injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it was a problem that he had, and mild problem, when he severed his right knee coming into the championship. in his mind it was clearly aggravated by the courts yesterday. he was slipping and
of problems facing this year s french open and it has just got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it is a problem that he had, and mild problem, when he sev
because the extra match was added to the programme on saturday to catch up with the rain delays for the match went five set and didn t finish till seven minutes past three in the morning. there had been scheduling mistakes, no question about it. ons jabeur is very unhappy with the fact that the women are always scheduled first on but it s not the same the night matches with the teatime match with the a popular time for television viewers in spectators. for the second year in a row, carlos alcaraz is into the semi finals of the french open after beating stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. the reigning wimbledon champion has now won all six of his career meetings against tsitsipas. he sets up a semifinal against incoming world number one jannik sinner, who comfortably saw off grigor dimitrov earlier on tuesday.
for the second year in a row, carlos alcaraz is into the semi finals of the french open after beating stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. the reigning wimbledon champion has now won all six of his career meetings against tsitsipas. he sets up a semifinal against incoming world number one jannik sinner, who comfortably saw off grigor dimitrov earlier on tuesday. coco gauff was the first woman to book her place in the french open semi finals. the us open champion recovered from a slow start and came from a set down to beat three time grand slam finalist ons jabeur. it s gauff s second slam semifinal of the year after reaching the last four at the australian open in january. as russell mentioned earlier, ons jabeur criticised the scheduling of that match. it started on court philippe chatrier on tuesday at ”am local time. it s the first time slot each day, and those matches usually begin in front of hardly any supporters. i would have loved
and the points shared. there ll be a new name on the men s singles trophy at the french open this year, after defending champion withdrew because of injury. the australian open champion is into the final four. djokovic s withdrawal could open the door for the wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz to win his third grand slam. he s also into the semi finals after beating stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. nobody looks like stopping iga swiatek. the defending women s champion eased into the semi finals beating the wimbledon champion marketa vondrousova in just over an hour. that is all the sport. let s head