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'We called her Roger Federer': How Ons Jabeur made her mark in Tunisia

Ons Jabeur became the first Arab or African woman to win a top-flight tennis title, her adolescent sparring partner could see she was destined for glory even if he suffered a broken arm in the process. Omar Laabidi remembers being repeatedly beaten by a 12-year-old Jabeur, who this month surged to victory at the Madrid Open at the age of 27 -- the first WTA 1000 trophy of her career. "We used to call her Roger Federer," he said.

’We called her Roger Federer’: How Ons Jabeur made her mark in Tunisia

HAMMAM SOUSSE, Tunisia: Fifteen years before Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur became the first Arab or African woman to win a top-flight tennis title, her adolescent sparring partner could see she was destined for glory even if he suffered a broken arm in the process.

Tennis-Nadal on the back foot as injury clouds Roland Garros prospects

By Sudipto Ganguly

Nadal on the back foot as injury clouds Roland Garros prospects

A chronic foot issue may be the biggest threat to Rafa Nadal's bid for a record-extending 14th French Open trophy this month, with the injury preventing the Spaniard from rediscovering the kind of form he will need to see off a host of challengers.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz drawn to same half for French Open; Iga Swiatek could face Karolina Pliskova in quarterfinals

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all were placed in the same half of the French Open men's bracket during Thursday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam.

Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz on same half of Roland Garros bracket

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all were placed on the same half of the French Open men’s bracket in Thursday’s draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.

Sorteo de Roland Garros hoy, en directo: cuadro, cruces y partidos de Nadal, Alcaraz, Djokovic...

Varios tenistas causan baja en el cuadro masculino. El francés Gaël Monfils, número 22 del ranking ATP, fue el último en anunciar que no estará presente en París debido a una lesión que arrastra desde el Masters 1.000 de Montecarlo, que se celebró a mediados de abril. Junto a él, tampoco estarán en esta edición de Roland Garros Matteo Berrettini, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Nick Kyrgios ni Kei Nishikori, entre otros.

Rafael Nadal: Five clay matches, three wins, no titles - will 21-time Grand Slam champion challenge at French Open?

Rafael Nadal has won the French Open in all kinds of ways. He’s won it as a teenager, he’s won it without dropping a set, he’s won it as the overwhelming favourite, he’s won it against Roger Federer, he’s won it against Novak Djokovic, he’s won it against Robin Soderling. Only once has he won it without winning another clay event beforehand that season, and that was in 2020 when the French Open was pushed back to October.

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'We called her Roger Federer': How Ons Jabeur made her mark in Tunisia

’We called her Roger Federer’: How Ons Jabeur made her mark in Tunisia

Tennis-Nadal on the back foot as injury clouds Roland Garros prospects

Nadal on the back foot as injury clouds Roland Garros prospects

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz drawn to same half for French Open; Iga Swiatek could face Karolina Pliskova in quarterfinals

Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz on same half of Roland Garros bracket

Sorteo de Roland Garros hoy, en directo: cuadro, cruces y partidos de Nadal, Alcaraz, Djokovic...

Rafael Nadal: Five clay matches, three wins, no titles - will 21-time Grand Slam champion challenge at French Open?