Felix Auger-Aliassime led by a set and a break before losing to Flavio Cobolli in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. "I'm destroyed today a little bit," the 25-year-old from Montreal said. "I feel like I'm not the player I want to be so today is a difficult day."
A frustrated Aryna Sabalenka spoke candidly to the media following her quarter-final loss to Diana Shnaider where she threw away a lead of a set and two breaks.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime run at Roland-Garros has come to an end. The fourth-seeded Canadian suffered a four-set loss to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, going down 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka reflects on her wasted a lead of a set and two breaks to lose 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to Diana Shnaider.
Since Jannik Sinner's shocking second round loss at Roland-Garros, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime has been the highest-seeded player left in the top half of the draw. Auger-Aliassime will look to keep climbing through the bracket on Wednesday as he's set to face Flavio Cobolli.
Alexander Zverev put on a clinical performance to come away with a 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-3 quarter-final victory against Rafael Jodar.
Jakub Mensik moves through to the semifinals at Roland-Garros after he beat Joao Fonseca in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 7(7)-6 on Tuesday. He will face second seeded Alexander Zverev in the semifinals.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva ran through Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 to ease into the semifinals of Roland-Garros.
After defeating Elina Svitolina in an all-Ukrainian quarter-final at Roland-Garros, an emotional Marta Kostyuk spoke about the impact Svitolina has had on Ukrainian tennis and dedicated the win to the people of Ukraine after recent drone and missile strikes against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Marta Kostyuk won an intense all-Ukraine quarter-final against Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, to reach the semifinal of Roland-Garros, where she will play against Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva.
Though it was a straight-sets win for Aryna Sabalenka over Naomi Osaka at Roland Garros, the score doesn't necessarily reflect the back-and-forth duel it was, with Sabalenka ultimately coming out on top and booking a spot in the quarter-finals.
No. 4 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised past Canadian-born Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros. Auger-Aliassime is into the final eight in France for the first time in his career, and is the last Canadian singles player remaining in the tournament.
Serena Williams has shocked the tennis world with a surprise comeback at Queen's after entering as a wild card in the doubles. The 23-time Grand Slam winner has not played tennis for four years after stepping away from the sport and has never officially retired or made any comments about definitely wanting to return.
With his win in the fourth round at Roland-Garros, Felix Auger-Aliassime is now the first Canadian male to reach the quarterfinals in each Grand Slam. The Montreal native says he has felt good about his level, but is not underestimating the draw as it stands.
After cruising through the fourth round at Roland-Garros, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime says it has been a dream come true to go deep into the tournament, and says it was the perfect match for him against Alejandro Tabilo in order to get some rest and preparation moving forward.
Stephen A. Smith explains why Serena Williams' comeback is great news for tennis.
Undefeated this season on clay, 15th-seeded Marta Kostyuk showed her strong credentials as she reached the quarterfinals at Roland-Garros for the first time by taking out four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 and ruining her birthday.
Alexander Zverev underlined his status as favourite for the men's singles title with a clinical straight-set win over Jesper de Jong, which sent him through to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the sixth consecutive year. Showing few nerves on Court Philippe-Chatrier, Zverev came through his fourth-round match 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-1.
Two days after his shocking win against Novak Djokovic, 19-year old Brazilian Joao Fonseca defeated Casper Ruud 7-5, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros.
Coco Gauff’s title defence at Roland-Garros ended in the third round after losing to Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4. In the 30th-ranked Potapova, Gauff met an opponent who could match her court coverage in long baseline rallies.
Canada’s Victoria Mboko has bowed out in the third round of women’s singles at the French Open with a three-sets loss to Madison Keys of the United States. Keys prevailed 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 over the ninth-seeded Mboko in the clay court Grand Slam tournament.
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