This photo gallery showcases highlights from the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
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Alexander Zverev is no longer one of the best players never to win a major title. He’s finally a Grand Slam champion. In his fourth major final Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 for the French Open title. It was a unique opportunity for Zverev without Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz across the net and the third-ranked German took full advantage on the red clay of Roland Garros. The 14th-ranked Cobolli had never been past a Grand Slam quarterfinal until this week. He was attempting to become the first Italian man to raise the singles trophy at Roland Garros since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva was already a tennis phenom at age 15. At 19 she’s a Grand Slam champion. The eighth-ranked Andreeva ended the run of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the French Open final. Andreeva became the youngest player to win the women’s singles title since Monica Seles, who was 18 when she landed her third straight French Open in 1992. Chwalinska was attempting to become the first qualifier to capture the Roland Garros title. Alexander Zverev plays Flavio Cobolli in the men’s final on Sunday to conclude the wildest Grand Slam in recent memory.
Sipping tea every night has helped Maja Chwalinska of Poland become just the second qualifier to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era. She did so by beating Diana Shnaider of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-4. The 24-year-old Chwalinska can match Emma Raducanu’s title run at the 2021 U.S. Open when she plays 19-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva in Saturday’s final. According to stats provider Opta, Chwalinska and Raducanu stand alone among men and women in reaching a major singles final from qualifying since the Open Era began in 1968. Andreeva reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wasted a lead of a set and two breaks to lose 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarterfinals. The four-time major winner Sabalenka led 4-1 and was two points from victory at 5-4 up in the second set before completely collapsing against a player appearing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Sabalenka saved two match points at 0-40 down but lost the match on the third match poiont when she sent a shot into the net. Earlier, qualifier Maja Chwalinska reached the semifinals by beating No. 22-seeded Anna Kalinskaya 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Marta Kostyuk, the top clay player this season and a strong supporter of Ukraine, has reached her first major semifinal at the French Open. She defeated fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in a three-set fight. Kostyuk is the first Ukrainian woman to reach the semifinals at Roland Garros in the professional era. She faces Russian Mirra Andreeva next. The war between Ukraine and Russia adds tension to the matchup. Andreeva defeated Sorana Cirstea. In men’s play 20-year-old Jakub Mensik ended the run of Brazil’s Joao Fonseca with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory and will meet second-seeded Alexander Zverev who eliminated Rafael Jodar in straight sets.