Roland Garros rescheduled for late September, US Open and Wimbledon still thinking what to do
The last WTA announcement canceled all match play until May 2nd due to the current coronavirus pandemic, affecting European WTA claycourt tennis tournaments, but we knew that the unwelcome off-season would probably be extended...
Anna Tatishvili wins appeal of Roland Garros sanction, gets full money back
The Grand Slam Board has reversed the unprecedented sanction imposed on Anna Tatishvili at the 2019 French Open after her quick 6-0 6-1 first-round loss, acknowledging that the Georgian-born American played "professionally from the...
Ashleigh Barty is the 2019 French Open champion! Climbs to No.2 WTA ranking!
Eighth seed Ashleigh Barty won her maiden Grand Slam title with a decisive 6-1 6-3 victory over fellow major finals debutante Marketa Vondrousova and became the first Australian since Margaret Court 46 years ago...
Barty, Vondrousova move into the 2019 French Open final
We will not have an all-teenage final at the 2019 French Open, but one up-and-comer has made it into the grand finale, as Marketa Vondrousova beat Johanna Konta in two tight sets. Australia's Ashleigh...
Anisimova, 17, ruthlessly dispatches defending champion Halep at Roland Garros
Playing her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova was absolutely brutal against Simona Halep, needing only 68 minutes to overpower the in-form defending champion 6-2 6-4 in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros.
In only...
There’s a petition to return Anna Tatishvili her Roland Garros prize money
When the news broke out that Anna Tatishvili was fined entire French Open first-round prize money (46,000 euros) for her performance not meeting the standards expected of a professional athlete, the Georgian-born American remained...
Konta solves Stephens like a baby puzzle in Roland Garros quarterfinals
Johanna Konta opened quarterfinal action at the 2019 French Open with immaculate serve stats to dispatch last year's runner-up Sloane Stephens in quick fashion, 6-1 6-4.
The match started slowly, as the 27th-seeded Konta needed...
Halep storms past Swiatek in 45 minutes to reach Roland Garros quarters
Defending champion Simona Halep needed just 45 minutes to dispatch Polish teenager Iga Swiatek and progress into the French Open quarterfinals where she'll face another unseeded opponent, world No.51 Amanda Anisimova.
After Madison Keys and...
Tatishvili fined 46,000 euros for lazy first-round performance
Georgian born-American Anna Tatishvili has been stripped off of her entire first-round earnings at Roland Garros, an amount of €46,000, as umpire determined that she didn't put enough effort in her performance during her...
Barty, Keys beat unseeded opponents to book a quarterfinal meeting at Roland Garros
After the bottom half of the quarterfinal draw at Roland Garros was defined on Sunday, eighth seed Ashleigh Barty and 14th seed Madison Keys opened fourth-round action in the top half by handling the...
