French Open

Going into the men’s singles round one at the French Open the Australian contingent consisted of six automatic qualifiers, a wild card, and a qualifier. After round one was played across the opening three days it was the qualifier, Jason Kubler that stood alone as a winner. The draw treated Kubler kindly with the world…

Just ahead of qualifying at Roland Garros, it has been announced that Daria Saville and Chris O’Connell have been awarded main draw wildcards into the French Open singles tournament. This is a reciprocal arrangement. Main draw action gets underway in Paris on Sunday 22 May. Saville (nee Gavrilova) is on the comeback trail from plantar…

Rafael Nadal first won the French Open in 2005. He has reached the final 11 times, and each and every time he has walked away as the champion. Embed from Getty Images In 2018 he marched through the seven rounds dropping just one set. That came in the quarterfinals against Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman. Rafa at…