Tennis

2:27 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Limited experience? Veteran opponents? The unlikeliest of odds? None of these were a problem for a group of teenagers who didn’t flinch with French Open quarterfinal bids on the line. On Monday, Holger Rune pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournaments thus far with a 7-5, 3-6,

11:24 AM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Here we go. Again. The 59th installment of the Novak Djokovic–Rafael Nadal rivalry takes place at the French Open under the lights Tuesday night — a quarterfinal match so hotly anticipated that organizers have ensured it will be played free to air, removing the usual paywall. No two

4:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com With French Open quarterfinal bids on the line, none of the teenagers flinched. On Sunday, Coco Gauff, Leylah Fernandez and Carlos Alcaraz each won their matches to get one step closer to their first Grand Slam title. For Fernandez and Alcaraz, both 19, it’s the first time either has made

5:52 PM ET PARIS — Rafael Nadal is used to overcoming adversity. His entire year has been anchored around it — whether it’s his chronic foot injury, a rib fracture or his own Uncle Toni attempting to mastermind his downfall. But Nadal has remained in control of his 2022 script, despite his five-set win over

10:21 AM ET ESPN News Service American teenager Coco Gauff hit one backhand around the net post in the first set along the way to earning a berth in the French Open quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. The 18-year-old American took over from 4-all in the opening set en route to beating No. 31

8:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match and advanced into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the fourth time in four appearances with a sometimes shaky 6-3, 7-5 victory over Danka Kovinic on Saturday. Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, has collected 48 of the past 49

9:43 AM ET ESPN News Services Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev cruised past Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia with a comfortable 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory in less than two hours Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the French Open. The US Open champion, who reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year after four consecutive first-round

3:55 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jessica Pegula roared towards the crowd after her victory at the French Open on Saturday. The 28-year-old just defeated Tamara Zidansek, a 2021 semifinalist at the tournament, 6-1, 7-6 (2) and advanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in her career. “[I’m] definitely very happy

7:22 PM ET PARIS — It took Sloane Stephens three games to silence the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd. Her opponent at the French Open, Diane Parry, went to school just across the road from Roland Garros — she grew up hearing over the walls of the playground the incredible support French players receive from the partisan

6:46 PM ET Novak Djokovic insists he holds no grudges against Australia and is still keen to return for a crack at more tennis history there next year. The world No. 1, who was deported from the country following a global drama over his vaccination status before this year’s Australian Open, also talked of his

May 25, 2022 PARIS — Rafael Nadal will momentarily take his attention off his bid for a 14th French Open title on Saturday evening when he travels to the Stade de France to watch his beloved Real Madrid face Liverpool in the Champions League final as they seek to secure their 14th European Cup triumph.

5:10 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Most tennis fans didn’t know Leolia Jeanjean‘s name prior to the French Open. Even many of her peers didn’t know much about her going into the event. After all, the world No. 227 had never played in the main draw of any tour-level event, let alone a major, and had

11:50 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Make that 30 in a row for Iga Swiatek. The top-ranked Swiatek routed Alison Riske 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the third round of the French Open and extend the longest winning streak in women’s tennis since Serena Williams won 34 in a row in 2013. The

2:30 PM ET Irina-Camelia Begu has apologized after she was hit with a code violation following an incident where her racket bounced into the stands during her second-round win over Ekaterina Alexandrova. Alexandrova ended up losing the match and has since called for a change in tennis’ rules to prevent this from happening again. The

5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Rafael Nadal reached 300 career Grand Slam match victories by defeating Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round at Roland Garros. The only real blip for 13-time French Open champion Nadal on Wednesday night in Court Philippe Chatrier came near the end, when he was

6:22 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It had been four-and-a-half hours of battling and sliding on the court. But in the end, Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish teenager with sky-high expectations, outstretched his arms, first placing them atop his head, and then pointing them towards the crowd. For several seconds, he stood on the court, embracing every

1:19 PM ET The players at the French Open are having to manage the unexpected at Roland Garros. The weather flips in an instant — from blinding sunshine to rain. Air horns from the crowd sound at random moments. And Stan Wawrinka was taken aback by the temperature of his water. Then there are the

7:26 AM ET ESPN News Services Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has reached the third round at the French Open, while US Open champion Emma Raducanu is out in the second round. Azarenka, seeded 15th, had only 13 unforced errors to Andrea Petkovic‘s 42 in a 6-1, 7-6 (3) win. Nineteen-year-old Raducanu