Tennis

The country has lost its only ATP 250 tournament, an event that was first held way back in 1996. It has also been learnt that the tournament will be relocated to Hong Kong, though a contract has not been signed as yet

Alexander Zverev returned to the French Open semi-finals a year after leaving Roland Garros in a wheelchair, while defending champion Iga Swiatek maintained her quest for a third title in four years

Jabeur will next face either No.14 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia or Sara Sorribes Tormo as she bids to reach a third Grand Slam semifinal.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6(5) 6-4 and will face Elina Svitolina in the French Open quarter-finals

Djokovic and Davidovich Fokina put up an entertaining opening two sets that lasted nearly 3 hours before the Serbian overcame a difficult challenge 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the Parisian tournament for the 14th season in a row

Rudd registered a four set win over Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5, while Rybakina also booked her third-round spot with a 6-3 6-3 victory over rising Czech teenager Linda Noskova

The fifth seeded Greek was made to sweat by his Czech rival Vesely on Parisian clay in a 7-5 6-3 4-6 7-6(7) victory as Tsitsipas earned progress to the subsequent round of the tournament in France

Medvedev’s fifth title of a stellar season and 20th overall leaves him as one of the top contenders for Roland Garros which begins on May 28

Lars Burgsmuller was the first-ever opponent for Rafael Nadal at the French Open back in 2005

World number one Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock third round defeat in the Italian Open at the hands of unheralded Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, losing 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)

Roland Garros organisers have significantly increased the prize money to a total of 49.6 million euros

American Kenin beat Sabalenka 7-6(4) 6-2 in straight sets, before compatriot teenager Gauff brushed aside her opponent Putintseva without breaking a sweat as she triumphed 6-0, 6-1. In the men's section, Goffin was made to work by Nardi, before the Belgia...

Alcaraz was on the brink of an early upset before he dug down for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over his Finnish opponent Emil Ruusuvuori. While, women's world no.1, Swiatek, breezed past Julia Grabher of Austria 6-3, 6-2

Defending champion Alcaraz breezed past Dan Evans in straight sets as he registered a 6-2, 6-2 win in the semi-final of the tournament in Catalunya, while Tsispas got the better of Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to set up a summit clash against the Spaniar...

Russian Rublev reached the Monte Carlo final of the clay court tournament after registering a come-from-behind win against Taylor Fritz 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, while Rune fought back to win 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 against No. 7 Jannik Sinner of Italy and book his spot in th...

Thiem and Massu have worked together for more than four years. Under the watchful eye of the 43-year-old, Thiem won the US Open title in the year 2020 and reached a career-high ranking of number 3 the same year