French Open 2021 News

After his performance floored many, Sachin Tendulkar reacted to his style of play and lauded the Serb. Even the cricketers lavished praise on Djokovic, who is quite popular all across the globe.

His long-time coach Marian Vajda joked after Sunday’s comeback win that he and Goran Ivanisevic, who is also part of the team, would retire if Djokovic won the calendar Slam. As far as chasing down Federer and Nadal, Djokovic said he has always considered it a possibility despite the fact that when he won his second Grand Slam title at the 2011 Australian Open, Nadal had nine and Federer was on 16.

Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal in four sets to enter the finals of the French Open 2021.

A win on Friday will also give the victor a chance to shake up the race for the most men’s Major titles. Nadal could take sole ownership of the record with a win on Sunday and move ahead of Federer with 21 titles while a second Roland Garros trophy would move Djokovic to 19.

Energised, Berrettini looked increasingly dangerous but the drama was halted as the fans departed – one defiantly staying put until forced to leave his seat. After a 25-minute delay, in which the players left the court, games went with serve although it was far from comfortable for Djokovic who went flying face down into the dirt after being wrong-footed. Top seed Djokovic was given a mighty scare against Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti on Monday, losing the first two sets, before steamrolling to victory.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev both have been viewed as potential future stars of tennis. Both have come close to Grand Slam titles. Now the pair of 20-somethings will meet each other for a berth in the French Open final after straight-set quarterfinal victories on Tuesday (June 8). It will be the youngest matchup in the men's semifinals at Roland Garros since a couple of guys named Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic met in 2008. While Rafa Nadal is set to face off against Diego Schwartman in the next quarterfinal on Wednesday (June 9). Here is a collection of picture with the best of action from day one of French Open 2021 quarterfinals. 

Medvedev, who made 44 unforced errors in the match, almost twice as many as the Greek, saved a Tsitsipas set point at 5-2 but the fifth seed wrapped it up a game later with a volley. Alexander Zverev settled some early nerves before beating Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the French Open semi-finals for the first time. Sixth seed Zverev, the first German to reach the last four at Roland Garros since Michael Stich in 1996, was simply too good for the world No. 46, who managed to hold serve only three times in his first appearance on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Novak Djokovic went from a big deficit to his best tennis at the French Open on Monday, erasing a two-set hole and grabbing 13 games in a row in a dominant display before his opponent stopped playing because of a back problem. The result officially goes into the books as a retirement by Lorenzo Musetti, a talented 19-year-old from Italy making his Grand Slam debut. The score when he quit showed Djokovic ahead 6-7 (7), 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0. Claycourt king Rafael Nadal overcame a wobbly start to subdue Italian teenager Jannik Sinner 7-5 6-3 6-0 on Monday and book a place in the French Open quarter-finals. Here's a collection of pictures which show the best of action from French Open 2021 on Monday (June 7).

Sakkari’s progress to the quarter-finals along with Stefanos Tsitsipas made it the first time a Greek woman and a Greek man have made the last eight at the same Major. Greek Maria Sakkari bundled American fourth seed Sofia Kenin out of the French Open on Monday with a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing to reach her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final. The decisive break for Swiatek came in the seventh game when Kostyuk netted a sliced forehand while attempting to retrieve a lob.

Nadal stormed into the fourth round of French Open 2021 and is chasing a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam crown. The Spaniard is level with Federer on 20 Grand Slam titles, 13 of which are French Open wins. There were others who were confused by the update.

Rybakina will go on to face the number 31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a place in the semi-finals after the Russian earlier beat 15th-seeded Azarenka 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Zverev hit 25 winners and wrapped up the win in one hour 54 minutes to set up a last-eight clash with unseeded Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Zverev started like a house on fire, surging into a 3-0 lead with some aggressive hitting.

Federer, who underwent knee surgery last year, has earmarked Wimbledon as his main target. But with Germany’s 59th-ranked Dominik Koepfer up next he looks in the mood to make a run into the second week here – although with 13-time French Open winner Rafa Nadal and top seed Novak Djokovic in his half, even his most optimistic fans will be amazed if Federer won the title.

A more relaxed Gasquet unleashed some delightful backhands, but Nadal broke for 4-2 in the decider as his opponent started to run out of steam, and never looked back to set up a meeting with Britain’s Cameron Norrie. Improving his Roland Garros record to a jaw dropping 102-2, Nadal has not dropped a set here since beating Dominic Thiem in the 2019 final.

Buzarnescu kept her composure to stave them off and level for 5-5 before sealing the second set on Williams’s serve. Williams was 4-0 up after breaking twice in the decider but the scoreline did not reflect the fight the Romanian put up to stay in the contest. Two men’s doubles players were removed from the French Open draw after testing positive for COVID-19, the French tennis federation (FFT), who organise the claycourt Grand Slam, said on Wednesday.