Tag: French Open Tennis Championships
Mental health: Stephens says it’s vital to keep talking
PARIS — Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens wants more discussions about mental health to help people both inside and outside of tennis talk...
Djokovic jokes about French-speaking skills after Paris win
PARIS — Being such a perfectionist, Novak Djokovic is not quite happy with his French. His play? That's a different story.
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Federer struggles past Koepfer to reach French Open last 16
PARIS — Roger Federer was honest with himself, and everyone else, before the French Open, saying he knew he didn’t have any chance of...
City of Light’s silent nights: Curfew cuts French Open crowd
Between points, one man’s lonely voice left the press box to pierce the air at Court Philippe Chatrier as Rafael Nadal played Richard Gasquet...
Player arrested for alleged match-fixing at 2020 French Open
PARIS — A tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested in Paris during the French Open, the Paris prosecutor's office said...
Early departure: Aryna Sabalenka upset at French Open
PARIS — The early departure of seeded players in the women's tournament continued at the French Open as third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka was upset by...
AP Sportlight
June 5
1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to...
Home crowd now backs No. 2 Medvedev, because of French coach
PARIS — Daniil Medvedev had never been past the first round at the French Open before.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 8
1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, becomes the...
AP Sportlight
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey...