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Paris | Women’s Preview – Who will challenge clear favourite Swiatek?

The draw for the French Open was conducted on Thursday evening and, unsurprisingly, heading the field is World No 1 Iga Swiatek, who is bidding to win her second Roland Garros title, but the favourite for the title has dangerous floaters in her path to a second final...

London | ATP, WTA and ITF face backlash after stripping Wimbledon of ranking points

The decision by the ATP, WTA and ITF to strip Wimbledon of ranking points as a punishment over the AELTC’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players from competing at The Championships has been met with outrage on the part of many.

London | Full statements by ATP, WTA and ITF on removal of ranking points at Wimbledon

Tennis Threads posts the full statements made by the ATP, WTA and ITF on Friday 20 May on the stripping of Ranking Points at this year's Championships at Wimbledon.

Lyon | Norrie scrambles through to final

Cameron Norrie no doubt breathed a sigh of relief when he finally closed out his semi-final clash against the fast-rising Danish star Holger Rune to reach the title round of the Lyon Open in the South of France.

Geneva | Ruud in final for second consecutive year

Casper Ruud has maintained his run of undefeated matches at the Geneva Open to reach the title round for a second consecutive year where he hopes to successfully defend his title in final preparation for the French Open which starts on Sunday.

Lyon | Norrie remains on track

Cameron Norrie is on course to collect the Lyons Open title after outlasting Argentina’s Sebastian Baez 6-4 4-6 7-5 to reach the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tournament on the south coast of France for a third time.

Geneva | Ruud favourite to keep title

Casper Ruud produced another strong performance and looked very comfortable on the clay in his quest to retain the Geneva Open title by defeating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis after 104-minutes 6-4 7-6(3) to reach the semi-finals at the Gonet Geneva Open.

Paris | Junior champ makes main draw as qualifiers determined

On Thursday, Linda Noskova, the reigning junior champion at Roland Garros, became the youngest woman to qualify for the French Open in Paris since 2009, joining 8 others to make it into the main draw, while the remaining hopefuls await the outcome of their 3rd-round...

WTA Roundup | Tomljanovic retires in Rabat, as Pliskova and Kerber prevail in Strasbourg

WTA 250 - Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco Favourite for the title following Garbiñe Muguruza’s premature departure from the Morocco Open on Wednesday, 2nd-seeded Ajla Tomljanovic was forced to pull out from her quarter-final with an injury...

Paris | Draw favours Tsitsipas to reach RG final

The draw for the French Open has been made with just the qualifiers left to be allocated their slots but, in the meantime, the top half of the draw can be described as being the more difficult of the two.