PARIS: Coco Gauff kept getting herself in some trouble with shaky serving in the French Opens second round, and she kept putting herself back in position to win by breaking right back Thursday. The second-seeded Gauff, pursuing her first title at Roland-Garros, eliminated 172nd-ranked qualifier Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 in 75 minutes on a partly cloudy, warm afternoon in Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Amid a soundtrack of sirens from nearby streets and roars from nearby courts, 202

PARIS: Richard Gasquet ended his 23-year professional career Thursday with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 loss to top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the second round of the French Open. The 38-year-old Frenchman received a standing ovation and an honorary trophy during a post-match ceremony on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga appeared in a video tribute that was broadcast on the stadiums screen. Gasquet had announced earlier this year that Roland-Garros would be his final tournament. I c

PARIS: Two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas went out in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday, losing 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to unseeded Matteo Gigante for his earliest exit at Roland-Garros since 2018. The big-serving Greek reached the French Open final in 2021, losing in five sets to Novak Djokovic after winning the first two sets. He got into the quarterfinals here last year and the year before, and also made the semifinals at Roland-Garros in 2020, where he lost to Djokovic

PARIS: After winning his second-round match Wednesday at the French Open, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz finally got to do something he always wanted: sing to the fans at Roland-Garros. Alcaraz had beaten Fabian Marozsan of Hungary 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and just completed a brief interview with Mats Wilander on Court Philippe-Chatrier. So the fans thought that was it, but Alcaraz was not done. One thing, one thing. I always wanted to do that. I hope everyone follow me, the 22-year-old Spaniard

PARIS: Iga Swiatek is always quite good against Emma Raducanu. Always quite good at the French Open, too, of course. So it made sense that the latest matchup between these two Grand Slam champions, which came in the second round at Court Philippe-Chatrier on Wednesday, would end up with Swiatek on the right side of a 6-1, 6-2 result. I felt good on court, so I could do whatever I planned to, whatever I wanted to, said Swiatek, who improved to 5-0 against Raducanu and ran her winning streak in th

MADRID: Serena Williams has been awarded Spains Princess of Asturias Prize for Sports for her stellar tennis career, organizers said Wednesday. The 43-year-old American won 73 career singles titles including 23 Grand Slams. She said in 2022 that she wasstepping away from tennisto focus on her family and business interests. The 50,000-euro (57,000 USD) Princess of Asturias Award is one of eight annual prizes covering different areas, including arts, literature and science among others. The awards

PARIS: Novak Djokovic experienced the lowest of lows pulling out of the French Open after tearing the meniscus in his right knee and the highest of highs winning a long-sought Olympic gold medal for Serbia at Roland-Garros last year. This trip to the site went smoothly, once he got going. Other than some first-set interruptions by, and lengthy discussions about, the windy, wet weather, the 24-time major champion was unbothered during a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory over 98th-ranked Mackie McDonald o

PARIS: For Novak Djokovic, this is a relatively easy call: He, like many players, thinks the French Open is making a mistake by eschewing the electronic line-calling used at most big tennis tournaments and instead remaining old school by letting line judges decide whether serves or other shots land in or out. Plenty of sports, from soccer and baseball to the NFL, are replacing, or at least helping, officials with some form of high-tech replays or other technology. Tennis, too, is following that