Photos from Roland Garros: Serena & Bertens complete semifinal field

Thursday's French Open action completed the semifinal lineup, with Serena Williams and Kiki Bertens joining Garbine Muguruza and Samantha Stosur in the final four. While Bertens managed to beat Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets,...

Women’s tennis shoes and clothes ruling the 2016 French Open

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The world of tennis fashion is more competitive than ever and Grand Slams are the largest arenas for sports apparel companies to display their latest performance-driven, eye-catching designs. I've been doing Grand Slam fashion overviews...

Williams squeezes past spectacular Putintseva

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This Thursday, Serena Williams played the toughest match of her 2016 French Open campaign, being just two games away from defeat against determined and inspired Yulia Putintseva, but the Kazakh failed to convert break...

Photos from Roland Garros: Stosur & Muguruza make semis

After two largely rained-out days, Wednesday at the 2016 French Open was all about returning to business, as the six scheduled women’s matches were completed. In the morning, the second part of the tournament’s fourth...

Serena peacefully progresses to French Open quarterfinals

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Wednesday's match play at Roland Garros miraculously started on time and four fourth-round women's matches were played at the same time. I followed the one between top-ranked Serena Williams and Elina Svitolina on Court...

Photos from Roland Garros: Weather woes continue in Paris

Weather problems continue to plague the 2016 French Open as ongoing rain on Tuesday allowed only little progress in Paris. While all four women's afternoon matches were cancelled, the tournament at least managed to finish...

With favorites frustrated by rain, Stosur and Pironkova progress at the French Open

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No.2 seed Simona Halep and No.6 seed Agnieszka Radwanska were furious at organizers for having to continue their Sunday's fourth-round matches on Tuesday, another wet day at Roland Garros, and both the favorites lost, not hiding...

Photos from Roland Garros: Rain-shortened Sunday in Paris

The weather gods don't seem to be tennis fans this year in Paris, with the 2016 French Open being plagued by bad weather from the start. The woes continued on Sunday, as on-going rain showers meant two...

Shelby Rogers: From a ball girl to Roland Garros quarterfinalist

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Charleston's Shelby Rogers is making her dreams come true this fortnight in Paris, reaching her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinals by dispatching a number of big names, while in childhood she worked as a ball kid...

Photos from Roland Garros: Serena moves on

Serena Williams made the fourth round of the 2016 French Open, getting past local favorite Kristina Mladenovic in what turned out to be a highly dramatic and rain-interrupted two-set match on Court Philippe Chartrier. All that...
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