James Gray in Paris and Calvin Betton at Surbiton look back at the first week of the French Open, and glance ahead at what might be to come Sunday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am) Court Philippe Chatrier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Elise Mertens (28) (Not before 11.30am) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Juan Pablo Varillas Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Lorenzo Musetti (17) (Not before 7.15pm) Sloane Stephens vs Aryna Sabalenka Court Suzanne Lenglen Karen Khachanov (11) vs Lorenzo Sonego Karolina Muchova vs Elina Avanesyan Elina Svitolina vs Daria Kasatkina (9) (Not before 4.30pm) Sebastian Ofner vs Stefa ..read more

James Gray reports live from Paris Saturday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elena Rybakina (4) vs Sara Sorribes Tormo Holger Rune (6) vs Genaro Alberto Olivieri Iga Swiatek (1) vs Wang Xinyu (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Frances Tiafoe (12) Court Suzanne Lenglen Zhang Zhizhen vs Casper Ruud (4) Mirra Andreeva vs Coco Gauff (6) Fracisco Cerundolo (23) vs Taylor Fritz (9) Olga Danilovic vs Ons Jabeur (7) Court Simonne Mathieu Yoshihito Nishioka (27) vs Thiago Seyboth Wild Ekaterina Alexandrova (23) vs Be ..read more

James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, as the second round completes. Friday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated; singles only) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elise Mertens (28) vs Jessica Pegula (3) Kamilla Rakhimova vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) (Not before 7.15pm) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Denis Shapovalov (26) Court Suzanne Lenglen Peyton Stearns vs Daria Kasatkina (9) Lorenzo Sonego vs Andrey Rublev (7) Sloane Stephens vs Yulia Putintseva Diego Schwartzman vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (5 ..read more

James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, the first half of the second round Thursday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Giulio Zeppieri vs Casper Ruud (4) Iga Swiatek (1) vs Claire Liu Oceane Dodin vs Ons Jabeur (7) (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Alex Molcan Court Suzanne Lenglen Elena Rybakina (4) vs Linda Noskova Jannik Sinner (8) vs Daniel Altmaier Julia Grabher vs Coco Gauff (6) Arthur Rinderknech vs Taylor Fritz (9) Court Simonne Mathieu Kayla Day vs Madison Keys (20) Diane Par ..read more

George Bellshaw joins James Gray live from Paris to look back at the third day of French Open action, and look ahead to the second round. Wednesday’s order of play (All courts start at 10am unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Camila Giorgi vs Jessica Pegula (3) Caroline Garcia (5) vs Anna Blinkova Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Taro Daniel (Not before 7.15pm) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Marton Fucsovics Court Suzanne Lenglen Roberto Carballes Baena vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) Marketa Vondrousova vs Daria Kasatkina (9) Iryna Shymanovich vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Lucas Pouille vs Came ..read more

Live from Paris, James Gray looks back at a busy first Monday at Roland Garros... Novak Djokovic wins and writes a political message about Kosovo on the camera Carlos Alcaraz also picks up victory on Day 2 Jack Draper is 'mentally destroyed' after yet another injury Why Cam Norrie was furious with an 'absurd' umpiring decision despite victory over Benoit Paire Tuesday’s order of play (All courts start at 10am BST unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Lucia Bronzetti vs Ons Jabeur (7) Thiago Seyboth Wild vs Daniil Medvedev (2) Iga Swiatek (1) vs Cristina Bucsa (Not ..read more

James Gray looks back at the opening day of the 2023 French Open, live from Paris. French Open order of play, day 2 (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Karolina Pliskova (16) vs Sloane Stephens Novak Djokovic (3) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Caroline Garcia (5) vs Wang Xiyu (Not before 7.15pm) Jannik Sinner (8) vs Alexandre Muller Court Suzanne Lenglen Benoit Paire vs Cameron Norrie (14) Elina Avanesyan vs Belinda Bencic (12) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Flavio Cobolli Petra Kvitova (10) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto Court Simonne Mathieu Kayla Day vs Krist ..read more

James Gray looks back at the opening day of the 2023 French Open, live from Paris. French Open order of play, day 2 (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Karolina Pliskova (16) vs Sloane Stephens Novak Djokovic (3) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Caroline Garcia (5) vs Wang Xiyu (Not before 7.15pm) Jannik Sinner (8) vs Alexandre Muller Court Suzanne Lenglen Benoit Paire vs Cameron Norrie (14) Elina Avanesyan vs Belinda Bencic (12) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Flavio Cobolli Petra Kvitova (10) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto Court Simonne Mathieu Kayla Day vs Krist ..read more

James Gray is live from Paris and George Bellshaw is live from his bedroom to analyse the French Open draw. FANTASY TENNIS UNFILTERED IS LIVE, ENTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DFWXhrlx_Y25itXD7unoLUAXIMMmdkLgfBBZ0v_dR_Q Novak Djokovic could not have wished for a worse consequence of Daniil Medvedev’s first-ever clay-court title in Rome as the Serb was drawn into the same half of the French Open as Carlos Alcaraz. Medvedev overtook Djokovic as the world No 2 last week, relegating him to No 3 seed. As such, there was a 50:50 chance that he would end up in the same half as world No 1 ..read more

Rafael Nadal has announced that he will miss the French Open through injury and will spend several months away from the tennis court. Nadal wants to give his hip as much time as possible to heal because 2024 will probably be his last season. He said: “I’m going to try to make my last year not just a party, I'm going to try to compete at the highest level, give myself the option to try to compete and win tournaments on this clay tour. The reality is that we'll have to wait for that." Will he realistically be able to make a meaningful comeback or will this be a farewell world tour? ***** LISTENE ..read more