More upsets hit the women’s draw at the French Open on Monday. Rains hit but play finished, and some wished it hadn’t.

Playing her first match since February, Barbora Krejcikova was rolling up a set and a break before she hit the wall and lost to Frenchwoman Diane Parry 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

The Czech led 6-1, 2-0 but then dropped 12 of the last 15 games.

“I just think I just collapsed physically,” …

Carlos Alcaraz made an emphatic start to his 2022 French Open blasting past qualifier Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.

The Argentine clay specialist Londero, who lost to Rafael Nadal in the fourth round a few years ago, put up a strong fight in the first before Alcaraz pulled away late in his Chatrier debut.

“It was difficult at the beginning, but it’s always special to play in such a great stadium, …

It didn’t take long for the upsets to hit the French Open women’s. Two of the Top 10 seeds were eliminated on opening day Sunday in Paris as former champion Garbine Muguruza and 2022 clay win leader were both bounced.

Jabeur, who had won 17 matches on dirt including a recent Madrid title and Rome final, was sent home by Poland’s Magda Linette who held off the Tunisian 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 …

The French Open kicks off Sunday in Paris with a big line up featuring the new phenom Carlos Alcaraz, 2021 semifinal Alexander Zverev, former champion Garbine Muguruza and 18-year-old Coco Gauff.

Madrid winner and Rome finalist Ons Jabeur opens play on Chatrier against the veteran from Poland Magda Linette. After he play this spring, Jabeur, who lost to Gauff last year, is among the favorites.

“It’s nice to be here. I love …

After allowing its UK tour events to retain their ranking points, the ATP today have stripped Wimbledon of the points it will offer to players.

“The ability for players of any nationality to enter tournaments based on merit, and without discrimination, is fundamental to our Tour,” the ATP said in a statement.

“The decision by Wimbledon to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing in the UK this summer undermines this principle …

While Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev liked what they saw with the French Open draw a few hours ago, the three tournament favorites — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz — can’t be thrilled.

All three ended up on the same half of the draw with Nadal landing in the Djokovic quarter! That’s right, so in this perfect storm scenario Djokovic would play Nadal in the quarters with Alcaraz in …

The ATP announced Monday that they would not take away ranking points from the two UK events next month.

The LTA has instructed ATP (and WTA and challengers) events in Queen’s and Eastbourne to bar any Russian and Belarussian players from competing. The decision was met with outrage from the player base.

“This season’s ATP Tour events in Queen’s and Eastbourne will proceed as normal, offering full ATP rankings points,” the …

Speaking for the first time on the UK/Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarussian players, Daniil Medvedev said the policy was “unfair”.

“On the one hand, I can understand it and, on the other, I find it unfair,” Medvedev told TASS.

“This is a delicate situation because it sets a precedent and puts other sports competitions in an uncomfortable position.

“For having discussed it with the ATP, we are, us tennis players, considered in …

Not even Ons Jabeur, winner of her last 11 including Madrid, could slow down Iga Swiatek. The World No. 1 dominated Jabeur rolling to a 6-2, 6-2 victory to successfully defend her Rome title.

Swiatek has now won her last 28 matches and she didn’t drop a set this week and overall has won 42 of her last 43 sets.

“At the beginning of the tournament, I didn’t know it would be …

Novak Djokovic is finally back in the win column after an impressive victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7, 7-6(5).

“I pleasantly surprised myself I can say. I had a clear game plan and I knew what to expect, so I knew what I had to do, but I did play a perfect first set,” Djokovic told the crowd. “After that it was a little tighter. At this level, one or two points …

Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet Sunday in the Rome Masters final for the first time since their memorable French Open final last year when the Greek let a two set lead slip away.

Djokovic’s progress continued Saturday in the semifinals upended Casper Ruud in a rematch of a 2021 Rome semifinal. The 5-time Rome champion cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 victory, the 1,000th of his remarkable career. He’s …

A career-best streak will end Sunday at the Rome Masters. Iga Swiatek has won her last 27 matches while her opponent and Madrid champion Ons Jabeur has won 11 straight.

Swiatek kept on her roll overrunning Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-1 to reach her fifth straight tournament final, and second straight in Rome.

The defending champion Swiatek has now won 40 of her last 41 sets as she bids for an 8th career …

Iga Swiatek had a tough opening set, then pulled away from fellow Grand Slam winner Bianca Andreescu 7-6(2), 6-0 in the Rome Masters quarterfinals.

Swiatek’s streak is the fifth longest in history, according to the WTA. She’s also won 38 of her last 39 sets.

“I’m pretty happy that I could do that because consistency was the thing I really wanted to work on last year. This year I feel like it …

Novak Djokovic wasn’t at his very best Friday in the quarterfinals at the Rome Masters, but good enough. Djokovic failed to serve out the first and blew a break lead in the second but advanced in straights over Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6(1).

“I thought it was high-level tennis,” Djokovic said after his first meeting with the Canadian. “He did ask me to raise the level and I had to play consistently …

Iga Swiatek continued on her run improving her win streak to 25 Thursday at the Rome Masters upended former finalist Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-1.

It was a close 30 minutes or so before the defending champion pulled away from a double break down in the first set.

“I didn’t start well, and everybody could see that,” Swiatek said. “I’m really happy with the way I reacted and how I improved in the …