Matteo Berrettini opened his Roland Garros campaign with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 win over Vasek Pospisil in one hour and 48 minutes on Tuesday at Roland Garros. “I think I was putting a lot of pressure on him,” said Berrettini. “I think I was serving well, returning well… I felt that I was moving better. I was putting more …

“Now you guys will have to tell me how to get to Centre Court because every time I’ve come here it’s been to play, I don’t know how to get to the stands.” David Ferrer’s quip came as he was about to sit in Alexander Zverev’s box for the first time. It was the first round at Roland Garros, where …

Eight days after clinching his fifth Internazionali BNL d’Italia title in Rome, Novak Djokovic took no time to recover his best level at Roland Garros on Tuesday. The World No. 1 won 61 per cent of his return points (44/72) to breeze past Mikael Ymer 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 on the new Court Philippe-Chatrier, proving too consistent for his opponent as …

Mackenzie McDonald departed Roland Garros last year with a devastating injury. In a doubles match, the American tore his right proximal hamstring tendon. Returning to health was a massive undertaking. “It took a really serious team and a lot of hard work. The surgery was pretty big. I have a massive scar underneath my butt and I wasn’t able to …

Editor’s Note: ATPTour.com is resurfacing features to bring fans closer to their favourite players and tournaments. This story was originally published on 23 September 2019.  #NextGenATP star Felix Auger-Aliassime and 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung visited the Jinhui Primary School on Monday to conduct a tennis clinic with 20 students.  The 19-year-old Canadian and 23-year-old Korean, who are both …

Editor’s Note: ATPTour.com is resurfacing features to bring fans closer to their favourite players and tournaments. This story was originally published on 25 September 2019. Typically it’s the stars of the ATP Tour who entertain a city’s people at tournaments throughout the world. But on Wednesday, a Zhuhai attraction entertained top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and fourth seed Borna Coric ahead of …

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, the 2018 Roland Garros champions, stormed past reigning Australian Open finalists Max Purcell and Luke Saville 6-1, 6-2 in 66 minutes on Tuesday to reach the second round in Paris. The Frenchmen have won all four Grand Slams together, triumphing on the terre battue two years ago. The sixth seeds won 85 per cent of …

Rafael Nadal has only lost one set in 15 second-round matches at Roland Garros. The 12-time champion will try to maintain that nearly flawless mark on Wednesday against American Mackenzie McDonald on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The lefty beat Egor Gerasimov in straight sets in his opener. In his first Grand Slam since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Nadal is fully focussed on …

As Jurij Rodionov collapsed to the terre battue on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, after four hours and 36 minutes, one thing went through his mind: “Relief,” exclaimed the #NextGenATP Austrian. “Honestly, when I won the match and sat down on the bench, I was thinking how happy I was that it’s over. I didn’t want to play this match anymore. Mentally and …

What a difference a year makes. In 2019, Taylor Fritz was the only American man to reach the second round at Roland Garros. This year, eight Americans won their opening match, the most at this tournament since 1996, when nine did it. “It’s really cool having all the Americans get through. It’s exciting,” said Mackenzie McDonald, who plays 12-time champion …