Several gripping men’s matches took place on Day 7 of the French Open. Defending French Open champion Novak Djokovic, two-time runner-up at Roland-Garros Casper Ruud, and 2021 US Open winner Daniil Medvedev were some of the players to feature.
Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday, staging a furious rally to fend off Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in a five-set marathon.
Beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros has been a rare occurrence in the past two decades, which explains why Alexander Zverev treated that first-round win last Monday as one of his best wins.
Alexander Zverev is battling in two courts this week, and the most important one is where he is not currently present. Zverev's trial over accusations of physical abuse against her ex-girlfriend commenced on Friday, May 31st, in a Berlin criminal court.
Alexander Zverev is one of the players on the shortlist of potential Roland Garros winners, but Serena Williams' former coach doesn't see it happening.
Alexander Zverev has been a contender for the French Open crown for many years now, along with a multitude of other top players, but just one man has stood in their way since the beginning of their careers.
Top seed Novak Djokovic and fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev captured straight-set wins on Thursday to move to the third round at the French Open in Paris.
Roland Garros title contender Alexander Zverev proved all his qualities against veteran David Goffin, beating him in straight sets. Zverev defeated Rafael Nadal in the first round of this year's Roland Garros to solidify himself as one of the potential winners of the clay-court major.
Rafael Nadal played a good match against Alexander Zverev at the 2024 Roland Garros, but according to Novak Djokovic, he was quite unlucky. The match wasn't Zverev's strongest one, but he had moments where he easily outplayed the 22-time major winner.
Alexander Zverev handed Rafael Nadal his first-ever round-one loss at Roland Garros, and he rated the win quite highly. The German was heavily favored in the match because all the signs were pointing towards him winning.
Alexander Zverev became the third player to beat Rafael Nadal on the Parisien clay court. On Monday (May 27th), Zverev secured the victory with a scoreline
Former Swedish tennis player Mats Wilander is in awe of Rafael Nadal despite the Spaniard’s defeat to Alexander Zverev in the first-round match of the 2024 Roland Garros.
Rafael Nadal made a big acknowledgment while conducting an interview after losing at the French Open on Monday.
Not even a single dry face was present at the Philippe-Chatrier as Rafael Nadal lost to Alexander Zverev in the first round. After receiving an unfortunate draw, the Spaniard faced the German early on to progress his dream at Roland Garros. Unfortunately, it was not to be as Nadal was not getting past the Zverev challenge.
The first round of the 2024 French Open continues on Monday, Day 2 of the event. There are 24 men’s singles matches scheduled, and–as always–we here at LastWordOnTennis share our thoughts on all of them.
The "King of Clay" is preparing for his likely final appearance at Roland-Garros and the top-ranked women's player in the world, Iga Swiatek, made it obvious on Friday that she'll be pulling for him.
Rafael Nadal returns to Roland Garros to face Italian Open champion and fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany in the first round of the French Open.
Nadal is readying for his likely final appearance at the French Open, the major he's dominated in historic proportions over the last two decades.
Alexander Zverev beat Nicolas Jarry on Sunday to win his biggest title since getting injured in 2022. This was Zverev’s second Rome title, which makes him only the third male player to win multiple Rome titles in this century after Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Alexander Zverev won his sixth ATP Masters 1000 championship on Sunday, defeating Nicolas Jarry of Chile 6-4, 7-5 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
A Thursday afternoon quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open had to be suspended due to some unwelcome guests at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
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