Things go from bad to WORSE as British No 1 Jo Konta is swept aside in straight sets in the first round of French Open as she joins Dan Evans and Heather Watson as early exits Johanna Konta faced-off with Sorana Cirstea in the French Open first round The British player lost the first set 6-7, … Read more
Roger Federer produces classy display to defeat Denis Istomin in straight sets to progress to the second round of the French Open The Swiss Superstar won 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round It’s only Roger Federer’s second appearance at the French Open since 2015 Federer and his great rival Rafael Nadal are … Read more
Cameron Norrie saves the blushes of British tennis and cruises through to the second round of the French Open with straight-sets win over American Bjorn Fratangelo Cameron Norrie took a 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 victory over American Bjorn Fratangelo He will face the winner of South Africa’s Lloyd Harris and Italian Lorenzo Sonego The 25-year-old could … Read more
Naomi Osaka, 23, on Sunday at Roland Garros. She refused to take part in the press conference afterwards, saying she didn’t want to ‘subject’ herself to journalists because they ‘doubt’ her and she wanted to protect her mental health Tennis veterans Patrick McEnroe and Billie Jean King weighed into the row over Naomi Osaka‘s decision … Read more
Tennis icon Billie Jean King says she is ‘torn’ over Naomi Osaka‘s decision not to speak to the press during the French Open. The world No 2 announced before the Grand Slam that she was not going to be talking to the media to protect her mental health and, following her first round win on … Read more
Last Wednesday on social media that she would not participate in the mandatory media interviews at Roland-Garros 2021. Following this announcement, the Roland-Garros teams asked her to reconsider her position and tried unsuccessfully to speak with her to check on her well-being, understand the specifics of her issue and what might be done to address it … Read more
MIKE DICKSON: I sympathise with Naomi Osaka’s plight, but talking is part of the deal – nobody is bigger than the game and the Grand Slams are right to reassert that principle Sharing your thoughts is a key part of the grand bargain of professional sports There is a reason every player who reaches the … Read more
Last Wednesday on social media that she would not participate in the mandatory media interviews at Roland-Garros 2021. Following this announcement, the Roland-Garros teams asked her to reconsider her position and tried unsuccessfully to speak with her to check on her well-being, understand the specifics of her issue and what might be done to address it … Read more
Andy Murray ‘has an INCREDIBLE chance’ of doing well in this summer’s grasscourt season, says close confidant Mark Petchey… despite Scot choosing to miss French Open due to concerns of hip ‘soreness’ Murray will miss the clay court event starting at Roland Garros this weekend He is instead preparing to come back next week at … Read more
Dan Evans STUNNED in first round of French Open by Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in three-hour epic… leaving British No 1 without a win at Roland Garros in TWO years Dan Evans was knocked out of the French Open by Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia World No 48 Kecmanovic prevailed with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory in Paris … Read more