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Novak Djokovic's first Grand Slam match in 7½ months went about as well as possible. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic opened his title defense at the French Open with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 victory in less than two hours over Yoshihito Nishioka. He improved to 18-0 for his career in the first round at Roland Garros.

The Serena Williams patch rookie card has sold for a good chunk of money. It was a 2003 signed patch card and it sold for $266,400 on Saturday night. It's now the largest sale ever for a women's sports card. Here's a look at the card:. Williams was absolutely dynamite...

Naomi Osaka's return to the French Open ended in the first round on Monday, and the four-time Grand Slam winner said she is leaning toward not playing at Wimbledon. After she lost her opening match to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen, Osaka was asked about whether the collective decision to remove ranking points from Wimbledon would influence her decision on whether to compete at the next Grand Slam on the circuit.

Osaka was asked following her first-round exit about the decision to not have ranking points at Wimbledon anymore when she dropped the bombshell it might not be worth it for her to compete. "I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to go there," Osaka told reporters, via ESPN. "I would...

PARIS (AP) — A year ago, Naomi Osaka left the French Open of her own volition, never beaten on the court but determining that she needed to pull out before the second round to stand up for herself and protect her mind. On Monday, Osaka departed Roland Garros against...

PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka's return to the French Open has ended in the first round. The former top-ranked player lost her opening match to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion who took two mental health breaks...

American tennis star Amanda Anisimova admitted she felt the nerves and stress before facing Naomi Osaka but she was glad that she was able to control her nerves and pick up a victory over the four-time Grand Slam champion. After the French Open main draw was released, the match that...

PARIS -- Barbora Krejcikova arrived at the French Open as the defending champion in singles and doubles. She also was coming off a three-month absence from the WTA Tour because of an injured right elbow, so even her own expectations were modest. Krejcikova was right to be apprehensive -- and...

Japan’s former world no 1 was beaten as a home heroine dumped out last year’s women’s champion, as Rafa Nadal cruised through

Former world number one Naomi Osaka and defending champion Barbora Krejcikova lost in the first round of the French Open on Monday, while women's title favourite Iga Swiatek stretched her winning streak to 29 matches. The unseeded Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, was knocked out 7-5, 6-4 by Amanda...

The Roland Garros is approaching day by day. The men's and women's qualifiers of the Parisian Major are currently being played, while the first games of the main draw will begin this Sunday, in 4 days. The last two 1000 on clay were won by Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic with Rafael Nadal who was unable to go beyond the quarter-finals, he even stopped in the second round at the Internationals.

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka is already out of the French Open after an opening round loss to Amanda Anisimova. The shocking result also left her unsure if she'll play at this year's Wimbledon. Saying via ESPN.com:. I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to go there [to Wimbledon]....

Naomi Osaka has suffered a first-round defeat to Amanda Anisimova at the French Open and cast doubt on whether she will play Wimbledon next month. Four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka, who withdrew from last year's tournament citing struggles with her mental health, was beaten in straight sets, 7-5 6-4, by 27th seed Anisimova.

(CNN) — Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka exited the French Open in the first round on Monday as she lost 7-5 6-4 against Amanda Anisimova. The 20-year-old Anisimova, a surprise semifinalist at Roland Garros three years ago, has now beaten Osaka in back-to-back grand slams after her third-round victory at the Australian Open in January.

A ruling on rankings is "affecting my mentality," the former No. 1 tennis star said after losing to Amanda Anisimova, 7-5, 6-4.

Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open has ended in the first round. The former top-ranked player lost her opening match to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion who took two mental health breaks last season. That included one that began when she withdrew before her second-round match at the French Open. “I’m not going to lie. When I first came here, I was very worried,” Osaka said last week in her pre-tournament press conference. “I was just kind of worried if there would be people that — of course, I...