Ailing Djokovic Upset By 72nd Ranked Cecchinato At French Open
An ailing Novak Djokovic exited the French Open on Tuesday to underdog Marco Cecchinato in a thrilling encounter. Djokovic is the latest player to be hindered by injury.
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An ailing Novak Djokovic exited the French Open on Tuesday to underdog Marco Cecchinato in a thrilling encounter. Djokovic is the latest player to be hindered by injury.
The highly anticipated clash between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova at the French Open will not happen after all. Williams pulled out of the tournament Monday because of an injury.
His stellar career is in a slump, but Novak Djokovic said that struggling at tennis means nothing when people are starving to death.
She had been away from grand slams for 16 months, but Serena Williams said that she felt like "a warrior princess" as she returned to her winning ways at the French Open on Tuesday.
If rankings told the whole story, you'd think that Novak Djokovic's slump shows no signs of easing. But the statistics might just be blurring the picture for the struggling champion.
Rafael Nadal owns a 79-2 win-loss record at the French Open. He's only lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009 and Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal in 2015.
Rule changes -- such as towel racks, shorter sets, reduced warm-ups and a 25-second shot clock -- will be further trialed in tennis, and could be introduced on the men's tour as early as 2019.
A year after one of the most anticipated comebacks in tennis, Maria Sharapova finds herself in an unusual place. When she returned to the game last year, most experts predicted a swift return to form.
A rivalry with roots going back 20 years had its latest chapter Monday night, with Venus Williams beating sister Serena in the third round for her first win over her sibling since 2014.
Walking on court for the first match of her latest comeback, Serena Williams allowed herself a rare smile. But this time, tennis is different for the 23-time major winner.
