Top seed Victoria Mboko cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez in quarterfinal action Thursday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament. Mboko improved to 2-0 against Fernandez and will face Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian in Friday’s semifinals.
In a beautiful display of class during Roland Garros qualifying, Canadian Bianca Andreescu’s opponent, Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard, is in tears on the bench after losing their match, so Andreescu comforts her and asks the crowd to give her some applause.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz said he is pulling out of the grass-court Grand Slam event next month because of his lingering wrist injury. Alcaraz injured his right wrist at the Barcelona Open last month and had already withdrawn from the the French Open that starts this weekend. He won the clay-court tournament the last two years.
Italian tennis fans had waited for this moment for a half century. For Jannik Sinner, though, it wasn’t just about becoming the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago. The top-ranked Sinner’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday's final on the red clay of the Foro Italico also made him only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events — the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams.
Coco Gauff explains why she can see tennis players uniting on a potential boycott of Grand Slams following disappointment with the French Open prize pool.
Felix Auger-Aliassime won his opening match Saturday at the Madrid Open tennis tournament defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-3, 6-4. Auger-Aliassime, the third seed, will face Belgian Alexander Blockx on Monday.
Denis Shapovalov dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Norway’s Nicolai Budkov Kjaer after the Norwegian finished with four service breaks in six opportunities in the contest to beat Shapovalolv.
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz won’t attempt to defend his French Open title due to a right wrist injury. Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first-round win and withdrew the day after.
Arthur Ashe was the first Black male to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. His commitment to social justice, health and humanitarian issues left his mark on and off the court.
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