to…

Such is the dominance of Serena Williams on the women’s tour and in Grand Slam history that her campaign to match the Open era record…

No matter the pedigree, the ranking, the titles and the reputation, the opening stages of a Grand Slam tournament are never a foregone conclusion. It…

This time last year, Serena Williams began what would become one of her most gruelling French Open campaigns after a brilliant but draining season that…

The defending French Open champion Stan Wawrinka came close to setting the first French Open record of the year on the first full day of…