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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Fritz falls to Basavareddy in French Open shock
PARIS, May 24 : Seventh seed Taylor Fritz was stunned 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-7(9) 6-1 by fellow American Nishesh Basavareddy in the first round of the French Open on Sunday as his injury-disrupted claycourt season ended with a whimper.
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.
Canada's Gabriel Diallo retires due to injury in opening match at French Open
Gabriel Diallo is out of the French Open.
Zverev in cruise control as French Open starts under blazing sun
PARIS, May 24 : French Open dark horse Alexander Zverev started his Roland Garros campaign with a meticulous 6-3 6-4 6-2 first-round demolition of France's Benjamin Bonzi in searing heat on Sunday.
French Open gets under way with Coldplay song on strings, heat on clay
PARIS, May 24 : The French Open started on Sunday under a blazing sun as panama-hatted fans streamed into Roland Garros, which felt more Riviera than claycourt grind as alleys echoed with a violin rendition of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" and other soft-rock staples.
French Open day one
PARIS, May 24 : Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):
Senegal football fans home after royal pardon
Dakar: A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country’s chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco in January returned home Sunday after being pardoned by the Moroccan king. King Mohammed VI granted the fans a pardon “on humanitarian grounds” on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha, Morocco’s royal court said Saturday. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye welcomed the jubilant supporters on arrival at the airport outside Dakar just after 1:00 am, an AFP journalist reported. “We’re very happy to have them back on Senegalese soil,” Faye, who donned a tracksuit for the occasion, told journalists. He thanked Moroccan authorities for the pardon — but in what Morocco will likely perceive as a new dig, hailed the national team as “two-time African champions,” even though the January final is the subject of an ongoing dispute before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. Senegal won the tumultuous continental final against Morocco in Rabat on January 18, but the match was later awarded on appeal to the hosts. With the match tied at 0-0, after a penalty awarded to Morocco in stoppage time of the second half — just after a Senegal goal was disallowed — Senegalese fans tried to storm the pitch and hurled projectiles. The Senegalese team left the pitch in protest at the penalty decision, halting play for nearly 20 minutes. When they returned, they gleefully watched Morocco miss their penalty, and went on to score a 94th-minute winner. In February, Moroccan courts sentenced 18 Senegalese supporters held in Morocco since the final to prison terms ranging from three months to a year for hooliganism. Three were released from jail in mid-April after