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The French Open returns to its traditional spring setting as Rafael Nadal bids for a 14th title and Iga Swiatek defends her maiden Grand Slam.

The red clay of Paris is about to test the world's best tennis players, including Australia's 2019 champion Ash Barty. Here's our guide to the next fortnight at the second major of the year.

The men’s and women’s singles draws for the 2021 French Open are now known, and as you can always expect at this time of year, there will be some cracking matches to watch over the next fortnight. I start on the men’s side of things, where the sport’s three most celebrated players – Roger Federer, […]

The French Open starts this weekend and Lisa Dillman and Eric Drobny discuss the draw and some best bets for the first round.

Forgive Novak Djokovic if he’s just a little bit tired of hearing about, and being asked to address, how much longer he, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer can stay at the top of tennis. Or, put another way, whether a younger generation of men finally is...

2021 French Open preview A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The year’s second Grand Slam tournament gets underway this weekend, with history and greatness at the mercy of Rafael Nadal as he seeks a record-breaking 21st major men’s singles title as well as further immortality at Roland Garros. Ever since his debut on the Parisian clay courts, the Spaniard has dominated proceedings, claiming a jaw-dropping...

Daily Times Polish teenager Iga Swiatek celebrates with her winner’s trophy on Sunday. ROME: Polish teenager Iga Swiatek crushed Czech ninth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 to win the Italian Open on Sunday before the men’s 57th career showdown between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. The 19-year-old reigning French Open champion took just 45 minutes to dispatch the 2019 Rome winner two weeks before she opens her title defence in Roland Garros. Swiatek, ranked 15, claimed her third WTA titl...

Swiatek’s third title overall following triumphs at Roland Garros and Adelaide came on the back of one of the most dominant performances of the 19-year-old’s career as she dropped only 13 points against the Czech, who was the 2019 Rome champion. “I’m really happy to win this tournament in Rome, it’s been a tough week from the beginning,” said Swiatek, who won her quarterfinal and semifinal matches in straight sets on Saturday after they were postponed due to rain. “I’m really ha...

Pliskova into third straight Rome final Issued on: Czech Karolina Pliskova into her third straight Rome final. Filippo MONTEFORTE AFP 2 min Rome (AFP) Czech ninth seed Karolína Pliskova booked her berth in a third consecutive Italian Open final on Saturday with a three sets win over Croatias Petra Martic. Former world number one Pliskova won through 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 in the semi-final as she bids to reclaim the title she won in 2019 but lost last year a...

Spains Rafael Nadal is a nine-time Italian Open winner. ROME: Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Open along with another former winner Alexander Zverev on Thursday as spectators returned to the stands for the first time in Italy. Defending champion Djokovic needed just 70 minutes to sweep past Spains Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-1, with the Foro Italico venue filled to 25 percent of capacity for the first time amid ...