October 8, 2020 Kenin, 21, will face unseeded Swiatek, 19, in French final Sofia Kenin entered 2020 with an 11-11 record in Grand Slam action. Never had made the quarterfinals at any clay-court tournament until this trip to Roland Garros — and lost her only tuneup match on the surface 6-0, 6-0 last month.
October 8, 2020 Djokovic's body acts up at French Open; faces Tsitsipas next The first obvious sign of trouble for Novak Djokovic came when he stepped out into Court Philippe Chatrier with a rather large square of beige athletic tape on the back of his neck.
October 5, 2020 Emotions flood back for Kvitova as she reaches quarterfinals Petra Kvitova stood wide-eyed and perfectly still, scarcely believing she was through to her first French Open quarterfinal in eight years after winning 6-2, 6-4 against Zhang Shuai of China on Monday.
October 4, 2020 Years after anorexia, hiatus, Italian reaches French Open QF Martina Trevisan has been doing video chats from her hotel room with her mental coach every day along the way to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, a run the 159th-ranked qualifier acknowledges is “a little” shocking, just not as much to her as to everyone else.
October 4, 2020 Winds of change blow on day of upsets at French Open On a Sunday of upsets among the women at the French Open, revenge was a dish served up in an autumnal chill by a Polish teenager.
October 3, 2020 Djokovic leads been-there-done-that crew at wild French Open Surprising results and “Who is that?” stories abound as this one-of-these-is-not-like-the-others French Open heads to the fourth round — with the wild-card entry, the pair of qualifiers and the group of men and women who keep advancing in their tournament debuts.
October 3, 2020 Paris the hard way: Qualifiers making mark at French Open As the stars of tennis converged on the French Open and settled with entourages into bio-secured hotels, Daniel Altmaier was already grafting on the clay courts, getting dirty in the dust and picking up clues here, tips there about the surface's quirks as he fought like a man in a hurry through qualifying to reach the main draw.
October 2, 2020 Early-bird Thiem, Halep advance to 4th round at French Open Waking up early Friday for his third-round match at the French Open, Dominic Thiem was surprised to see the morning skies were still dark.
October 1, 2020 Kenin takes a while to win, Djokovic breezes into 3rd round Once Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin got going, she kept going — right into the third round of the French Open.
October 1, 2020 French Open bubble not a real bubble, but Paris off-limits So many in tennis love their annual French Open visit to the City of Lights for reasons that have nothing to do with tennis.
