Tennis

For Novak Djokovic, Another Well-Meaning Effort Goes Off the Rails

At the French Open, Players Look to the Tao of Rafael Nadal

PARIS — Roland Garros was shrouded in an existential fog so thick that many of the players couldn’t see past...

2020 French Open: Men’s Final Preview

How to watch: 9 a.m. Eastern on NBC; streaming on the NBC app.Rafael Nadal, a 12-time French Open champion, has...

It’s Djokovic-Nadal Yet Again. But This French Open Duel Is Not Like the Others.

Men’s tennis finally got a new Grand Slam champion in New York last month as Dominic Thiem, an Austrian in,...

Iga Swiatek Steamrolls Sofia Kenin to Win the French Open

October 10, 2020

PARIS — Iga Swiatek, an unseeded teenager from Poland, won her first tour title at the French Open on Saturday...

Will This Be the Last French Open With Only Human Eyes Minding the Lines?

October 10, 2020

“It is not a 3-D re-creation; we give the real image,” Simon said. “We see the surface of the court...

2020 French Open: Women’s Final Preview

October 10, 2020

How to watch: 9 a.m. on NBC; streaming on the NBC app.Sofia Kenin, the Australian Open champion, is back in...

Rafael Nadal Reaches French Open Final, Could Tie Majors Record

October 9, 2020

Was the Italian Open really only last month? It seemed much more distant on Friday as Rafael Nadal inexorably imposed...

The French Open Will Probably Finish. But This Tournament Has Not Been Normal.

October 9, 2020

When they failed to show up to watch one of his practices, Nadal sent a text jokingly asking if they...

The Many Sides of Novak Djokovic, Out There for All to See

October 8, 2020

As the French Open moves to its final weekend, for the first time in years, the eyes of the tennis...

Iga Swiatek Cruises Into French Open Final, Where She Will Be Hard to Beat