11:20 PM ET “Watching Rafa play at Roland Garros to me is like watching your favorite movie,” two-time major champion Victoria Azarenka tweeted as Rafael Nadal was making short work of Cameron Norrie in the French Open’s third round. “You enjoy it a lot but you kinda already know what is going to happen.” This

5:23 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Sprinting, sliding and stretching, anticipating each other’s moves for four sets and more than four hours, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal produced a masterpiece in the French Open semifinals. Djokovic stopped Nadal’s bid for a 14th French Open title and handed the King of Clay just his

12:30 PM ET This might not have been the French Open women’s finals matchup most expected, but it will undoubtedly be a career-changing match for Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova when they face off Saturday in Paris. Pavlyuchenkova reached a Slam final for the first time in 52 major appearances and is the first Russian

11:33 AM ET Friday’s French Open men’s semifinals are evenly split between the new and old guard: On one side, two fast-rising youngsters try to solidify their claim as the future face of the sport; on the other, a pair of no-doubt legends battle it out with history on the line. While some tennis observers

6:43 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova needed more attempts to reach a Grand Slam final than any other woman in the Open Era. Barbora Krejcikova had to get through the longest women’s semifinal match in the history of the French Open. Now Pavlyuchenkova and Krejcikova, two of the unlikeliest finalists in recent memory, will

11:06 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Tour veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia advanced to her first Grand Slam final by beating unseeded Tamara Zidansek at the French Open on Thursday, 7-5, 6-3. The 29-year-old Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 31st, is playing in her 52nd major tournament and her 14th French Open. She had been 0-6 in

10:10 PM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Defending champion Rafael Nadal and last year’s runner-up Novak Djokovic were both tested in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, before they came through to set up a 58th career meeting. In the women’s draw, Iga Swiatek‘s title defence came to an end. Here are the best stats from the

12:43 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Rafael Nadal‘s French Open set streak is over. His pursuit of a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title — including 14 at Roland Garros — remains very much intact. Nadal shrugged off dropping a set in Paris for the first time in two years and regained control Wednesday,

7:17 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova reached her first Grand Slam semifinal by coming back from an early deficit and beating 17-year-old Coco Gauff 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the French Open on Wednesday. Gauff led 3-0 at the outset, then 5-3, and held a total of five set points in the

1:58 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Alexander Zverev did not want to believe that his opponent in the French Open quarterfinals had saved a break point with a shot that landed on — or was it merely near? — a line in the fourth game Tuesday. So Zverev crouched down near the mark