1. Top Seeds Shine, But Not Without Challenges The tournament’s top seeds largely lived up to expectations, with commanding performances, hopefully for them, setting the tone for their fortnight. World No.1 Jannik Sinner navigated a tricky 1st Round match against Arthur Rinderknech, securing a 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 victory despite aContinue Reading
The 2025 French Open women’s draw is now set. With Roland Garros’ red clay always throwing up surprises, let’s break down each quarter, spotlight the key players, and predict who might emerge to reach the semi-finals. Quarter 1: Sabalenka’s Domain, But Threats Lurk Top seed Aryna Sabalenka is the womanContinue Reading
Roland Garros obviously took plenty of the attention this week, but there was a plethora of other events that took place. Here are the winners on the tennis tour for last week. French Open Men’s: Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def Alexander Zverev (GER) 6-3 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-2 French Open Women’s:Continue Reading
The Women’s French Open final is all set. Up one end, we have the overwhelming favourite from the start, world number 1, Iga Swiatek. On the other side of the net, is Italian surprise packet, Jasmine Paolini. While she has had a wonderful season, reaching the final having never madeContinue Reading
Fan behaviour and crowd atmosphere in tennis has forever been under the spotlight in what often becomes a divisive discussion. Is the customer, or in this case the fans, always right? It comes as former No.7 David Goffin claimed he was spat on by a member of the crowd duringContinue Reading
Round two on the women’s draw at Roland Garros will see a battle of the number 1’s….the number one Belarussian player, in Aryna Sabalenka, taking on the number one Japanese player, Moyuka Uchijima. Aryna needs no introduction to even the most casual of tennis fans, but if you haven’t heardContinue Reading
As the official draw took place on Thursday night AEDT to learn the fate of 256 players across the men’s and women’s singles, there were gasps echoed amongst the room and around the world when it was announced that 14-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal’s first opponent would be worldContinue Reading
Compared to the men over the last ten years, the women’s draw has been slightly more unpredictable. At least in the sense that more unseeded players tend to make it a little deeper into the tournament (I’m not so certain that will happen this year though). Here are the lastContinue Reading
The French Open draw has now been done. There’s enough previews on who the top seeds will face en-route to the finals, so it’s time for a preview to rate the chances of an unseeded player making a deep run. Over the last ten years, Roland Garros hasn’t thrown upContinue Reading
Emma Raducanu recently announced that she will sit out the French Open to focus on the upcoming grass and hard court seasons. Having been overlooked for a wildcard, Raducanu was entered in the tournament using her protected ranking of 103, but remained 3 spots out of the main draw, necessitatingContinue Reading
