Author: Australian Associated Press

• Kyrgios has not played at All England Club since losing 2022 final

• Ongoing knee problem rules him out of this year’s grand slam in London

Nick Kyrgios’s Wimbledon absence will stretch into a third year after the Australian tennis maverick suffered a fresh injury setback.

Kyrgios has not played at Wimbledon since losing the 2022 final to Novak Djokovic, after a combination of knee, foot and wrist injuries.

• World No 6 eases to 6-3, 7-5 win in 94 minutes at Roland Garros

• Former Russian’s first grand slam as Australian ends in fourth-round loss

Daria Kasatkina’s first grand slam as an Australian is over, ended at the French Open by her teenage phenomenon friend Mirra Andreeva.

Two months since being granted permanent residency, Kasatkina’s hopes of becoming the first Australian woman to reach the quarter-finals since Ash Barty’s triumphant year of 2019 finally unravelled 6-3 7-5 at the hands of the exceptional Russian-born 18-year-old.

• American eases to 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win in under two hours

• Popyrin plagued by unforced errors in dispiriting loss

Alexei Popyrin could find no way through the American iron man Tommy Paul as the Australian men’s challenge at the French Open petered out tamely.

Popyrin, the Australian men’s No 2, never looked like grasping the opportunity to earn his first grand slam quarter-final date. He succumbed 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on a sun-soaked Court Suzanne Lenglen in a bloodless fourth-round clash on Sunday.

• Sydneysider wins tough contest 6-4 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-5)

• No 25 seed is the last Australian man left at Roland Garros

Alexei Popyrin has ensured there was no hangover from Alex de Minaur’s early exit as he got hot on a baking Paris day to reach the last-16 of the French Open with a touch of swagger and a sprinkling of good old-fashioned Aussie grit.

The country’s No 2 player isn’t now just the last man standing in the draw but the last man positively thriving as he downed quality Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-4 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-5) in the Court 14 furnace at Roland Garros to reach the last-16 on Friday.

Alexei Popyrin is through to the last 16 for the first time in Paris!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/JgfPLfu2aO

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• The Australian gave up a two-set lead in Paris sunshine

• Maverick Kazakh fought back for 2-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 win

The sun came out in Paris and the gloom descended for Alex de Minaur as his French Open bid was poleaxed by a superlative comeback from the mad, marvellous maverick Alexander Bublik.

So used to playing in damp and dreary conditions at Roland Garros, Australia’s great hope looked energised by the lovely Roland Garros weather on Thursday as he swept into a two-set lead, looking just too fast, too focused and too professional for his eccentric Kazakh opponent.

• Australian beats Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 7-5 6-3 6-4

• Ajla Tomljanovic goes down to No 4 seed Jasmine Paolini

Alexei Popyrin has broken more fresh ground in his soaring career as he brightened up a gloomy day in Paris by reaching the third round of the French Open for the first time.

But while the 25th seed was battling his way past Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, 7-5 6-3 6-4 on a drizzle-splattered outside court, Ajla Tomljanovic’s big date under the roof of Court Phillippe Chatrier turned into a bit of a damp squib as she succumbed 6-3 6-3 to 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini.

• Kyrgios feeling ‘pretty down’ after pulling out of French Open

• ‘You’ve just got to feel for him,’ says fellow Australian Jordan Thompson

Nick Kyrgios has been left crestfallen after a fresh knee injury forced him to abandon his planned return to action at the French Open, leaving more question marks over the luckless former Wimbledon finalist’s future in the sport.

Jordan Thompson, who had been set to play alongside his Australian compatriot in his first French Open for eight years, revealed the extent of his friend’s misery with Kyrgios telling him he did not know how much more he could take after his latest setback.

• Joint outplays Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 6-2 in Rabat final

• New world No 53 to play compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic in Paris

Australian tennis has been given a major boost on the eve of the French Open after Maya Joint was crowned a WTA tour title winner in Morocco at the age of just 19.

Joint collapsed to the clay in joy in Rabat on Saturdayafter outplaying Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 6-2 in the Morocco Open final.

• 19-year-old into decider after Ajla Tomljanovic withdraws from semi

• Australian pair to meet again in first round at Roland Garros

Teenager Maya Joint’s remarkable rise has scaled a new peak with the brilliant young Australian prospect reaching her first WTA final in Morocco, just days before making her French Open debut.

In what was seen as a clay-court dress rehearsal after the Australian pair had also been drawn to meet each other in the first round at Roland Garros, 19-year-old Joint came out on top in her last-four encounter with Ajla Tomljanovic at the Morocco Open in Rabat on Friday.

• Former world No 17 wins through to second round of qualifying
• But five other Australians lost on day one at Roland Garros

Australia’s 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray.

Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places.