French Open prize money won't change this year, Mauresmo says - ESPN
PARIS — The French Open prize money will not change this year despite players complaining they deserve a bigger share, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said Thursday.
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Sinner, Djokovic kept apart in French Open draw
PARIS: Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will not be able to meet until the French Open final after the pair were placed in opposite halves of the draw on Thursday. Sinner, the red-hot title favorite in the absence of injured rival Carlos Alcaraz, will start his bid for a maiden Roland Garros crown against French wildcard Clement Tabur, the world number 165. World number one Sinner is slated to meet big-hitting American fifth seed Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals. Daniil Medvedev is a possible semifinal opponent for the Italian. The Russian gave Sinner a rare scare in the Italian Open semis earlier this month before eventually succumbing in three sets. Djokovic will kick off his latest tilt at a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title against home player Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Second seed Alexander Zverev is a potential semifinal opponent for Djokovic. The German has played Djokovic twice before at Roland Garros, suffering quarter-final defeats against the Serb in 2019 and last year. The stand-out first-round tie sees in-form French number one Arthur Fils take on former champion Stan Wawrinka, featuring at the tournament for the last time before retirement.
Sinner opens career Grand Slam bid vs. French Open wild card - ESPN
PARIS — Jannik Sinner won't have the crowd on his side when he starts his quest for a career Grand Slam at the French Open this weekend.
Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon as he continues to recover from wrist injury
LONDON, May 19 : Carlos Alcaraz will skip Wimbledon as he recovers from the right wrist injury that has also forced the Spaniard out of the French Open, the world number two said on Tuesday.
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
Sinner becomes 1st Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years and matches Djokovic’s Masters sweep
ROME: 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. “There’s no better place to complete this set,” Sinner said. “For an Italian, it’s one of the most special places we play tennis in.
Jannik Sinner 1st Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years - ESPN
Italian tennis fans had waited for this moment for a half century.
Sinner becomes 1st Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years, matches Djokovic's Masters sweep
Italian tennis fans had waited for this moment for a half century.