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Iga Swiatek became the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam title Saturday at the French Open as the unseeded 19-year-old completed her dominant run at Roland Garros by sweeping Sofia Kenin in straight sets. “I wasn’t expecting to win this trophy,” the Pole said after her dominant 6-4 6-1 win over American fourth seed Sofia Kenin in ...

Rafael Nadal of Spain won the French Open title for the 13th time, equaling Roger Federer’s record of winning 20 Grand Slam titles. Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the final of the French Open men’s singles in Paris. In the final of the French Open title, Nadal dominated from the beginning and in the first set, Djokovic could ...

paris:Former world number one Victoria Azarenka reached the French Open second round Sunday .The 31-year-old 10th seed eased past Danka Kovinic, the world number 74 from Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2. In anohter match top seed Simona Halep of Romania celebrated her 29th birthday in style with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round of Roland ...

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the French Open to September 20, according to organisers, who added that it would then conclude on October 4. The Grand Slam event was to have taken place from May 24 to June 7, but organisers said Tuesday: “The current confinement measures have made it impossible for us to continue with our preparations and, as ...

 Indian Wells:Simona Halep survived a scare to reach the BNP Paribas Open fourth round at Indian Wells but French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was beaten. Romanian top seed Halep lost the first set against 19-year-old American Caroline Dolehide, the world number 165, but won 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2. Ostapenko, 20, lost 6-3 6-3 to Croatia’s Petra Martic. American Amanda Anisimova, ...

LONDON- World number one Rafael Nadal has confirmed he will play in the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen s Club later this year. Nadal has missed the grass-court tournament in west London for the last two years after suffering a wrist injury in 2016 and then prioritising rest after his French Open victory in 2017. But the Spaniard, who won the ...