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French Open defends "pragmatic" stance in Osaka dealings

French Open organizers said they took a 'pragmatic' approach in their dealings with four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, insisting they tried to engage with her before she decided to withdraw.

French Open 2021: Barbora Krejcikova wins maiden Grand Slam title

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova won her first Grand Slam title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final Saturday.

Novak Djokovic beats Nadal in French Open thriller to reach final

Djokovic stopped Nadal's bid for a 14th French Open title and handed the King of Clay just his third loss in 108 matches at the tournament by coming back to win their thriller of a semifinal

Tsitsipas beats Zverev to register a place in French Open 2021 final

Stefanos Tsitsipas went from way ahead to suddenly stuck in a five-set struggle against Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday before emerging to earn his first berth in a Grand Slam final

French Open 2021 women's doubles final: Barbora-Katerina vs Iga-Bethanie

Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova could become the first woman since Mary Pierce of France in 2000 to clinch both the singles and doubles French Open titles

Djokovic-Nadal, Tsitsipas-Zverev in French Open semifinals

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal know there's something special about the two of them meeting in the French Open semifinals even if they'd prefer, of course, for it to happen a round later

French Open: Djokovic to face defending champion Nadal in semi-finals

World number one Novak Djokovic will lock horns with defending champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the ongoing French Open on Friday

Roger Federer pulls out of French Open 2021 before 4th round

Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Sunday to give himself a chance to recover after emerging from a tight third-round victory that lasted about 3 1/2 hours. After two knee surgeries and over a year of rehabilitation it's important that I listen to my body and make sure I don't push myself too quickly on my road to recovery," the 20-time Grand Slam champion said in a statement released by the French tennis federation. "I am thrilled to have gotten 3 matches under my belt. There is no greater feeling than being back on court. Federer, who turns 40 on Aug. 8, was competing in his first major tournament since the 2020 Australian Open. Shortly after that event, he had the first of a pair of operations on his right knee. He had played just three matches this season before arriving in Paris for the clay-court Slam, which he won in 2009. Federer had made clear last month that he did not see himself as ready to contend for the French Open title this time and instead had his sig

French Open: Federer books pre-quarterfinal berth, to take on Berrettini

Federer came through a nerve-wracking third-round match against 27-year-old German Dominik Koepfer 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 7-5 to seal a spot in the French Open pre-quarterfinals

French Open: 2019 finalist Marketa Vondrousova reaches 4th round

Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic, who reached the 2019 French Open final, defeated Polona Hercog in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, to enter fourth round of French Open late on Friday

Pulling the plug

Naomi Osaka's run-in with the tennis authorities, shines a light on just how poorly the world tennis bureaucracy is equipped to deal with a young superstar confronted with mental health issues

French Open: World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty pulls out due to injury

Australia's Barty, who also used to play cricket, was one of the favourites to lift the title.

Sponsors hail Japan's Naomi Osaka's 'courage' on mental health issues

A few years ago, a star athlete dropping out of a major tennis tournament over mental health issues might have been seen as a sign of weakness

French Open: Nadal thrashes Gasquet for 17th time, enters 3rd round

Rafael Nadal defeated Richard Gasquet 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 on his 35th birthday to reach third round of French Open here late on Thursday

Men's doubles team test positive at French Open, dropped from tournament

French Open organisers say that both members of a men's doubles team have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been dropped from the tournament

We recognise Osaka's courage in sharing mental health experience: Nike

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has found support from Nike (NKE) and other major sponsors after deciding to withdraw from the ongoing French Open

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Osaka's concerns on mental health

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted to tennis star Naomi Osaka's stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players' concerns about mental health

French Open 2021: Nadal beats Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 7-6, advances to 2nd round

Nadal defeated Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 in the first-round match played at Court Philippe-Chatrier

French Open 2021: Bopanna-Skugor enters second round of men's doubles

India's Rohan Bopanna and Franko Skugor of Croatia sailed into the men's doubles second round at French Open with a straight-set win over Gerogia's Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andre Begemann of Germany

Naomi Osaka exposes sports' mental-health risks with French Open exit

An estimated one-third of athletes suffer at some point from a mental-health crisis that manifests as depression and anxiety, eating disorders and burnout, according to studies cited by academics and