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Seed carnage meets the numbers crunch The official draw has already recorded Jannik Sinner’s early exit. Roland-Garros has seen several seeded players fall by the wayside. Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn on medical grounds before a ball was hit. Italian star Lorenzo Musetti is out too. Frenchman Arthur Fils has also pulled out physically from the…

Shockwaves in Paris The unthinkable happened on the clay in the French capital. Sinner had been cruising, two sets up and then 5-1 ahead in the third, before Jannik Sinner somehow fell apart in the second round of Roland-Garros. The world No. 1 went down in five sets to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo. It was…

Paris stunned by a headline act The young French player keeps bringing the Paris crowd to its feet. After a brutal finish on Thursday, Moise Kouame booked his place in the third round of Roland-Garros by getting past Paraguay’s Daniel Vallejo. The Frenchman won in five sets in a match packed with quality (6-3, 7-5,…

A marathon in the heat Novak Djokovic had to dig deep to book his place in the third round at Roland Garros. Up against stubborn Frenchman Valentin Royer, the third seed came through in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-7[7], 6-3) after a gruelling 3h44 battle on Court Philippe Chatrier. The Serb paid the price for…

Paris heatwave: the surprising fix Roland-Garros is having to cope with sweltering temperatures this week. Since the start of the tournament, the mercury has been soaring in the French capital, putting both the players and the famous red clay under real strain. To stop the courts from drying out and turning hazardous, the Paris organisers…

Match report and result confirmed The tennis player Iga Swiatek moves into the third round. The scoreboard shows a final score of 6-2 and 6-3. The Polish star sits third in the world rankings. Swiatek has already won four titles on the Paris clay. Her Czech opponent, Sara Bejlek, is ranked 35th in the world.…

The mental load and the punishing schedule Casper Ruud is in this year’s Roland-Garros draw. The Norwegian recently reached the Rome final. He says last season left him mentally drained. His team, led by his father Christian, had already identified a serious case of burnout. The pro tour never lets up. Tournament after tournament leaves…

One match, some jewels and a storm In the middle of a hazy Paris afternoon and on the red clay of Roland Garros, a side story pushed past the baseline. The cameras were not just locked on Aryna Sabalenka’s heavy hitting but on what she was wearing around her neck. Two necklaces, a pair of…

Roland-Garros 2026 : Daniil Medvedev stunned early by Adam Walton! The crowd at Porte d’Auteuil saw another shock on Tuesday, 26 May. True to his odd, miserable relationship with the Paris clay, Daniil Medvedev was sent packing in the first round of the 2026 edition. Up against Australian Adam Walton, the No. 6 seed went…