That includes Serena Williams, a three-time champ whose last title in Paris came in 2015.Īn eighth different champion will be crowned in as many years after all four semifinalists reached that stage of a Grand Slam for the first time in their careers. The French Open women’s singles draw produced the greatest variety of recent champions of the four Grand Slams - seven different players the last seven years. He can win his 19th career Slam, moving one shy of the record shared by Nadal and Roger Federer. Now Djokovic can become the first man in the Open Era to win all four majors twice. Rafael Nadal was the leading storyline, going for his 14th Coupe des Mousquetaires at Roland Garros and to break the record for most men’s Grand Slam singles titles.īut Djokovic ousted him in the semifinals. Novak Djokovic gets fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the men’s final, live on NBC, /live and the NBC sports app at 9 a.m. One of the unlikeliest Grand Slam final pairings airs live on NBC, /live and the NBC sports app at 9 a.m. 32 and 33 in the world, meet in Saturday’s women’s final. We are in Dubai, and I can not discuss what happened against Rafael Nadal last June," Alexander Zverev said.The French Open returns to its spring spot on the calendar with daily live coverage among NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel.Īnastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Krejcikova, ranked Nos. I had to move on and do everything to play injury-free again. I wish it would have never happened, but it was the way it was. It would have been tougher to deal with it had it come at skateboarding or snowboarding. I accepted my injury because it came at Roland Garros while chasing my dreams against one of the world's best players and doing what I love.
It was a challenging period, but things are looking better now, and I'm playing decent tennis. I did not, and I ended up breaking everything I could in my ankle. At the last year's Roland Garros, I entered the matches against Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal thinking I could win the title. "I played great tennis in the second part of 2021, losing three or four matches. He won three matches before falling to Andrey Rublev in the semi-final after having his chances in the second set. Zverev missed the rest of the year and made a slow start in 2023 before showing signs of improvements in Dubai this week. However, the German injured his right ankle in the second set's 12th game last point, retiring in tears and ruining his season.
Alexander pushed Rafa to the limits like no one before in Paris, trailing 7-6, 6-6 after over three rounds and feeling ready to fight until the end.
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