Roger Federer tonight looked back on his historic title success at the French Open and declared: “It was meant to be.”
The Swiss completed his haul of grand-slam titles and moved level with Pete Sampras on a record 14 Majors by posting a 6-1 7-6 (7/1) 6-4 victory over Robin Soderling thanks to a near flawless [...]

Leander Paes says an inspiring eye contact with Martina Navratilova lifted his spirits during the French Open triumph.
As the ace Indian tennis player battled a freak injury and nerves in the French Open men’s doubles final, he drew strength from his former mixed doubles partner.
Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy rallied from a set down to [...]

Svetlana Kuznetsova will be able to retire a happy woman after adding the Roland Garros crown to the US Open title she claimed five years ago.
Svetlana Kuznetsova will be able to retire a happy woman after adding the Roland Garros crown to the US Open title she claimed five years ago.
The seventh seed outclassed fellow [...]

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy won the French Open men’s doubles on Saturday.

Paes, who won his ninth Grand Slam and Dlouhy overcame a first set lapse to tame Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the final.The third seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the giant-killing South African-Belgian pair 3-6 6-3 6-2 to win their [...]

Top seed Rafael Nadal created a French Open record for consecutive wins - but admitted he was not at his all-conquering best.
The four-time defending champion was given a thorough work-out by Brazilian qualifier Marcos Daniel, ranked 97th in the world, and came through 7-5 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round.
The 22-year-old made it 29 [...]

Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made short work of Claire Feuerstein to seal her place in round two at Roland Garros.
Russia’s Kuznetsova, the only woman to beat world number one and tournament favourite Dinara Safina on clay this season, eased through 6-1 6-4 against her French opponent who is a French Open debutant on Suzanne Lenglen [...]

Reigning four-time champion Rafael Nadal has warned his chief rivals he has been playing “almost perfect” tennis in the run-up to the French Open.
With both British number one Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic showing signs of improvement on clay and world number two Roger Federer buoyant after beating Nadal in the final of the Madrid [...]

Former French Open finalist Martin Verkerk has announced his retirement from tennis after admitting defeat to injuries.
The Dutchman enjoyed a surprise run to the final of Roland Garros back in 2003, using his big serve to full effect to beat former champion Carlos Moya and Guillermo Coria before losing to Juan Carlos Ferrero.
His efforts during [...]

In a masterly display, Rafael Nadal destroyed the world number one Roger Federer in the French Open men’s final today.

Nadal won the match in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 and it was almost as if Federer was in a daze from the beginning. The world’s best tennis player tried everything that he could, long rallies [...]

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic won the Women’s Singles title at the French Open beating Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 in the final. This is her first grand slam win as she has been third time lucky after she had lost both her previous major finals, to Justine Henin here 12 months ago and Maria Sharapova at the [...]