Tennis

Grass Season Has Started in Tennis: The Road Leads to Wimbledon

The shortest but most prestigious stage of the 2026 tennis season officially begins today with the tournaments on grass courts. The tennis family, which said goodbye to the clay court at Roland Garros, has turned all its attention to the four-week grass court adventure preparing for the 139th Wimbledon Championships that will start on June 29. Seven tour-level tournaments lined up under the ATP Tour and WTA Tour have opened the curtain of a season in which players will fight on the green fields of Europe both to gain ranking points and to reach London's grass courts in their best form.

Alexander Zverev Champion at Roland Garros: He Finally Made It

In the 2026 Roland Garros men's singles final, German racquet Alexander Zverev defeated Italian rival Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 to reach his career's first Grand Slam championship. The 29-year-old German player, who had lost three Grand Slam finals before the fifth, managed to reach the Coupe des Mousquetaires (Musketeers' Cup) in his fourth final. Five sets and four hours of struggle were required for the winner of the match at Court Philippe-Chatrier to be determined; Zverev closed the last set 6-1, ending the dream.

Mirra Andreeva, Champion at Roland Garros

Arnaldi Withdraws from Roland Garros Semifinal: Cobolli to Face Zverev in the Final!

Drama at Roland Garros! Matteo Arnaldi withdraws from the semifinal due to a severe virus. Flavio Cobolli reaches his first Grand Slam final without playing and will face Alexander Zverev.

World No. 3 Zverev Becomes the First Finalist at Roland Garros!

Defeating Jakub Menšík 3-1 in the Roland Garros semifinals, Alexander Zverev became the first player to secure a spot in the Paris final. Here is Zverev's journey to the final.

Andreeva in the Final: Beat Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 in 76 Minutes

In the women's singles semi-final of Roland Garros 2026, the 19-year-old Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva defeated the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 in 76 minutes and reached the first Grand Slam final of her career. Despite the 15th seed Kostyuk beating Andreeva in the 2026 season at the Madrid final and the Brisbane quarter-final, she could not maintain the same dominance on Court Philippe-Chatrier. While Andreeva won a total of 68 points, Kostyuk's score remained at 49; the Russian tennis player will face the winner of the Diana Shnaider-Maja Chwalinska semi-final in Saturday's final.

Cobolli's Paris Rise: Defeated Auger-Aliassime 3-1 and Made History

In the Roland Garros 2026 quarter-final, 10 seed Italian Flavio Cobolli defeated 4 seed Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court Philippe-Chatrier 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in 3 hours 24 minutes. The 24-year-old Cobolli reached his career's first Grand Slam semi-final. He made his opponent's H2H lead 3-0. In the semi-final, he will face the winner of Berrettini-Arnaldi; three Italians being in the same Grand Slam last eight is a first in history.

Mensik Makes History: First Czech Semi-Finalist Since Lendl, Zverev Next

In the Roland Garros 2026 quarter-final, 20-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik (26 seed) defeated 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca (28 seed) on Court Philippe-Chatrier 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) in 2 hours 44 minutes. Mensik became the first Czech male player to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Ivan Lendl in 1980. In the semi-final, he awaits German 2 seed Alexander Zverev.

Alexander Zverev is in the French Open Semifinals! He Comfortably Beat Rafael Jódar with a 3-0 Score

Alexander Zverev defeated his Spanish opponent Rafael Jódar 3-0 in the Roland Garros 2026 quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. Read the full match details and statistics from Philippe-Chatrier.

Kostyuk Makes History in National Derby: Beat Svitolina in 3 Sets

In the Roland Garros 2026 quarter-final, two Ukrainian players faced each other. 15th seed Marta Kostyuk defeated 7th seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Court Philippe-Chatrier in 1 hour 49 minutes. While 23-year-old Kostyuk advanced to her career's first Grand Slam semi-final, a Ukrainian woman will play in a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in the Open Era in Ukrainian press history.

Mirra Andreeva in Semi-Final in 56 Minutes: Fast Passage Against Cirstea

In the quarter-final of Roland Garros 2026, 19-year-old Russian star Mirra Andreeva defeated 36-year-old Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 on Court Philippe-Chatrier in just 56 minutes. Andreeva is in her career's second Roland Garros semi-final — after her previous success in 2024, she's again among Paris's last four players this year.

Sabalenka Reaches Quarter-Final Without Dropping a Set: 7-5, 6-3 over Osaka

In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka defeated 4-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hour 27 minutes in the night session at Court Philippe-Chatrier. The Belarusian star hasn't lost a set throughout the tournament and got one step closer to her first Roland Garros title goal. She will face Diana Shnaider in the quarter-finals.