Category: Tennis

• French wildcard stuns third seed in three sets

• Gauff and Andreeva also through to quarter-finals

The French wildcard Lois Boisson defeated the third seed Jessica Pegula to reach the French Open quarter-finals and send shock waves around Roland Garros. The 22-year-old, ranked No 361 in the world, stunned the American 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to the delight of the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd.

Boisson’s only real claim to fame before the tournament this year was when Britain’s Harriet Dart complained to an umpire about her, saying “tell her to wear deodorant”.

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• 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.

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• Spaniard gives up point after admitting to infraction

• American men make quarter-finals for first time since 2003

Carlos Alcaraz called himself out for breaking the rules at the French Open and conceded a point during his fourth-round victory over Ben Shelton on Sunday.

Early in the second set, Shelton whipped a passing shot well out of Alcaraz’s reach. The Spaniard flung his racket and, as it flipped through the air, the strings somehow not only made contact with the ball but sent it back over the net.

Initially, the defending champion was awarded the point. But he told the chair umpire that he had broken the rules because he wasn’t holding his racket when it touched the ball. The point went to Shelton, and the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd gave Alcaraz a round of applause.

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Ach, Paolini breaks again – that’s loose from Svitolina, and she’ll be raging at her behaviour. At 4-2, it’ll take some work to get back into the set and, as I type, another gorgeous drop underlines the point. Paolini has the greater variety of shots, but Svitolina is canny, meeting aggression with aggression. We’re now at 30-all while, in the other match, it’s 2-2 and already a slog. Lovely stuff!

Yes she can! She’s worked her way into this match, stepping into court and looking to attack, no “rally balls”, to borrow Chrissie’s expression. A fantastic return, inside-out on the forehand, makes 15-40, and a long forehand means we’re back on serve at 3-2 Paolini.

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• 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.

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The middle Saturday saw the world No 1 in awesome form, as was the British No 1 in beating the teenage Brazilian

Make that 3-0. Sinner wants to get this one done, and perhaps get himself settled before the Champions League final later. He lands three break points for 4-0. And takes the second one.

Sinner, rangy and usually implacable, is already 2-0 up on Lehecka, who has never previously taken a set off him. This is awesome stuff, and already.

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• 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

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2025

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Sabalenka in awesome form, 4-0 up, and Danilovic is in imminent danger of being bagelled.

Zheng hasn’t found it as easy in the second set, she serving to go 5-3 up but the Canadian is dragging her heels. Navone eventually took that first set off Musetti and he celebrated by grabbing a break in the opening game of the second set.

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• Gauff: Women deserve French Open night session slots

• No women’s matches yet in Roland Garros prime time

• 22 Americans through to second round, most since 1994

Coco Gauff insists that women’s matches deserve to be given the night sessions at the French Open.

The world No 2 said she agreed with fellow WTA star Ons Jabeur, who reopened the debate earlier this week.

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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.

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• Kyrgios’s latest injury casts doubt on tennis future

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I can’t lie, I’d like further detail on the Roland-Garros tattoo parlour. How busy is it? Who’s been? What kind of thing are people getting? Any spider webs on faces or tears beneath eyes?

Krueger is playing nicely. Andreeva forces her through deuce in order to endorse, but she get there in the end; they’re both smacking it, but it’s the American whose radar is working better so far and she leads 2-0.

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• 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.

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• ‘I don’t think they have daughters’ says Tunisian

• Night session matches have almost always involved men

Ons Jabeur has criticised Roland Garros for snubbing women’s tennis, saying: “I don’t think they have daughters.”

The French Open introduced night-session matches in 2021 but they have almost always been men’s singles matches. Last year all 11 prime-time TV slot matches featured men and the three so far this year have followed suit, while Wednesday night’s is the Danish 12th seed Holger Rune against the American world No 137 Emilio Nava.

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• American realises error after reaching court

• No 2 seed dismisses Olivia Gadecki in straight sets

Coco Gauff brought her usual weapons to her first round victory at the French Open on Monday – her withering groundstrokes, blazing speed and booming serve. The only thing that was missing was perhaps the most important though: her rackets.

The No 2 seed grinned sheepishly when she realised her error just after she stepped on to Court Philippe-Chatrier for her match against Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. “They were supposed to be in my bag,” she told the chair umpire after opening her bag and discovering she had left the rackets in the locker room.

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