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After beating Yannick Hanfmann for the loss off six games in round one, Nadal conceded seven against Yannick Maden in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win on Court Suzanne Lenglen, crunching 43 winners in the process. Federer, wearing pale brown shorts, turned the screw just enough, breaking serve at a crucial juncture of each set for a clinical, yet still eye-catching 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory. (Photo:AP)

French Open: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer makes smooth progress

Defending champion Rafael Nadal continued to chomp his way through as Roger Federer also maintained his smooth progress...

30 May 2019 4:40 AM

Naomi Osakas quest for a third consecutive Grand Slam title almost came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as a number of top players struggled to book their spots in the second round of the French Open. (Photo: AFP)

French Open: Naomi Osaka earns a hard fought 0-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 victory...

Defending champion Simona Halep, Osaka's potential semi-final opponent, lost her way in the second set against...

29 May 2019 3:53 AM

Serena Williamss haul started at the US Open 20 years ago but she has not won a major since she beat her older sister Venus in the Australian Open final in 2017. (Photo: AFP)

French Open: Serena Williams turns her slow start to beat Diatchenko...

Serena Williams, chasing a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, overcame a wobbly start to reach the second...

28 May 2019 4:09 AM

Nadal will next meet another qualifier, German Yannick Maden. (Photo: AFP)

French Open: Nadal shows who's the boss, grabs an easy 6-2, 6-1, 6-3...

11-times champ, Nadal wasted little time in despatching Hanfmann after he said in the run up to the match that he could...

28 May 2019 3:48 AM

The 20-time Grand Slam champion, back on the Paris clay 10 years after his only title here, swept aside Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. (Photo: AP/PTI)

French Open: Federer returns with bang, sweeps rival aside with a 6-2,...

Top favourites Rafa Nadal, the 11-time champion, and world number one Novak Djokovic will be in first-round action on...

27 May 2019 4:02 AM

Later Sunday, Federer returns to the new look Roland Garros, admitting hell be an underdog in his attempt to claim a 21st Grand Slam title. (Photo: AFP)

French Open: Angelique Kerber crashes out while Roger Federer returns...

Fifth-seeded Wimbledon champion Kerber slumped to a 6-4, 6-2 defeat to 18-year-old Potapova who was making her French...

27 May 2019 3:04 AM

Switzerlands Roger Federer returns to USAs Frances Tiafoe in their Swiss Indoors tournament first round at the St Jakobshalle in Basel on Tuesday. Federer won 6-1, 6-3. (Photo: AP)

Anticipation grows ahead of Roger Federer's return to Paris

Federer will step into a new look Roland Garros this year and admits it has been hard to be away.

23 May 2019 10:21 AM

Having clinched the 2018 Wimbledon and US Open titles and then a seventh Australian Open crown in January this year, the Serb is tantalisingly close to another Djoko Slam. (Photo: AFP)

Federer, Nadal aim to stop Djokovic from lifting all 4 grand slams...

World number one Djokovic completed his first private stranglehold of all four Slams with victory at Roland Garros in...

23 May 2019 5:03 AM

Maria Sharapova

French Open: Sharapova withdraws from French Open due to shoulder...

The 32-year-old, who has won five Grand Slam titles, has not played since the end of January.

16 May 2019 3:42 AM

Australias Ashleigh Barty returns to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Repubic in their womens singles quarter-final of the WTA Wuhan Open tennis tournament in China on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Ashleigh Barty rises to number two position

Apart from Barty, Marketa Vondrousova also witnessed a significant move as she climbed to the number 22 position from...

11 Jun 2019 5:27 AM

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

French Open: Nadal, Federer to clash at the French Open semi-final

11-times champion Nadal demolished Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, while 20-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer had a...

5 Jun 2019 5:31 AM

Stan Wawrinka is now well on the road to recovery and is confident of being a part of the season-opening Australian Open. (Photo:AP)

French Open: Wawrinka defeats Stefan Tsitsipas by 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4,...

Third seed Federer, bidding to emulate his 2009 French Open title, was sublime in the dazzling sunshine, waltzing past...

3 Jun 2019 3:33 AM