Tearful Kostyuk reaches French Open 2nd round
PARIS: Marta Kostyuk’s first-round win at the French Open became one of her toughest matches after she found out beforehand that a missile almost hit her parents’ home in Ukraine.
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Monfils embraces final Roland Garros as trickster Gaston looks to spoil send-off
PARIS, May 24 : The first round of the French Open continues on Monday with four-times champion Iga Swiatek, world number two Elena Rybakina and newly crowned Italian Open champion Elina Svitolina among the top seeds in action.
French Open tennis odds: Sinner odds-on, Sabalenka slight favorite over Swiatek for championship - ESPN
With Carlos Alcaraz not participating in the 2026 French Open due to a wrist injury, Jannik Sinner is an overwhelming -310 favorite to win the men's title at Roland Garros. According to ESPN Research, those are the second-shortest pre-tournament odds going into any Grand Slam event since at least 1990, trailing only Rafael Nadal (-400) at the 2009 French Open, a tournament where he was upset in the fourth round. Just before Alcaraz announced his withdrawal, he was +150 to win the tournament to Sinner's -164.
Svitolina balances Rome form with calm approach in Paris
PARIS, May 23 : Elina Svitolina is among the contenders for the French Open title after her Rome triumph but the Ukrainian played down her chances, saying a calmer mindset and focus on her performance outweighed thoughts of a long-awaited maiden Grand Slam title.
Gauff at ease in Paris as she prepares to defend French Open title
PARIS: Coco Gauff is keen to sidestep any pressure that might come with starting Roland Garros as the defending women’s champion as she returns to the site of her most consistent Grand Slam success. “Last year feels like ten years ago,” the American said at media day on Friday. Gauff comes into the tournament seeded fourth, fresh from reaching the Rome final on clay where she lost to Elina Svitolina. At 22, she is about to play her seventh French Open. She won her first Grand Slam at the US Open in 2023, but Roland Garros is where she has shone most consistently. She has reached the last eight in each of her last five appearances in the French capital, including winning the tournament in 2025. She wants that record to be a source of strength rather than expectation. “Whenever I come to this tournament, I don’t even think about my past results here,” she said. “I know I play well here.
Ukraine’s Svitolina sees off Gauff to win Italian Open
ROME: Elina Svitolina won the Italian Open on Saturday after beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 to claim her third Rome title. Ukraine’s Svitolina had not claimed a WTA 1000 title since her last victory at the Foro Italico eight years ago but prevailed over the ever-erratic Gauff to claim her 20th tournament triumph. Saturday’s win over Gauff was her third in a row against a player in the top four of the world rankings — including Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina — ahead of the French Open which starts next weekend. “Of course it gives me a lot of confidence going into Roland Garros,” Svitolina told reporters. “I’m very proud of the effort, of the intensity that I’ve been able to put in to beat those players.” American star Gauff was aiming to become the first American to win in the Italian capital since Serena Williams in 2016, but the problems with her serve which have so long dogged her game began to resurface on center court. Her serve was broken three times by Svitolina on her way to losing the first set, thanks in part to four double-faults, two of which came in the game which allowed her opponent to move ahead in the match. At 5-4 down she hit a bizarre second serve which flew into the wrong side of the court, before gifting Svitolina the advantage by another double-fault at set point. A livid Gauff then smacked herself on the head with her own racket before storming down the tunnel, emerging shortly afterwards to have a heated discussion with her coach Jean-Christophe Faurel. That talking to seemed to turn things around as Gauff got a handle on her serve in a hard-fought second set which featured some fun rallies, particularly as she won the tie-break. But two more breaks of serve cost Gauff her first
Svitolina tops Gauff in three sets for third Italian Open title - ESPN
ROME — Elina Svitolina claimed a third Italian Open title on Saturday by beating Coco Gauff, who lost in the final in Rome for the second straight year.
Svitolina fights off Gauff to win third Italian Open title
ROME, May 16 : Elina Svitolina signalled her French Open ambitions by battling past world number four Coco Gauff 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the Italian Open final on Saturday to lift her first claycourt title of the season ahead of Roland Garros.