Tennis

6/4/2025 |  Top-ranked Sabalenka plays in front of empty seats at French Open, calls for fairer scheduling (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka is the top-ranked player in women’s tennis. Yet even that status didn’t spare her from competing in front of empty seats at Roland-Garros, something she says isn’t fair.
The three-time Grand Slam champion faced China’s Zheng Qinwen in the first quarterfinal match on Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m. on Court Philippe-Chatrier. When play began, large sections of the 15,000-seat stadium were still unoccupied — a common sight in the early hours at the French Open, when many ticket holders opt for lunch or arrive later in the day.

6/4/2025 |  French Open organizers scrap 25th anniversary ceremony for Mary Pierce as she can’t attend (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — A ceremony to honor Mary Pierce, the last Frenchwoman to win the title at Roland-Garros 25 years ago, has been scrapped because she can’t attend, French Open organizers said on Wednesday.
The ceremony was scheduled to take place on Thursday between the women’s semifinals at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. But Pierce is unable to be there this week “due to personal reasons,” organizers said.

6/3/2025 |  French Open: Novak Djokovic is certainly no dark horse to quarterfinal foe Alexander Zverev (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — For all of Novak Djokovic’s titles (100 in all) and Grand Slam trophies (24) and weeks at No. 1 (428, more than anyone else in tennis history), for all of his talent and determination, the guy still can find himself worrying about what is going on with his game.

6/3/2025 |  2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios will miss the tournament this year (Associated Press (AP)) LONDON (AP) — Nick Kyrgios, the Wimbledon runner-up in 2022, will miss the Grand Slam tournament and the rest of the grass-court season, he said on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Australian has dealt with injuries in recent seasons, including wrist and knee operations.
He’s played only five singles matches in 2025, going 1-4.
His most recent tournament was the Miami Open in March, when he won a match for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years.

6/2/2025 |  French Open: Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe become first American men to reach quarters since Andre Agassi in 2003 (CBS Sports) It was a historic day for the American men at Roland-Garros on Sunday. Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe became the first American men to reach the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003.