french open

The air on Philippe Chatrier vibrated with anticipation. It had been a full house for Rafael Nadal’s defeat of Andy Murray in the French Open’s…

The French Open women’s semi-finals may not have featured the top four seeds but they still contained a bucket-load of quality, class and reputation as…

Seventh seed Maria Sharapova stormed into the semi-finals the French Open with a 6-0 6-3 thrashing of Germany’s Andrea PetkoviÄ”¡. The Russian secured her first…

Rafael Nadal’s record on clay -31 titles -has few parallels, and his achievements in Paris in particular are the stuff of legend. Since he turned…

It was exactly a year ago that a line was drawn under one of Roger Federer’s most outstanding records, and it remains, by common consent,…

It was the day that the seeds started to meet each other in the heavyweight encounters of the French Open. And the headliner on first…

It was the opening day of the third round in Paris and the first time that the seeds got to face one another in their…

It was always going to be a tough ask for everyone’s favourite tennis mum, Kim Clijsters. She came into Paris with a 15-match winning streak…

World No1 Caroline Wozniacki eased into the third round of the French Open with a straight sets victory over Aleksandra Wozniak. The top seed overcame…

Rafael Nadal’s first round match against John Isner always looked like an interesting opening challenge. Few, though, foresaw just how interesting. “I thought I was…

Elena Baltacha, the British No1, has followed her young compatriot Heather Watson into the second round of the French Open. Baltacha beat US teenager Sloane…

It seemed, as the 2011 French Open got under way, that it may be the tennis balls that stole the headlines when the sun went…

The French Open main draw boasted three women bidding to be the first British woman to reach the second round in Paris in 17 years.…

Caroline Wozniacki displaced Serena Williams as the top ranked player last October, aged just 20. Yet while she goes into the French Open this week…

Juan Marti­n del Potro has revealed that he is fit to play at the French Open after recovering from the hip injury he suffered in…

Unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez upset Rafael Nadal to reach the final of the Thailand Open

enus Williams progressed into the last four at the US Open after overcoming French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7-5) 6-4

Defending US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro is expected to return from injury at Flushing Meadows, according to the United States Tennis Association

When Tomas Berdych walked onto Centre Court on the last day of Wimbledon 2010, it marked the first Grand Slam final appearance in this 24-year-old’s most successful year

There are few fans of tennis who, this time last year, would have predicted the match that Wimbledon will serve up on the opening day of week two

Where to begin with a rivalry that has captured the imagination with every step through its 20 meetings on the tennis stage?