Roland-Garros: thunderclap, Serena Williams withdraws
Serena Williams forfeited before playing her second round match at Roland Garros on Wednesday against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova.
The fourth day of Roland Garros had just started an hour ago this Wednesday when news broke on the Grand Slam day's program: Serena Williams forfeited her second round match against...
Roland-Garros: the beautiful story of Mayar Sherif, the first Egyptian to have played a Grand Slam
She passed very close to a huge sensation. But Mayar Sherif lost with honors in the first round of Roland Garros, on the Central, against Karolina Pliskova (6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in 2h15). A relative disappointment because the 172nd in the world made history by becoming the first Egyptian to play a Grand Slam match.
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Roland-Garros: four survivors in the second round, the worst French record since 2000
Only four French players out of the seventeen entered in the men's table have crossed the first round of Roland Garros. The last time this happened was 20 years ago.
The French are completely missing out on this 2020 edition of the Roland-Garros tournament. As one...
Roland-Garros: Ferro awaits a sign to have an equipment supplier
Qualified for the second round of Roland-Garros, the French Fiona Ferro has no equipment supplier. A matter of time according to her.
Fifty-one days after her last official match, Fiona Ferro, 49th in the world, took the first round of Roland Garros on Tuesday, dominating the English Heather...
Roland-Garros: Forget’s focus on the balls of discord
Controversy at Roland Garros: the new tennis balls do not appeal to everyone. Rafael Nadal threw the first stone and after their matches, all players were invited to speak at a press conference. So much so that Guy Forget had to make an update in front of journalists on Tuesday.
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Roland-Garros: the astonishing speech of Giudicelli on the central court
Bernard Giudicelli spoke on the Philippe-Chatrier court, after the defeat of Kristina Mladenovic. The president of the French Tennis Federation, candidate for his own succession, addressed club presidents to defend his record, a few weeks before the election.
Surprising scene on Philippe-Chatrier court. In the wake of...
Roland-Garros: victim of a big refereeing error, Mladenovic left in the first round
Kristina Mladenovic did not pass the first round of Roland Garros, eliminated by Laura Siegemund (7-5 6-3). The Frenchwoman should have won the first round, without a refereeing error.
As often with the French in recent hours, disappointment and regret stand out during this Roland-Garros 2020. Kristina Mladenovic,...
Roland-Garros: Humbert released in the first round by the 122nd world
Main French chance since the elimination of Gaël Monfils on Monday, Ugo Humbert is also eliminated from Roland-Garros, already, after his defeat in four sets against the lucky-loser Marc Polmans.
The days go by and the blue sky is still waiting at the Porte d'Auteuil. 38th player in...
Roland-Garros: “We have the impression of being VIP”, the rare spectators try to take advantage of the tournament
Only 750 spectators, drawn at random, are allowed to attend Roland-Garros every day. RMC Sport went to meet these "lucky" few.
They were supposed to be 20,000, then 11,500, then 5,000. But following new announcements last week from Minister of Health Olivier Véran, only 1,000 spectators are...
Roland-Garros: Burel, the hope that wants to confirm
In the middle of the night, on court 7, Clara Burel, 357th in the world, had no notion of time. She was unaware that it was already Tuesday when she won the first match of her Grand Slam career against the Dutch Arantxa Rus (6-7, 7-6, 6-3). At 0h10, she threw herself in tears in her mother's arms.
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