Sports/Tennis (Page 20)

Four Canadians advanced into the third round of the French Open with wins on Thursday. Bianca Andreescu made it a clean sweep on the day for Canadians when she battled back from a rough first set to beat 23rd seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. She joined fellowContinue Reading

Tennis Iga Swiatek played like the current No. 1 and the two-time defending champion at the French Open. No surprise there. That Naomi Osaka looked like the former No. 1 that she is — and on clay, no less — amounted to an announcement that she is still quite capableContinue Reading

Bianca Andreescu was victorious in her return from an injury layoff of nearly 10 months with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in first-round action Monday at the French Open. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., showed some rust in letting a 4-2 lead in the first setContinue Reading

On the first day of the 2024 French Open, Naomi Osaka marked her seventh appearance in Paris with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 first-round victory over Lucia Bronzetti. Osaka picked up her first win at a Grand Slam tournament in more than two years on Sunday, steadying herself after wasting a 4-0Continue Reading

Tennis This might not turn out to be Rafael Nadal’s last French Open, after all. The 14-time champion at Roland Garros said Saturday that he is not 100 per cent sure he won’t play again at the Grand Slam tournament. 14-time champion ‘cannot predict’ this will be his last appearanceContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Marina Stakusic’s bid for her first entry in a Grand Slam main draw has fallen just short as the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., fell 6-3, 6-2 to Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva on Friday in the final round of qualifying for the French Open. Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic will headContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu will make her anticipated return to action at the French Open. The 23-year-old hasn’t played since August after injuring her back at the women’s National Bank Open in Montreal. Will play Spain’s Sorribes Tormo in Round 1; Fellow Canadian Diallo qualifies ThursdayThe Canadian PressContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday with a win at the Geneva Open, Diallo and Stakusic are one win away from qualifying for the French Open, and Fernandez and Routliffe advanced to the Internationaux de Strasbourg double’s quarterfinals on Wednesday. 37-year-old next faces Shapovalov or Griekspoor in quartersThe Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Tennis Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title Sunday and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago. German didn’t drop a point on his 1st serve until late inContinue Reading