Tag: Tennis
Zero round at the French Open: Otte struggles out, Schunk surprises unsuccessfully
Clear round at French Open Otte struggles out, Schunk surprises unsuccessfully May 24, 2022 at 9:58 p.m At the French Open, no German tennis pro made it into the second…
a good fight and a defeat, the successful farewell to tennis of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during his match against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, in the first round of Roland-Garros, on May 24. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP We will no longer see Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s…
Tennis and Cinema quiz: will you be able to recognize these 9 films that have the level for Roland Garros?
At the time when the fortnight of Roland Garros begins, we offer you a quiz on tennis at the cinema. Sport occupies a major place in our society, and this…
Petkovic continues “smart” in Paris: Kerber escapes first-round embarrassment by a hair’s breadth
Petkovic continues “smart” in Paris Kerber escapes first-round embarrassment by a hair’s breadth May 23, 2022, 10:06 p.m Andrea Petkovic is now training smart and is moving convincingly into the…
Roland-Garros: Nadal, Williams, Federer… Where are the big names in tennis?
Roland-Garros, its packed aisles, its celebrities in the stands… but above all its stars on the courts. Since 1891, the French Open have been used to seeing the biggest stars…
Opening victory at the French Open: Zverev easily pretties up a lousy German start
Opening victory at French Open Zverev easily pretties a bad German start May 22, 2022, 8:14 p.m There is not much for the German tennis professionals on the first day…
Tennis Roland Garros: Nadal and Djokovic, favorites under pressure
“This court has something that makes it play 30% better”: after watching on the Central the training of Rafael Nadal, the man with 13 titles on Parisian clay, the world…
Tennis: Gilles Simon, this discreet hero who plays his last Roland-Garros
In retracing the recent history of French tennis, the names of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gaël Monfils or Richard Gasquet come naturally to mind. That of Gilles Simon, much less. And yet,…
Before Roland-Garros, the great slump in French tennis
VS’is a chilling statistic. With the announcement of Gaël Monfils’ package, there will be no seeded French player at Roland-Garros, for both women and men. You have to go back…
Tournament victory before the French Open: Kerber triumphs in the tiebreak marathon
Tournament victory before French Open Kerber triumphs in the tiebreak marathon May 21, 2022, 7:02 p.m One day before the start of the most important clay court tournament in the…
Giants pave the way in Paris: Zverev’s eternal struggle against title trauma
Giants pave way in Paris Zverev’s eternal struggle against title trauma May 20, 2022 at 9:37 p.m Germany’s best tennis player Alexander Zverev is still waiting for his first title…
Who is Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, former tennis hopeful and enarque, new Minister of Sports?
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, current director general of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), was appointed Minister of Sports on Friday. Five years after having offered her services to be Minister of Sports,…