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Carlos Alcaraz smashed a heap of records with his epic French Open 2025 final win over Jannik Sinner. (AP)

'Insane level': All records broken in the epic Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner French Open 2025 final

June 09, 2025 9:26 am

Multiple streaks of high-level tennis and frailties of four-plus hour marathons were on the line as Alcaraz and Sinner went neck-and-neck down to the wire in the longest French Open men's final in history.

French Open 2025: Sinner will take time to recover from this jolt, but when the dust settles, both of them would realise they gave tennis one of the greatest finals of all time. (AP)

Why the 5 hr 29 min epic between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at French Open is momentous for men's tennis

June 09, 2025 6:50 pm

Establishing the elite status of the Alcaraz vs Sinner rivalry, they put on a gladiatorial show that last for 5 hours and 29 minutes, the longest ever final in French Open history.

Alcaraz leads Sinner 7-4 in their head-to-head and has beaten the Italian twice on clay courts, including in the semis of the French Open last year. (Reuters)

What did Alcaraz, Sinner (and a chuckling Djokovic) say ahead of the French Open final?

June 08, 2025 1:48 pm

French Open 2025: Both Sinner and Alcaraz are unbeaten in Grand Slam finals - something that's about to change today.

French Open: Aryna Sabalenka looking forward to 'Tequila, gummy bears and swimming' in Mykonos after 'worst final in my career'

June 07, 2025 11:39 pm

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who was the favourite coming into the final based on her recent form, played a mistake-riddled final where she made a whopping 70 unforced errors.

Coco Gauff wins French Open: American's defence and game-awareness to the fore as she downs error-prone Aryna Sabalenka in topsy-turvy final

June 08, 2025 8:12 am

In a patchy yet absorbing encounter on a windy afternoon at Court Philippe Chatrier, Gauff put together a defensive masterclass to outlast Sabalenka.

French open Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz

French Open final: Carlos Alcaraz must reduce errors, win mental battle to beat near-perfect Jannik Sinner

June 08, 2025 9:17 am

On Sunday, the two best players in the world will compete for one of the biggest prizes in the sport in the French Open final.

Jannik Sinner, the World No. 1 and new dominant force in men’s tennis, ran Djokovic ragged, beating him 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3) in their French Open semifinal late on Friday. (AP)

French Open: Jannik Sinner outlasts Novak Djokovic in straight sets, a result of tennis’s new world order

June 07, 2025 8:46 am

This was perhaps the best tennis that Djokovic has mustered since his remarkable Olympic gold triumph at this very stadium last year. That it came in a straight-sets defeat may feel like a miserable critique of his declining level but that is far from the truth.

Djokovic, whose win tally at the French Open is only second to Rafael Nadal, kissed his hand and then placed it on the clay, hinting at a probable farewell to the stadium. (AP)

Novak Djokovic: 'French Open semifinal loss could have been my last match' at Roland-Garros

June 08, 2025 6:06 pm

French Open 2025: Visibly emotional after the defeat, the 38-year-old Novak Djokovic said that he might have just played his last match at the Roland Garros, where he has championed thrice in 2016, 2021 and 2023.

French Open: Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek’s winning run to reach final with composed, power-packed performance

June 05, 2025 10:55 pm

Belarusian shows her blend of talent and maturity to end three-time defending champion Swiatek’s 26-match winning streak at Roland Garros.

Heart-warming French fairytale: Wild-card Lois Boisson's dream run continues

June 04, 2025 10:27 pm

Home player and world No. 361 Lois Boisson downs sixth seed to enter semi-final.

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Marion Bartoli inaugurates clay court in New Delhi

February 09, 2016 6:42 am

New Delhi, Feb 09 (ANI): 2013 Wimbledon Champion Marion Bartoli inaugurated a clay court at RK Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi. Bartoli inaugurated two new clay courts at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) as part of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) initiative to improve the standards of grassroots tennis in India. The Wimbledon Champion was in the national capital to launch the second edition of Rendez-vous Roland Garros, a tournament for Indian boys and girls to earn a wild card for the junior French Open.