Tennis

10:20 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Iga Swiatek is so efficient, so smooth, with a racket in her hand, seemingly never flustered a bit and, for months now, never beaten. The only time she looked even the slightest bit shaken Saturday at Court Philippe Chatrier was after her 6-1, 6-3 victory against Coco Gauff
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3:23 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands won the French Open men’s doubles tennis championship by beating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of the U.S. 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final. Forty-year-old Rojer is the oldest Grand Slam men’s doubles
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Serena and Venus Williams did not appear on the women’s singles entry list released by Wimbledon on Friday. It is possible that either player could request a wild-card invitation to the Grand Slam tournament, which begins on June 27. Serena Williams has won seven of her Open
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3:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff has a chance to leave Roland Garros with two trophies. Gauff and Jessica Pegula advanced to the women’s doubles final at the French Open by beating Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend 6-4, 7-6 (4) in an all-American semifinal Friday. The 18-year-old Gauff meets top-ranked Iga Swiatek on
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12:31 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Rafael Nadal has become the second-oldest men’s finalist in French Open history after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, stopped playing Friday because of an injured right leg. Now Nadal will try to become the oldest champion at a tournament he has already won a record 13 times.
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10:28 AM ET ESPN News Services Iga Swiatek continued her march toward a second French Open title in three years when she demolished Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 to reach the final and tie Serena Williams for the second-longest winning streak of this century. Swiatek’s 34th win in a row puts her one victory from
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