Tennis champion Naomi Osaka, ahead of the French Open, has withdrawn from the Italian Open in Rome due to an Achilles injury. The four-time major champion said in a statement that the injury she picked up last week in Madrid “hasn’t healed yet”. The Japanese player added that “It’s an Achilles injury so I need […]Read More
Rafael Nadal reached a record-extending 14th French Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Diego Schwartzman, setting up a potential last-four showdown with world number one Novak Djokovic. Nadal, bidding for a 14th Roland Garros title and record 21st major triumph, dropped his first set at the tournament since 2019 […]Read More
Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open following threat to expel her from tournament over media boycott Osaka pulls out of Roland Garros following Grand Slam organisers’ threat that she would face disqualification if she continued to refuse to speak to media; “I have suffered long bouts of depression since 2018,” says Osaka in statement; French […]Read More
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki collapsed to a 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to Russian world number 68 Veronika Kudermetova in the French Open first round on Monday. The Danish 13th seed had retired injured from her two previous matches in the lead-up to Roland Garros, but looked to have found form in a one-sided […]Read More
Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka eased into the second round at Roland Garros on Monday with a four-set win over Slovakian Jozef Kovalik. The 34-year-old lost the second set in a tie-break but was otherwise dominant in a 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-3 victory on Court Simonne Mathieu. The 2015 French Open winner Wawrinka, […]Read More
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