Tennis

Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco was removed from the Roland-Garros table before the draw due to testing positive for Covid-19. The player falls into the dreaded category of false positives. The number 7 will not have brought him luck. The Spaniard Fernando Verdasco said Friday evening that he...

Rafael Nadal was irritated this Friday at a press conference. "I am going to face the most difficult conditions of my career," said the world number 2 who is aiming for a 20th Grand Slam title. Rafael Nadal was not smiling when he arrived in the Roland-Garros press...

Benoît Paire, seeded n ° 23, will participate in Roland-Garros. The Frenchman, not spared by the coronavirus which had caused him to miss the US Open, tested negative. Benoît Paire has much to be relieved. His last coronavirus test is negative, as the French himself indicated, this...

Two days before the Roland-Garros kick-off, the FFT expressed its regret after confirming the reduction in the tonnage from 5,000 to 1,000 spectators per day. The French Tennis Federation (FFT), organizer of Roland-Garros, "deeply regrets" the new reduction in its tonnage from 5,000 to 1,000 spectators per day, and...

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille, Rafael Nadal will wear the RM 27-04 model at Roland Garros, estimated at nearly 900,000 euros. Considering the price of his watch, Rafael Nadal will not have the right to be late on the courts. ...

Guy Forget, director of Roland-Garros, recognizes that the 1,000-spectator gauge due to Covid-19 is a blow to the Paris tournament. The reduction, from 5,000 to 1,000, in the number of spectators allowed per day at Roland Garros, imposed by the government due to the upsurge of Covid-19 in...

Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed that Roland-Garros (September 27 - October 11) will have to take place with a maximum of 1,000 spectators per day, in accordance with the new rules in force for gatherings in Paris. Accredited persons will not be counted in the gauge. Roland-Garros...

The Roland-Garros draw (September 27-October 11) took place this Thursday. And promises some beautiful posters from the 8th, or even before. Andy Murray had not played on Parisian clay since 2017, and this magnificent semi-final lost in five sets against Stanislas Wawrinka. And guess what? For...

Guy Forget, director of Roland-Garros, explained this Thursday afternoon that he had not heard from the authorities about a move to a maximum of 1,000 spectators for the tournament, or a possible exemption to 5,000 people. And this within three days of the first Porte d'Auteuil matches. Roland-Garros...

Guy Forget, director of Roland-Garros, hopes to benefit from an exemption to accommodate 5,000 people. But the threat looms large since the restrictive measures announced Wednesday by the government. Three days before the start of the main draw, the organizers of Roland-Garros do not know the number...