8:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The sun had long set and there were no fans remaining in the stands by the end of Carla Suarez Navarro‘s first-round match against Sloane Stephens on Tuesday night at the French Open. But the smattering of people who remained in the stadium at Court Simonne-Mathieu — mostly the players’

6:30 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Between all the upsets, potential upsets and media obligations controversy early in the French Open, it’s understandable if you missed Sunday’s announcement that Venus Williams and Coco Gauff are teaming up to play doubles at the tournament. Wednesday’s first-round match will be the first time playing together for the 40-year-old

9:00 AM ET David Purdum Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Doug Kezirian Close ESPN ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host It’s three months before the NFL season, and the status of two marquee quarterbacks remains uncertain. But despite the

5:59 PM ET Simon Cambers When Roland Garros added night sessions to its schedule for the first time this year, the French Open organizers knew they would need a star for the opening night. Step forward, Serena Williams. Though there were no fans allowed inside the Court Philippe Chatrier stadium Monday night, due to the

2:07 PM ET Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, saying Monday that she will “take some time away from the court” one day after she was fined and threatened harsher sanctions for skipping her mandatory media obligations. Osaka, in a statement posted to social media, said she “never wanted to be a distraction”

8:21 AM ET Associated Press Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek has picked up right where she left off last year in winning the title: running yet another opponent this way and that on the red clay of Roland Garros in a take-no-prisoners straight-sets victory. Her best friend on the tennis circuit, Kaja Juvan, was

10:28 AM ET Simon Cambers Something strange happened to Daniil Medvedev on the way to Roland Garros. He started to believe he can play on clay. Few top players in recent memory have been as open about their distaste for a surface as Medvedev. The Russian comes to Paris as the world No. 2, but

12:15 PM ET Associated Press Reigning US Open champion and two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem squandered a two-set lead and is out of Roland Garros. The fourth-seeded Austrian was beaten 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 by 68th-ranked Pablo Andujar in the first round. It marked the first time in eight appearances at the clay-court

7:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Naomi Osaka overcame a slew of mistakes to win in her return to the French Open and then did something no one knew whether she would: She spoke briefly to the crowd. The No. 2-ranked Osaka has said she won’t participate in news conferences at Roland Garros — and

4:27 PM ET While the French Open returns to its normal May/June time slot after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed last year’s edition of the Grand Slam event to the fall, there is still one constant: Everyone on the men’s side will be trying to figure out how to beat the King of Clay. Four-time defending