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Teenager Świątek makes history for Poland with stunning French Open title

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Teenage sensation Iga Świątek made history in Paris by becoming the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title, defeating Sofia Kenin in the women's final.

sublime cross-court forehand winner.Świątek is the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to win at Roland

Garros without dropping a set, and the first Grand Slam winner born in 2001.Kenin, 21, had been attempting


Świątek powers past Kenin to clinch French Open crown

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, who won the Australian Open earlier this year, looks devastated after losing the women's final at Roland

Garros ©Getty ImagesŚwiątek, 19, is the first player born in 2001 to win a Grand Slam singles title


Hewett wins second French Open title in two days

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Alfie Hewett won his fourth singles Grand Slam title and his second at Roland Garros after defeating

and last year's winner.Gérard has upset Japanese top seed Shingo Kunieda in the semi-finals.Roland Garros



Nadal to meet Djokovic in 13th French Open final

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World number one Novak Djokovic stands between Rafael Nadal and a record-extending 13th French Open title after both reached the men's singles final in Paris today.

#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/atX8c7jdQ2— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) October 9, 2020By contrast,

Serbia's Djokovic has lost on three of his four final appearances at Roland Garros, with his sole victory


Kamiji wins fourth French Open women's wheelchair singles title

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Japan's Yui Kamiji had a perfect day as she wrapped up the women's wheelchair singles title at the French Open in straight sets against her compatriot Momoko Ohtani.

Britain in the women's wheelchair doubles semi-finals.2014 ✅2017 ✅2018 ✅2020 ✅Yui Kamiji wins her fourth Roland-Garros

#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/99i64mMsM8— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) October 9, 2020The favoured




French Tennis Federation give Paris Masters green light with restrictions in place

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Another major tennis tournament has been added to the 2020 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) calendar, with the Paris Masters now scheduled to take place from October 31 to November 8.

In the light of the rigorous organisation of Roland Garros, the FFT will reconcile strict compliance

after defeating Canada's Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.The French Open is scheduled to conclude at Roland

Garros on October 11.


Top seeds advance as French Open wheelchair singles contests begin

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Defending champions Gustavo Fernández and Diede de Groot advanced from the quarter-finals as the men's and women's wheelchair singles competitions got underway at the French Open in Paris.

defeated in last year's final.Fernández triumphed 6-3, 6-3.Japan's Shingo Kunieda, the runner-up at Roland

Garros in 2019 and the top seed, defeated French wild-card Frédéric Cattaneo 6-2, 6-0.


Djokovic, Kvitová and Kenin all into French Open semi-finals

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Novak Djokovic is into the semi-finals of the French Open and remains undefeated in 2020 after coming from a set down to beat Pablo Carreño Busta.

time Grand Slam winner, is into his 10th French Open semi-final - but has only once won the title at Roland

Garros, in 2016.Both players had 13 break points but Djokovic was more clinical, converting six compared


Nadal critical of "dangerous" French Open conditions following latest-ever finish

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Twelve-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal has complained that conditions were "too cold" and "dangerous" during his quarter-final against Jannik Sinner.

Philippe Chatrier, which led to his clash with Sinner being played so late.He is not the first player at Roland

Garros to complain about the cold at the re-arranged tournament.Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, during


French Open records latest ever finish as more seeds tumble on marathon quarter-final day

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Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska caused the biggest upset of the day at Roland Garros as she beat

defeated Jannik Sinner of Italy in straight sets in a match that recorded the latest ever finish at Roland

Garros - 1.26am local time ©Getty ImagesSvitolina was the latest high-profile female player to be dumped


Thiem and Svitolina dumped out as French Open records latest ever finish for day's play

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Third seeds Dominic Thiem of Austria and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine both suffered defeats on a marathon day of French Open quarter-final action, which ended with victory for Rafael Nadal at 1.26am local time, as the tournament recorded its latest ever finish for a day's play.

defeated Italy's Jannik Sinner in a match that finished at 1.26am local time, the latest ever finish at Roland

two days ago by defeating Trevisan 6-3 6-1.One of the factors behind the marathon day of action at Roland

Garros was that a women's singles fourth round match, delayed from yesterday because of bad weather,