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PARIS: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave Norway's eighth-seeded Casper Ruud a run for his money in a tight French Open first round battle but predictably headed into a tear-jerking retirement with a 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 7-6(0) defeat on Tuesday (May 24).
The BBC has apologised to viewers after the headline "Manchester United are rubbish" appeared on its ticker during a television news broadcast on Tuesday.
Reigning champion Novak Djokovic won in straight sets on his return to Grand Slam action at the French Open on Monday and 13-time Roland Garros winner Rafael Nadal eased to victory, but Naomi Osaka crashed out in the first round.
Last year’s French Open was perhaps the most unpredictable in recent memory and this season’s competition has already provided plenty of upsets.
Spain’s Paula Badosa made light work of French wild card Fiona Ferro to reach the second round at Roland-Garros. With defending champion Barbora Krejcikova and top-10 seeds Anett Kontaveit, Ons Jabeur and Garbine Muguruza all out of the tournament already, those capable of challenging the in-form world No. 1 Iga Swiatek are diminishing by the day.
Eurosport expert Tim Henman has urged «icons of our sport» Roger Federer and Serena Williams to go out «on a big, big stage». Neither Federer nor Serena were able to make it into the main draw at Roland-Garros this year due to injuries and both appear likely to bow out from the sport in the next few years. Ad/> Henman has expressed his hope that the pair can have fitting farewells from the sport when they do decide to eventually retire and that they will come on stages deserving of their illustrious careers.
Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop progressed to the men's doubles second round of the French Open with an easy straight-set win over local wild cards Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg and Luca Van Assche in Paris on Tuesday. The experienced 16th seeded Indo-Dutch pair had no trouble in dispatching the lower-ranked home combo 6-4 6-1 in the opening round.
Daniil Medvedev still yearns to play at Wimbledon next month and finds the situation "very strange" that he could climb to the top of the men's rankings even if excluded from the grasscourt Grand Slam, the world number two said on Tuesday. The ATP and WTA last week took away ranking points from Wimbledon following the organisers' decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which Russia calls a 'special operation'. Medvedev briefly took over as world number one from Novak Djokovic earlier in 2022 and will be the highest-ranked player to miss out on the major.