No. 1 Andy Murray advanced to a semifinal against No. 3 and former Roland Garros champ Stan Wawrinka, and Rafael and Dominic Thiem advanced into a second blockbuster semifinal, but the story of the French Open on Wednesday was defending champion Novak Djokovic’s limp-johnson exit from Paris.

Facing a player he had destroyed in their previous meeting on clay last month, the former No. 1 Djokovic was routed 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-0 …

Thanks to an abdominal injury suffered by Pablo Carreno Busta, Rafael Nadal was only on court today for about 50 minutes in a 62, 20 retirement win over his countryman to return to the French Open semifinals.

Nadal has lost just 22 games in five matches en route to a record 10th French Open semifinal, beating his previous best of 25 in 2008 for the fewest lost to make the last …

Defending champion Novak Djokovic came in as the favorite today to keep his record perfect against the rising Dominic Thiem in the French Open quarterfinals today.

But after a tough first set loss to the Austrian in a tiebreak, Djokovic was resigned to losing. And lose he did 76, 63, 60. The nine total games were the fewest he’s ever won at the French Open. And adding insult he was …

The men were rained out on Tuesday at Roland Garros, and the women’s matches were all upsets as shared-birthday girls Timea Bacsinszky and teen Jelena Ostapenko set up an unlikely semifinal in more ways than one.

The No. 30-seeded Bacsinszky upset No. 13 seed and crowd favorite Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-4, 6-4 in a match twice delayed by rain and hampered by gusty winds.

“It was really difficult because we had …

French Open favorite Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina, one of the hottest claycourt players this year, set up a quarterfinal meeting on Monday with wins at Roland Garros.

The No. 3-seeded Halep routed No. 21 Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-1, and the No. 5 Svitolina came from a set down to beat unseeded Petra Martic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

“I had ‘Svitolina mode’ back,” Svitolina said about trailing 2-5 in the third set. …

Nine days in on the men’s side at the French Open and things have gone pretty much according to form. Seven of Top 8 seeds remain with only No. 5 Milos Raonic missing the QF party, and that to no one’s surprise really.

And really, there’s weren’t many surprises over the first four rounds. There was, what I think, a poor performance from the French. JW Tsonga losing in the first …

World No. 1 Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori, and former champion Stan Wawrinka and former US Open champion Marin Cilic set up quarterfinal meetings on Monday with wins at the French Open.

Murray looked perhaps his best yet during the tournament, dismissing big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

“I think today was probably the best I have played overall,” Murray said afterwards. “It was difficult conditions. It was pretty windy out …

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In his first career Grand Slam quarterfinal, Pablo Carreno Busta has the unenviable task of stopping the surging Rafael Nadal who has lost just 20 games in Paris.

“Is really difficult, because Rafa is maybe the best player in this surface of the history, and he’s playing really good, but I will try,” Carreno Busta said. “I’m playing good. I’m with a lot of confidence.

“I will try to enjoy this match …

he’s never lost to Dominic Thiem and lost just one game to him last month in Rome, but Novak Djokovic is wary of his quarterfinal opponent tomorrow at the French Open.

“Obviously never losing to a player always helps mentally a little bit, but I don’t think it’s gonna play too big of a role,” Djokovic said of his 5-0 record against Thiem. “I think he really will step it up …

After less than a year, Tomas Berdych and Goran Ivanisevic have split. The 31-year-old Berdych has been a bust in Grand Slams with the former Wimbledon champion, winning just five matches in a third round at the Australian and a second round, straight set loss to Karin Khachanov last week at the French.

“Goran and I will not be working together anymore,” Berdych posted on twitter. “I enjoyed the ride, and …

Who got upset Sunday at Roland Garros, besides more than half the players in action?

No. 4 seed and defending champion Garbine Muguruza, No. 8 and former champ Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 10 Venus Williams, No. 17 Anastasija Sevastova, and No. 23 Sam Stosur were all upended by lower ranked opponents, completely opening up the draw on the women’s side.

Muguruza was outhit 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 by No. 13-seeded Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.

“You’re making …

No. 2 Novak Djokovic and No. 6 Dominic Thiem set up a mouthwatering quarterfinal meeting on Sunday with straight-set wins at the French Open.

“I hope [coach] Andre [Agassi] only saw the second and third sets,” Djokovic joked in his post-match interview. “I didn’t start off the blocks the way I wanted. He started very solid, but it was very close in the first set.”

Djokovic held off an early attack from …

French Open favorite and No. 3 seed Simona Halep showed her winning form in advancing into the fourth round on Saturday, defeating No. 26 Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5 to at Roland Garros.

“It was a very high standard of tennis,” Halep said. “Even if I won the first set 6-0, I knew the second one was going to be tougher. She’s always a very tough opponent. I’m really happy with the …

World No. 1 Any Murray looked like world No. 1 Andy Murray on Saturday, winning a tight two sets before rolling to victory over No. 29-seeded former Slam winner Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(8), 7-5, 6-0 at the French Open.

“It was my best performance definitely during the claycourt season,” Murray said. “The second or third sets were the best I have played, for sure. I’m starting to feel better. I …