French Open

Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop averted five match points to defeat Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, the defending Wimbledon champions, at Roland Garros on May 28. Bopanna, therefore, matched his best result at the clay-court major by entering the quarterfinals. Later, Bopanna teamed up with Slovenia's Andreja Klepac to win the mixed doubles tournament effortlessly against America's Asia Muhammad and Britain's Lloyd Glasspool. 

Rafael Nadal, the 13-time French Open winner, defeated Australian Jordan Thompson in the first round at Roland Garros on May 23, claiming his 299th Grand Slam victory. Novak Djokovic defeated Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the first round of the French Open 2022. In a second-round match against French wild card Corentin Moutet, the Spaniard will attempt to join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the 300-plus club.

Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova, a doubles contender in the ongoing French Open, was arrested on June 4 in connection with a match-fixing scandal of 2020. According to sources, Sizikova allegedly conceded three points in her 2020 French Open game which ended up in a 7-6 loss. Currently under investigation, the 26-year-old might face a five-year imprisonment and over Rs 4-crore fine if found guilty. 

Tennis fans around the world witnessed the sport's greatest rivals clash on October 11 when Spain's Rafael Nadal once again proved to the world that he is indeed the 'King of Clay'. He defeated the top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, earning his 20th Grand Slam victory, now at par with Roger Federer's record. The match was held in the Philippe Chatrier court under a closed retractable roof with at least a thousand… read-more

Iga Swiatek outlasted Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the finals of the French Open to become the first Polish to win a Grand Slam title. Though Iga stumbled slightly at the beginning, she gradually gained pace to take down the American, who was hampered by a thigh injury. The 19-year-old Iga Swiatek, is also the lowest-ranked woman to win the title and had earlier won a junior grand slam.