For just over two hours it the long-anticipated Novak Djokovic v Carlos Alcaraz showdown lived up to the hype in the French Open semifinals today.

The last two Slam winners and recent No. 1s went back-and-forth slugging it out under the warm Paris sun Friday. Djokovic was all over Alcaraz’s drop shots while the youthful Spaniard showcased his shotmaking and speed but it was Djokovic proving too fit, …

On paper, the fact that Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev all made the semifinals of the French Open should surprise no one.

Three of the four made the semifinals last year with only Alcaraz getting picked off by Zverev before the German suffered that gruesome right ankle injury.

Zverev, to his credit, has worked really hard this year to get back into form and, like Ruud, …

Karolina Muchova played sparkling tennis for 90 minutes before world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka began to slowly take control. But the Czech wouldn’t be denied in an incredible 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-5 in three hours, 13 minutes to reach he first Grand Slam final at the French Open.

In just their second meeting between these two first-time French semifinalists, Muchova matched Sabalenka for power and used her net game to gain an …

There will be no new Grand Slam semifinalists this year at the French Open as Holger Rune and Tomas Martin Etcheverry both went down in four sets to Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev, respectively.

Zverev returned for his third straight trip to the French Open final four knocking out Etcheverry 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a tough quarterfinal.

The two were slugging it out from the baseline but Zverev’s ability at the …

Iga Swiatek made it 7-0 and 14-0 in sets against Coco Gauff, dismissing the teen today in the French Open semifinals 6-4, 6-2.

“I’m pretty happy to be in the semifinal again of Roland Garros,” the 22-year-old Swiatek said. “It’s a great achievement no matter how the tournament is going to finish.

“I’m really happy I can show consistency and just play good here every year.”

In a rematch of their one-sided …

The dream semifinal is set between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. For just the second time, the two will meet this Friday at the French Open.

Earlier today, Djokovic dropped the opener and then clawed out the second before pulling away from Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-4.

Khachanov was nearly untouchable on serve in the first as Djokovic looked low on energy dropping his first set of the event. But Serb …

Aryna Sabalenka moved into her first French Open semifinal by overpowering fell-good story Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4.

“On the court I feel really good, with every match I feel like I’m getting better and better. I’m just focusing on myself and trying to bring my best tennis to the court,” Sabalenka said.

Sabalenka, who had never been past the third round in Paris, dominated Svitolina’s second serve and simply outclassed the former …

Iga Swiatek’s streak of 23 straight games won at the French Open came to end on Monday, but she’ll take it as shortly after her opponent, Lesia Tsurenko, withdrew down 5-1 due to a virus.

It’s not nice to finish a match like that,” Swiatek said. “So I hope Lesia is going to be okay and she’ll recover quickly.”

Tsurenko said she wasn’t feeling well.

“I have something like Rybakina had, …

One dream match-up is set on the men’s side as in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at the French Open Holger Rune will get a rematch against Casper Ruud.

Ruud was the first to finish easing past Chile’s Nicholas Jarry.

Jarry entered the match winning his last seven which including a title in Geneva where he upset 2-time defending champion Ruud.

Today, Ruud turned the tables wearing down the Chilean at …

After 20 minutes of the first women’s night match, Aryna Sabalenka was cruising past Sloane Stephens 5-0 in the fourth round at the French Open. But then things changed.

Amid nerves and errors, Sabalenka’s game completely derailed and Stephens’s defense and speed frustrated the Belarussian. The crowd, which was is a lull at the one-sided start, came to life to support the former finalist.

Stephens would incredibly win five …

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz wasted no time moving into the quarterfinals Sunday at the French Open as both played their best matches of the event.

Djokovic was in dominant form over Juan Pablo Varillas crushing the Peruvian 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to reach his 14th straight French Open quarterfinal. And overall, it’s his 17th career final eight at Roland Garros breaking the tie he and Rafael Nadal shared for the all-time …

It turned out to be a straightforward day at the French Open in the men’s draw on Saturday as form held for the most part.

During the day, third quarter favorites Casper Ruud and Holger Rune moved within one match of a quarterfinal meeting.

Ruud dropped the first but then turned things up to beat 26-year-old Zhizhen Zhang 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

“It was very tough,” Ruud said. “I was …

With a week to go until the women’s final, Iga Swiatek was in devastating form Saturday at the French Open hammering Xinyu Wang 6-0, 6-0 to reach the fourth round.

“It was a really solid performance from me,” Swiatek said. “It’s not easy to keep winning and keep your focus. I’m pretty happy I was so disciplined and took care of everything in my tennis.”

Swiatek won 50 points, Wang just 17 …

The scoreline doesn’t do justice, but Novak Djokovic was pushed hard, very hard by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-5), 6-2 win Friday in the third round at the French Open.

The first two sets took a bruising, exhausting near three hours alone.

The Spaniard would squander an early break but regained it at 5-all in the first. Davidovich Fokina couldn’t serve it out and Djokovic would …

Aryna Sabalenka rolled into her first week 2 at the French Open dismissing Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-2.

The world No. 2 had lost her last three at this stage in Paris the last three years, but today dropped just four games as she improves to 10-0 this year in Slams, and this week she didn’t drop a set.

“In the middle of the second set, I thought, ‘I never get …