The opening ceremony of Paris 2024 lasted more than three and a half hours and followed a theatrical script about the history of Paris. Tradition and modernity came together in a story of diversity, equality, and emotion. The flame reached the cauldron and rose into the sky in a balloon after the final relay by Teddy Riner and Marie-Jo Perec.

The Spanish tennis player is a Parisian icon with 14 victories at Roland Garros, chosen as one of his

Tennis star Coco Gauff on Thursday said the Olympics were an opportunity for Americans to "come together" during a turbulent presidential race back home, as she prepares to carry the US flag at the opening ceremony in Paris. 

world number two, will face Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round of the singles event at Roland

Garros.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina on Thursday withdrew from the Olympic Games tennis tournament, joining men's world number one Jannik Sinner in skipping the event.  The 25-year-old Russian-born Kazakh was down to face Romania's Jaqueline Cristian in the first round of the singles. 

Fourth-ranked Rybakina had been included in the draw made earlier at Roland Garros, the home of the French

illness, German news agency (dpa) reported.Rybakina withdrew just hours after the draw took place at Roland

Garros yesterday.https://t.co/nplPxfXWpb— Scoop (@Scoopdotmy) July 26, 2024The 2022 Wimbledon champion

In the face of criticism from a human rights organisation that suspects the neutrality of Russian tennis players competing in the Paris Olympics, the sport's officials guarantee that the investigation has been exhaustive.

Shnaider and Elena Vesnina - are participating as neutrals in the tennis event starting Saturday at Roland

Garros.

British tennis player Andy Murray has opted out of the singles tournament at the Olympics due to back issues. He will partner with compatriot Dan Evans in what will be his final competition as a professional. Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals in Olympic history.

The Roland Garros courts will be the last ones to see him play as a professional.

The Olympic Tennis Games are held at the legendary Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday, the day after

from the Madrid Open before the quarterfinals with a hip injury and lost the tournament in Rome in the Roland

Garros race, where Olympic tennis will be played between July 27 and August 4.Turning pro at the age

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could face his longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament.

“Roland Garros, as everybody knows, is the most special place in tennis for me.

Voundrosova has chosen to withdraw in time to begin her full recovery for the US Open and will be substituted by Katerina Siniakova.

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Andy Murray announced his definitive retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday, after previous hints he could hang up his racket for good due to injuries. He has chosen to do so at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and will soon will find out who his opponent is this Thursday.

lost seven finals: a US Open in 2008, five Australian Opens in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and a Roland

Garros in 2016.

established himself as a world champion, he is ranked number three in the world and has won Wimbledon and Roland

Garros.

sensation will be looking to make history in 2024 and take gold in the French capital after dominating at Roland

Garros and Wimbledon this year.

the Olympic medal, he will be part of an elite group of players who have achieved the triple crown of Roland

Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in the same year.

A few months ago, he won his first Roland Garros title.

the Olympic medal, he will be part of an elite group of players who have achieved the triple crown of Roland

Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in the same year.

succeeds, he will join compatriot Rafa Nadal, who achieved the feat in 2008 when he won his fourth Roland

Garros title, followed by ten more, and then triumphed on the grass at Wimbledon, defeating Roger Federer

Garros and Wimbledon this year.The 21-year-old Alcaraz works hard both on the courts in Murcia and in

impressive run to the final, Nadal couldn't secure his 64th clay-court title, marking his first since Roland

Garros 2022.

The Spaniard champion is on the list for the tournament he has won four times. He has missed three of the last four editions due to injury. Nadal will be in Paris in 2024. It is not out of the question that he will play in the US Open on 26 August.

He had already won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

Swiatek won her third consecutive title at Roland Garros in June.

The 2022 US Open champion has already won at Roland Garros and Wimbledon this season.

After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

to the stage to keep the atmosphere alive as a prelude to the return of the Torch on 26 July.Roland Garros

team relay led by François Jauffret, the record holder for the most Davis Cup appearances and most Roland

Garros semi-finals.

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach penned an Op-Ed that appeared in three major French newspapers: L’Equipe, Le Parisien, and Ouest-France over the weekend. The piece explores the upcoming Games and its significance.

Events will be held at iconic locations such as Roland Garros for tennis, and Paris La Defense Arena