Tennis

Sports Breaking News

Who remains in contention after Jannik Sinner’s surprise French Open exit and Djokovic’s loss?

Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press 4 minute read Friday, May. 29, 2026

PARIS (AP) — With two-time reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz absent, Jannik Sinner was expected to capture his first French Open crown this year. Instead, the top-ranked Italian lost in the second round, leaving the men’s draw wide open. 

Three-time champion Novak Djokovic was the most experienced contender left in the field, chasing a record 25th major title. But the 39-year-old Serb will have to wait until Wimbledon after losing a five-set thriller to 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca on Friday.

The result may not have been so surprising because Djokovic came into the tournament with questions over his form after losing to a Croatian qualifier at the Italian Open, his only clay-court warmup event after two months out with a right shoulder injury. 

Here is a look at some of the favorites still in contention for the title:

Advertisement

Advertise With Us

Weather

May. 31, 12 PM: 24°c Cloudy with wind May. 31, 6 PM: 22°c Cloudy with wind

Brandon MB

15°C, Cloudy with wind

Full Forecast

Sports Breaking News

Novak Djokovic of Serbia cools himself during a break of the third round men's singles tennis match against Joao Fonseca of Brazil at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Djokovic’s 25th Slam bid ends in a grueling French Open loss to Brazilian teenager

Samuel Petrequin And Jerome Pugmire, The Associated Press 4 minute read Preview

Djokovic’s 25th Slam bid ends in a grueling French Open loss to Brazilian teenager

Samuel Petrequin And Jerome Pugmire, The Associated Press 4 minute read Friday, May. 29, 2026

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s latest quest for a record 25th Grand Slam was ended by Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca in the third round of the French Open on Friday.

The 39-year-old Serb — a three-time champion at Roland Garros — lost 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 as temperatures again reached 33 degrees C (91 F).

Djokovic looked exhausted in the fifth set but soldiered on and his exit leaves the men’s draw even more open following Jannik Sinner’s second-round exit on Thursday.

“Tough one for me to lose,” Djokovic said. “I was barely standing on my legs toward the end of the match."

Read
Friday, May. 29, 2026

Sports Breaking News

FILE - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski plays a shot next to New Zealand's Erin Routliffe during their women's doubles match against Taylor Townsend of the U.S. and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the final of the WTA finals at King Saud University Indoor Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Ottawa’s Dabrowski, Brazil’s Stefani advance to doubles third round at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Ottawa’s Dabrowski, Brazil’s Stefani advance to doubles third round at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Friday, May. 29, 2026

PARIS - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil's Luisa Stefani advanced to the third round of the French Open women's doubles tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over China's Qianhui Tang and Russia's Elena Pridankina on Friday.

The fourth seeds served well in the victory, firing five aces and winning 67 per cent of service points.

Dabrowski and Stefani did not commit a double fault and faced just two break points, saving one.

The duo converted three breaks, including one in the final game.

Read
Friday, May. 29, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada celebrates after winning the second-round men's singles tennis match against Roman Andres Burruchaga of Argentina at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Mboko move on to third round at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Mboko move on to third round at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, May. 28, 2026

PARIS - Canadian tennis stars Félix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko each came back from a set down to win their second-round matches Thursday at the French Open.

Auger-Aliassime, the men's fourth seed posted a 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 win over Argentina's Roman Andres Burruchaga.

Ninth-seed Mboko followed with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Czech veteran Katerina Siniakova in women's action.

Auger-Aliassime broke Burruchaga seven times on 10 chances and was dominant on serve, converting 85 per cent of first serve points and firing seven aces.

Read
Thursday, May. 28, 2026

Sports Breaking News

FILE - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski plays a shot next to New Zealand's Erin Routliffe during their women's doubles match against Taylor Townsend of the U.S. and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the final of the WTA finals at King Saud University Indoor Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Dabrowski, Stefani win doubles opener in straight sets at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Dabrowski, Stefani win doubles opener in straight sets at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Wednesday, May. 27, 2026

PARIS - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani won their opening match in women's doubles at the French Open on Wednesday.

The fourth-seeded duo defeated Dutch-British team Ingrid Haverlag and Maia Lumsden 6-2, 6-0 in the round of 64.

Dabrowski and Stefani converted six of nine break-point chances and had two aces.

Their next match will be against Russia’s Elena Pridankina and China’s Qianhui Tang.

Read
Wednesday, May. 27, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Denis Shapovalov of Canada plays a forehand return to Bu Yunchaokete of China during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Seeded Canadians Mboko, Auger-Aliassime advance to French Open second round

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Seeded Canadians Mboko, Auger-Aliassime advance to French Open second round

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, May. 26, 2026

PARIS - Victoria Mboko sailed and Félix Auger-Aliassime struggled. But in the end, both seeded Canadians moved on to the second round of the French Open.

Mboko had little trouble in her opening match of the women's draw on Tuesday. She downed Czechia's Nikola Bartunkova 6-1, 6-2 in just 69 minutes.

Auger-Aliassime, meanwhile, survived a five-set slugfest with Germany's Daniel Altmaier that saw the fourth seed come back from 4-1 down in the final set en route to a 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) victory.

Mboko, coming off an appearance in the final of the Strasbourg International tournament last week, converted her sixth break in 10 chances.

Read
Tuesday, May. 26, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a forehand return to Janice Tjen of Indonesia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Canada’s Fernandez loses 6-4, 6-4 to Parks in first round of French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Canada’s Fernandez loses 6-4, 6-4 to Parks in first round of French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Monday, May. 25, 2026

PARIS - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was bounced from the French Open after a 6-4, 6-4 first-round loss to Alycia Parks of the United States on Monday.

Fernandez, who was seeded 24th in the women's draw at Roland Garros, was broken four times on nine chances and hit into seven double-faults.

Parks struggled with accuracy, with just 49.2 per cent of her first serves landing inbounds. She made up for that by winning 60 per cent of her second-serve points.

The 23-year-old Fernandez, from Laval, Que., was eliminated in the first round of the clay-court Grand Slam for a second straight year. Her best result at Roland Garros was a run to the quarterfinals in 2022.

Read
Monday, May. 25, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Victoria Mboko, of Canada, hits a return to Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during a quarterfinal match at the Miami Open tennis tournament, in Miami Gardens, Fla., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jim Rassol

Mboko, Dabrowski earn mixed results at Strasbourg International tennis tournament

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Mboko, Dabrowski earn mixed results at Strasbourg International tennis tournament

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, May. 23, 2026

STRASBOURG - Victoria Mboko and Gabriela Dabrowski provided Canada with mixed results Saturday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament.

Mboko, 19, of Mississauga, Ont., dropped a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 decision to American Emily Navarro in the singles final. But Dabrowski, of Ottawa, and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani dispatched Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri and American Quinn Gleason 7-5, 6-4 to secure their second doubles crown of the season.

The top-seeded Mboko fired four aces but also had five double faults in her quest for a third WTA title. Navarro had no aces and four double faults in the match but registered seven breaks in 21 opportunities.

Mboko had three breaks in 10 chances but Navarro won 10 services games, compared to six for the Canadian.

Read
Saturday, May. 23, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Canada's Victoria Mboko celebrates beating New Zealand's Lulu Sun during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Canada’s struggling tennis stars look to tame clay surface at French Open

Stephanie Myles, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

Canada’s struggling tennis stars look to tame clay surface at French Open

Stephanie Myles, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Friday, May. 22, 2026

PARIS - Victoria Mboko is the only Canadian player coming into the French Open with any kind of momentum.

And even then, the 19-year-old only rounded into form this week at a tune-up tournament in Strasbourg, where she plays the final on Saturday.

For the rest – three in the men’s singles along with Leylah Fernandez on the women’s side – it’s a mixed bag of injuries, bad luck and the natural ebbs and flows of a long, gruelling season.

And the surface: the red clay has been both kind and cruel to the Canadians in the past.

Read
Friday, May. 22, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Canada's Victoria Mboko returns to Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova during the Qatar Open tennis final in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Mboko into singles final, Dabrowski advances to doubles final at Strasbourg

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Mboko into singles final, Dabrowski advances to doubles final at Strasbourg

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Friday, May. 22, 2026

STRASBOURG - Canadian teen tennis star Victoria Mboko will play for her third WTA Tour title after defeating Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in Friday's semifinals at the Strasbourg International.

Mboko, the top seed in Strasbourg, clinched the win at the WTA 500 clay-court event with a third set in which she broke Cristian twice on three chances and saved both break points she faced.

"It was a battle," Mboko said. "(Cristian) made it really physical.

"She really pushed me to my limits today, and I feel like my finish got better today."

Read
Friday, May. 22, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Victoria Mboko of Canada returns to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic during their second round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances, Mboko ousted at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances, Mboko ousted at French Open

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:03 PM CDT

PARIS -  

Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of men's singles at the French Open, while Victoria Mboko was eliminated in a third-round women's match Saturday.

The fourth-seeded Auger-Aliassime from Montreal prevailed 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) over No. 31 Brandon Nakashima in a match that ended well after midnight at Roland-Garros and lasted three hours 48 minutes.

Auger-Aliassime seeks to advance past the fourth round at the clay-court Grand Slam for the first time in his career. 

Read
Updated: Yesterday at 6:03 PM CDT

Sports Breaking News

Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns to Anastasia Potapova of Austria during their third round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Gauff’s French Open title defense ends after third-round loss to Potapova

Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press 2 minute read Preview

Gauff’s French Open title defense ends after third-round loss to Potapova

Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 1:17 PM CDT

PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff’s French Open title defense ended in the third round after losing to Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday.

In the 30th-ranked Potapova, Gauff met an opponent who could match her court coverage in long baseline rallies.

The match was played before mostly empty stands inside Court Philippe-Chatrier as French fans stayed away to watch the Champions League soccer final.

Gauff’s second Grand Slam title came with a victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the final a year ago.

Read
Yesterday at 1:17 PM CDT

Sports Breaking News

Jannik Sinner of Italy cools himself with the ice during the second round men's singles tennis match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second round

Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second round

Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press 3 minute read Thursday, May. 28, 2026

PARIS (AP) — Overwhelming favorite Jannik Sinner is out of the French Open in the second round.

The top-ranked Sinner struggled with the heat and lost to 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 after wasting a chance to serve for the match on Thursday.

Sinner was on a 30-match winning streak stretching back to February and he was widely expected to complete a career Grand Slam by taking the only big title missing in his tennis career — especially with two-time reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz out due to an injured right wrist.

Sinner bent over on the clay court in apparent exhaustion multiple times and was hardly even running for shots as the match wore on, resorting to drop shots and serve-and-volley tactics to try and shorten the points.

Read
Thursday, May. 28, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Canada's Gabriel Diallo returns to Brazil's Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida during the second set of a Davis Cup Qualifiers tennis singles match in Vancouver, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada’s Gabriel Diallo retires due to injury in opening match at French Open

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Preview

Canada’s Gabriel Diallo retires due to injury in opening match at French Open

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Sunday, May. 24, 2026

PARIS - Gabriel Diallo is out of the French Open.

The Montreal native retired due to injury from his opening-round match against Australian James Duckworth on Sunday at the tennis Grand Slam event. Duckworth was leading 6-3, 4-1.

Diallo went without an ace and break-point opportunity before exiting the match.

Duckworth had three aces and converted on three of his five break-point chances.

Read
Sunday, May. 24, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Victoria Mboko, of Canada, returns a shot against Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during a quarterfinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Mboko defeats fellow Canadian Fernandez in French Open tune-up tournament

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Mboko defeats fellow Canadian Fernandez in French Open tune-up tournament

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, May. 21, 2026

STRASBOURG - Top seed Victoria Mboko cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez in quarterfinal action Thursday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament.

The 19-year-old Mboko, from Burlington, Ont., rode a strong return game to the straight-sets win over the seventh-seeded opponent from Laval, Que.

Fernandez, 24, won just 52.8 per cent of total service points and faced 11 break points, saving seven of them.

Mboko was good on 82 per cent of first-serve points and was broken twice on three chances.

Read
Thursday, May. 21, 2026

Sports Breaking News

Canada's Alexis Galarneau reacts during his match against France's Arthur Rinderknech during first round tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto on Monday, July 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Canada’s Galarneau comes up short in French Open qualification bid

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Canada’s Galarneau comes up short in French Open qualification bid

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, May. 21, 2026

PARIS - Canada's Alexis Galarneau fell just short of clinching his first Grand Slam main draw berth after a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 loss to Italy's Federico Cina in the third round of qualifying Thursday

The 19-year-old Cina converted five break points to Galarneau's three and advanced to his first Grand Slam main draw.

The 27-year-old Galarneau, from Laval, Que., was eliminated in the first round of qualifying in the previous two years at Roland Garros. He was only Canadian to advance to the third round of qualifying this year.

The five Canadians who had already qualified for the clay court Grand Slam were given their first-round assignments in Thursday's draw.

Read
Thursday, May. 21, 2026

LOAD MORE TENNIS ARTICLES