Meshkatolzahra Safi: I went out to find a court in Iran after watching Rafael Nadal

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova thinks Wimbledon is still one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and she can't understand why big players such as Naomi Osaka are even contemplating to skip The Championships. Last week, the WTA and ATP removed ranking points from 2022 Wimbledon. Wimbledon banned Russian...

Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova suggested Naomi Osaka contemplating to skip Wimbledon has nothing to do with ranking points. Last Friday, the WTA sanctioned Wimbledon by removing ranking points from this year's tournament. Following a first round defeat at the French Open, Osaka revealed she may skip Wimbledon. Osaka...

World No. 2 Barbora Krejcikova has tested positive for COVID-19 and she won't be able to defend her French Open doubles title. On Monday, Krejcikova suffered a first round defeat to France's Diane Parry in the French Open singles first round. Krejcikova felt unwell after the match and decided to...

Fabio Fognini gives an important show of strength and closes in three sets against the Australian Alexei Popyrin, not a clay court player but always a rather insidious opponent, in his first match at the Roland Garros 2022. Three sets fought but with a victory never questioned, Fabio closed the...

Fabio Fognini was capitulated in the second round of the Roland Garros 2022 against Botic Van de Zandschulp also due to the withdrawal in the third set after losing the first two 4-6 6-7. The 35-year-old Italian tennis player, during the first set, became the protagonist of a funny moment with the chair umpire.

Serena Willaims should finally come back on the court for the grass-swing, precisely for the highly anticipated Wimbledon 2022. We recall Serena is out of the court since Wimbledon 2021 first round, when she got an injury who forced her to withdraw from the London Slam. From that moment she...

Alexander Zverev seriously risked leaving Roland Garros in the second round. The German did not express the best tennis of him and found himself two sets down thanks to the excellent performance of Sebastian Baez, against whom he had won also suffering at the Italian Open. Zverev managed to find...

The march of world number one Novak Djokovic continues in Paris. The Serbian tennis player beat Slovak Alex Molcan in three sets with the result of 6-2 6-3 7-6, getting the 3rd round of the Roland Garros 2022. After a complicated start to the season and after being ousted from the Australian Open, the Serbian tennis player is more energized than ever and is ready to repeat last year's victory, a victory that would allow him to reach eternal rival Rafael Nadal with 21 titles in the Grand Slam career.

In the second round of the Roland Garros 2022, Rafael Nadal easily beats the French Corentin Moutet with a score of 6-3 6-1 6-4, thus reaching the third round of the Parisian Slam The Majorcan tennis player, in the victory obtained last night, achieved his success number 300 in the slams (better than him only Djokovic and Federer at 324 and 369 respectively who, however, have played more games than the Spaniard).

World No. 13 Jelena Ostapenko called Iga Swiatek "a great player" but added she knows how to play the Pole. Swiatek, 20, has won her last 29 matches as she hasn't had a loss since mid-February. Swiatek hasn't had a loss since losing to Ostapenko in the Dubai round-of-16. Ostapenko...

Former world No. 1 Simona Halep revealed she had a panic attack during her French Open second round meeting versus Zheng Qinven. Halep made a great start to the match as she was up by a set and a break before she shut down and lost the match in three sets.

Novak Djokovic played his first Major match on Rod Laver Arena against Marat Safin in 2005. The young Serb qualified for the Australian Open that year and repeated that a few months later in Paris. Novak made a perfect Roland Garros debut, toppling Robby Ginepri 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 in under 80 minutes after taking the opening 14 games!

World No. 3 Maria Sakkari was disappointed after suffering an early exit at the French Open but showed her class as she admitted that Karolina Muchova was the better player in their meeting. Third-seeded Sakkari was considered among favorites for the French Open title but her campaign at Roland Garros ended with a second round defeat.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic met for the first time in the 2006 Roland Garros quarter-final. It was Novak's first Major quarter-final, and he earned it after beating Luis Horna, Fernando Gonzalez, Tommy Haas and Gael Monfils. Djokovic pushed the defending champion to the limits in the opening two sets,...

Eurosport tennis expert John McEnroe is absolutely impressed by Iga Swiatek's clay-court abilities as he thinks the Pole slides better on clay than even Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams. Swiatek, who will turn 21 early next week, became a Grand Slam champion at the French Open in 2020.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka didn't make a deep French Open run but she left Paris in much better spirits than it was the case in 2021. Last year, Osaka won her first round match at Roland Garros but later pulled out of the rest of the event. 12...

American tennis legend John McEnroe underlined that Rafael Nadal can never be underestimated at the French Open but revealed he is giving the slight advantage to Novak Djokovic for the title. Nadal is a record 13-time French Open but he didn't have a good preparation for the French Open. On...

NFL great Tom Brady reveals he is a Rafael Nadal fan and admits he draws inspiration from the record 21-time Grand Slam champion. Brady, 44, is considered by many as the greatest player in NFL history. Brady has seven Super Bowls to his name, more than any other player in NFL history.

The moment of truth will begin to arrive from the next round, but so far Rafael Nadal has dominated the scene and all the opponents who have presented themselves on his path. We recall in the second round the long climb towards the final act of the Roland Garros 2022 will begin by facing the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Rafael Nadal is through to the fourth round at Roland Garros for the 17th time from 18 trips to the French capital. The 13-time champion defeated Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in their first clash on the Tour to reach the last 16 and set the clash against Felix Auger-Aliassime.