The French crowd has been known to be a fickle bunch, but today after Novak Djokovic came up just short again in his quest to win a first French Open, the fans in Chatrier gave the World No. 1 a rousing 3-minute ovation.

And the applause brought Djokovic to tears.

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Both players thanked the crowd in French.

“I respect the appreciation they show me, and it was more …

Yes, Stan Wawrinka’s much-discussed shorts made an appearance during his winners press conference a short while ago at the French Open.

After stunning Novak Djokovic 46, 64, 63, 64 to win his first French Open and second Slam, look what Stan did:

"Apparently I'm the only one!" @stanwawrinka on THOSE shorts and who likes them #RG15 pic.twitter.com/fCvracML03

— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2015…

Among the many congratulating Stan Wawrinka for his incredible triumph today was Roger Federer. Federer, who lost to Wawrinka in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, has been in a way a beneficiary of Stan’s win, denying Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open last year and Djokovic today.

CHAMP @stanwawrinka 🎉❤️🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/UXeplV2juw

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) June 7, 2015

Congrats!!

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Stan Wawrinka did it again! A year ago he stunned the tennis world beating the Top 2 players in the world Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open.

This week, he beat No. 2 Roger Federer in the quarters and today outlasted the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to win his second career Slam.

What can you say? What an incredible effort.

“It is amazing, for …

Some tweets have emerged during this Stan Wawrinka – Novak Djokovic French Open final showing Roger Federer supporting his good friend from an FB Basel football match.

Stan needs all the support he can get, he’s down a set to Djokovic.

sad Roger… #Federer pic.twitter.com/YNX6kfEp0p

— viola7 (@v_rfay) June 7, 2015

#Federer watching his team #FCB vs

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It took an extra day but Novak Djokovic finally got the job done, beating his good friend Andy Murray 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 to advance to his 3rd French Open final, where for the first time the opposition won’t be named Rafael Nadal, but instead Stan Wawrinka.

Today, Djokovic and Murray resumed at 3-3 from the suspension Friday when the match was turning into a mess under the dimming light. …

World No. 1 Serena Williams’ march toward, or over, history continued on Saturday at Roland Garros when she defeated No. 13 seed Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-2 in the French Open women’s final.

Stoic throughout the match after not practicing the day before due to flu-like symptoms, the outcome seemed inevitable after the American broke early in each set, conserving her energy by looking to end rallies with big groundstrokes and …

The men’s final is set at the French Open. Novak Djokovic won a 2-day affair taking out Andy Murray 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 to reach his third career French Open final.

Djokovic is now just three sets from his first career Grand Slam. Standing in his was is Stan Wawrinka. Djokovic leads Wawrinka 17-3 but their last four meetings in Grand Slams have gone the distance.

Wawrinka, who enjoyed a day …

Semifinal Friday came and went at the French Open, but our Sunday final is still not set. That’s because the second semi between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray was suspended at 8:30pm Paris time with the Serb up 2-1 in sets and knotted 3-3 in the fourth.

A long, scorching day in Paris began with Stan Wawrinka outlasting Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 6-4 in 3-hours, 45-minutes under a blazing …

A sick Serena Williams can win a semifinal 6-0 in the third, but can she win in the final?

The world No. 1 scored her fourth win from a set down over the tournament to defeat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals on Thursday to set up a championship with first-time Slam finalist Lucie Safarova.

Bacsinszky won the first set over Williams and broke in the fifth game of the …

Two guys we expected. One guy we thought had a chance and another few would have guessed. That’s our final four at the French Open. Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and JW Tsonga.

Let’s get to my picks.

Stan Wawrinka v JW Tsonga
This is another tough match to call, and wouldn’t you know it, their head-to-head is a dead even 3-3 with each having claimed a win over the other at …

While Rafael Nadal seemed to hit a wall on Wednesday at Roland Garros, no walls seem in sight for world No. 1 Serena Williams.

Williams on Wednesday powered past Italian and former Roland Garros finalist Sara Errani 6-1, 6-3 to move into the semifinals of the 2015 French Open, now two matches away from a second French Open crown in the last three years.

It was the first time in four rounds …

That was emphatic. Novak Djokovic proved he’s the best there is right now absolutely crushing Rafael Nadal in their quarterfinal meeting today at the French Open 7-5, 6-3, 6-1.

In the first set, Djokovic jumped out to a 4-0 lead against the error-prone Nadal, and I wondered if the match would even last 90 minutes as Nadal looked completely out of sorts.

Playing on his 29th birthday, Rafa bounced back and started …

Things went according to plan at the French Open on Tuesday as No. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic dialed it back to her former French Open-winning ways at Roland Garros, defeating No. 19 seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2.

“Today was a very, very tough match, even though the score doesn’t indicate that,” said Ivanovic, making her first Grand Slam semifinal since winning the French Open in 2008. “It was tough conditions, obviously …

So here we go, the match we all want to see. Sorry Monte Carlo, but this is the real one. This one has a lot on the line.

Is Rafa still the King of Clay? Will Novak Djokovic ever win the French and complete the career Grand Slam? Let’s get to it.

Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
There are the numbers. A lot of them.

23-20 Rafa leads. 6-0 Rafa leads at the …