Garros in a sentence

Consequently, the tournament is officially called Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros (the "French Internationals of Roland Garros").

And that is why she avoided a handshake—avoided eye contact, even—after losing to Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2 on Day 1 at Roland Garros.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after winning the first set against Sloane Stephens of the U.S. during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Australian Open winner Sabalenka, who had never been past the third round in Paris in five prior appearances, defeated Svitolina 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros.

He will also be the second seed at the French Open, which starts at Roland Garros on 28 May.

It means there is no chance of her playing at Roland Garros and will also be forced to skip her home Grand Slam at the All England Club.

It sets the stage perfectly for him going into the more difficult challenge of Roland Garros.

Medvedev leads the pair in their head-to-head records, two to one, but Fucsovic came off the better in their only grand slam meeting, at Roland Garros, three years ago.

Nadal is a 14-time champion at Roland Garros who missed the tournament because he is injured.

Ruud extended his lead in the match and continued to control the rallies from behind the baseline to frustrate an error-prone Zverev in the next set, before storming into a third Grand Slam final in his last five events going back to Roland Garros 2022.

Sabalenka had a superb start but could not keep the momentum going as unforced errors piled up and she closed her 2023 Grand Slam run, which included an Australian Open title and semi-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, on a disappointing note.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the men's singles final against Norway's Casper Ruud during the French Open at the Roland Garros stadium on Sunday in Paris.

Spectators are reflected in a window as Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves for the match during the semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 9, 2023.

The 2023 French Open at Roland Garros didn’t disappoint.

The 36-year-old British player lost in the 2016 final to Novak Djokovic and reached four other semifinals at Roland Garros in western Paris.

The major tennis stories of 2022 – ’s deportation from Australia, ’s stunning grand slam victories in Melbourne and Roland Garros, and the final matches in the legendary careers of – are not the focus.

The Polish top seed has looked in ominous form at the Foro Italico having mowed down former French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-0 and will continue her build-up to Roland Garros with a clash against Liudmila Samsonova or Donna Vekic.

Ukrainian Kostyuk attracted the ire of the Roland Garros crowd following a 6-3 6-2 victory for Sabalenka.

While Svitolina’s tennis comeback has captured imaginations in France, so has her activism in support of her war-torn home country, whose plight has been a recurrent subject of conversation – and – at Roland Garros.

Wimbledon champion Rybakina, ranked fourth, has already won the Rome and Indian Wells titles in 2023 and could face Swiatek in the Roland Garros semis.