The tournament lost yet another Top 10 seed Thursday as Italian No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner went down in a marathon to Daniel Altmaier 6-7, 7-6(9-7), 1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-5 in five hours, 26 minutes.

In a rematch of their 5-setter from the US Open, Sinner held two match in the fourth on the German’s serving including a net-clipper.

In the fifth, a fading Sinner got broken but Altmaier couldn’t serve it out. …

A day after her 22nd birthday, Iga Swiatek won her 23rd career match at the French Open pulling away from Clare Liu 6-4, 6-0.

Liu hung tough with the world No. 1 for the 45 minutes or so until the floodgates opened and Swiatek won the last seven games and 9 of the last 10 from 3-all in the first.

“It wasn’t easy at all, especially when we’re constantly switching …

Bottom half favorites Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula eased into the French Open third round on Wednesday.

Sabalenka improved to 9-0 in Slams this year taking out qualifier Iryna Shymanovich 7-5, 6-2.

“I’m super happy to get this win,” Sabalenka said after. “I think the first set I didn’t play my best, and I’m super happy that no matter what I was able to stay calm and I was …

After a few days of crazy results, things settled down at the French Open for the start of the second round.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas all cruised into the third round.

Djokovic had a tough first set with Marton Fucsovics then rolled to a 7-6(7-2), 6-0, 6-3 win. Djokovic improves to 5-0 against the Hungarian as he advances to the second round in Paris for an 18th straight time.

“I’m …

Iga Swiatek had a slow start to her French Open title defense. The world No. 1 who dropped just one game to her opponent Cristina Bucsa at the Australian, but today went down a break before rolling 6-4, 6-0.

The two traded breaks early with Busca ahead 3-2 before Swiatek took over winning the last eight games from 4-all.

Swiatek, who celebrates her 22nd birthday Wednesday, is now 22-2 at the French …

As he often does, Gael Monfils made magic at the French Open. Playing in what could be his final Roland Garros, the French showman lived up to his reputation winning a thrilling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 victory over Sebastian Baez to close the second round at 12:15am.

Monfils, who hadn’t won a tour-level match all year, was struggling against the quick, more powerful Baez. The diminutive Baez was the stronger …

French favorite Caroline Garcia escaped Xiyu Wang with a tough 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on Chatrier in her Roland Garros first round opener.

Garcia was down early to the powerful Wang but played a good breaker. However the young Chinese star rallied to force a third and then took to Wang breaking to win the match in 2:38.

“It was a big first round,” Garcia said. “It was just a question …

Tournament favorites Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz began their French Opens with straight set wins, though each had a wobble at the end.

The 2-time champion Djokovic eased past Alexander Kovacevic 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(7-1). Djokovic, who trained with the American last year, failed to serve it out in the third but put the youngster away in the breaker.

“He played really well, and he was handling himself very good …

Former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas was nearly pushed to five sets in his French Open first round on Sunday edging a game Jiri Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(9-7).

Vesely, playing his first ATP level event since the US Open due to a hamstring, actually led the Greek 6-3 in the fourth set breaker. But the Czech couldn’t cash it in as Tsitsipas stormed back winning six of the last seven …

Opening day at the 2023 French Open saw one top 10 seed fall as Maria Sakkari suffered her second straight loss at the French Open to Karolina Muchova who took it 7-6(5), 7-5 in the match of the day on the women’s side.

Sakkari, a former French Open semifinalist, lost to Muchova in the second round last year. She suffers her first opening round exit in Paris since 2017,and …

The next four months could very well change the course of history in tennis. And it could be Novak Djokovic’s most important 100 days of his career.

Roger Federer is retired and Rafael Nadal is on the mend, and likely out for the rest of the year if not longer.

That leaves a bounty of summer riches at the feet of Djokovic, but can he collect.

The Serb is presently …

On her third try, Lucia Bronzetti was finally able to serve out Julia Grabher and win her first career title in Rabat in a thriller 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.

With both players seeking a maiden tour title, Bronzetti was the steadier of the error-prone Grabher, but she failed to serve out the match in the second …

After giving birth to her first child last October, Elina Svitolina won her first title as a mother taking Strasbourg today over Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-3.

It was Svitolina’s 17th career title — second at Strasbourg — and first in almost two years since since 2021 Chicago. She’s now 6-0 in clay finals in her career.

She announced during the ceremony that her prize money would go toward the kids of the …

Nicolas Jarry will be a dangerous dude at the French Open which begins Sunday. The Chilean collected his third career title downing Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7-1), 6-1 to win the Geneva title.

The 6-foot-6 Jarry dropped seven aces and lost just four points on first serve in the match. It’s his second title of the year after Santiago.

“I feel amazing,” Jarry said to the ATP. “It has been a great year. …

Add Arthur Fils to the growing list of young stars gaining steam on the ATP circuit. Just 18, the Frenchman stormed past Francisco Cerundolo 7-3, 7-5 to claim his very first title.

Playing in his first final, Fils rode his powerful forehand and aggressive game past the Argentine.

Fils never faced a break point in the first set and then, with the crowd on his side, broke Cerudolo at 5-all and served …