Completely and utterly ridiculous! I mean honestly what is the point of being a ball boy/girl if you’re going to react like that when you’re hit with a ball? And shame on the opponents for goading the umpire/supervisor into getting the other team disqualified.

Probably watched too much football where there sort of gamesmanship is actively encouraged never mind accepted.

Also I really hate how political tennis is atm, more so than any other sport it seems. Constant questions unrelated to tennis aimed at players, the Djokovic-Kosovo backlash stuff. Really leaving a bad taste in the mouth.

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina's dream run at the French Open ended as Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka kept focus to reach the semi-finals.

 

Svitolina, playing in her first Grand Slam since giving birth in October, lost 6-4 6-4 on the Paris clay.

Another field day for the journos then with that result :rolleyes:

Brazilian 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia reached her first Grand Slam semi-final by fighting back to stun Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in the French Open last eight.

 

Haddad Maia, who had never previously reached the third round of a major, recovered to win 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

 

The 27-year-old is the first Brazilian woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Maria Bueno in 1968.

Another field day for the journos then with that result :rolleyes:

Regarding the no handshake, I don't think in darts anyone battered an eyelid when Michael van Gerwen didn't acknowledge Jelle Klaasen when they played each other, well it was for obvious reasons why he didn't, Jelle was very fortunate to still have a career in darts.

Czech player Karolina Muchova became one of the lowest ranked players to reach the French Open women's final as she edged a thriller against Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka.

 

Ranked 43rd in the world, Muchova won 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 after saving a match point at 5-2 in the decider.

 

Muchova, 26, will play Polish top seed Iga Swiatek in Saturday's final.

 

Defending champion Swiatek, 22, won 6-2 7-6 (9-7) against Brazilian 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia later on Thursday.

 

Sabalenka's exit means Swiatek will remain world number one, a position she has held for 62 consecutive weeks, after she beat 27-year-old Haddad Maia.

oh was really rooting for the Brazilian, Swiatek was playing terribly with her forehand, zero control... never knew the brazilian is 27

 

bizarre performance number 5437863476 for Sabalenka, leading 5-2 in the decider and losing 5 games in a row doing huge errors one after the other

very weird considering she's #2 in the world, was it cos of nerves?

 

 

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Bouzkova / Sorribes Tormo even laughed during the investigation.

Redemption for Kato:

 

Miyu Kato won the French Open mixed doubles title four days after what she called an "unjust" disqualification for hitting a ball girl with a ball in the women's event.

 

Kato and Germany's Tim Puetz beat Bianca Andreescu of Canada and New Zealand's Michael Venus 4-6 6-4 10-6.

Novak Djokovic is through to the French Open final for a seventh time.

Andy Murray came back from a set down to beat Jason Kubler and reach the semi-finals at the Surbiton Trophy.

 

Murray, 36, won 3-6 6-3 6-4 to set up a match with 2022 champion Jordan Thompson of Australia.

 

Second seed Murray is the last remaining seeded player left in the tournament in Surrey.

too bad at Alcaraz issues during the game...

 

the ladies final was entertaining, at first it looked like Sviatek was gonna walk it but then Muchova started playing better

French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo says the tournament's prime slots are now "more balanced" between men and women.

 

However, she admits they can "do better" on night scheduling.

 

The night-session match is promoted as the highlight of the day at Roland Garros.

 

But Aryna Sabalenka's fourth-round contest against Sloane Stephens last Sunday was the only women's match scheduled at night this year

Another Novak masterclass :clap:

 

First man to win 3 of each slam and no signs at all he's slowing down. Only 2 more to beat Margaret Court's long-held record for both men and women. Now imagine him doing that in US to also complete the calendar grand slam.

Ruud was disappointing, not the best finale

Katie Boulter has replaced Emma Raducanu as the British number one women's player following her run to the Surbiton Trophy semi-finals.

Britain's Liam Broady and Arthur Fery were both beaten in their last-16 ties at the Nottingham Open.

 

Broady lost 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 to Japan's Sho Shimabukuro, before Fery was beaten 6-4 6-2 by fifth seed Dominik Koepfer.

 

A minute's silence was held on Centre Court after three people were killed and another three injured in attacks in Nottingham earlier this week.

Nick Kyrgios was beaten in his first singles match since October after having knee surgery.

 

The Australian, 28, lost 7-5 6-3 to China's Wu Yibing in the opening round of the Stuttgart Open in Germany.

 

Elsewhere, American Venus Williams' return to grass-court action ended in defeat by Celine Naef at the Libema Open in the Netherlands.

 

The 42-year-old former world number one lost 3-6 7-6 (6-3) 6-2 to Naef, 25 years younger at 17 years old.

Nick Kyrgios says he "genuinely contemplated" suicide and spent time in a psychiatric hospital in London after losing at Wimbledon in 2019.

 

The Australian, 28, was knocked out by Rafael Nadal in the second round.

 

Kyrgios said he later got a sleeve tattoo on his right arm to cover up evidence of self-harm.

 

"I was drinking, abusing drugs, I hated the kind of person I was," he said in the documentary Break Point, which covers his run to the 2022 final.

 

"I lost at Wimbledon. I woke up and my dad was sitting on the bed, full-blown crying. That was the big wake-up call for me.

 

"I was like, OK, I can't keep doing this. I ended up in a psych ward in London to figure out my problems."

 

In February last year Kyrgios posted on Instagram about his mental health, saying he had had "suicidal thoughts" and "struggled to get out of bed" in 2019, pointing out self-harm marks on his arm in a photo from the Australian Open.

 

"I was genuinely contemplating if I wanted to commit suicide," he says in the documentary, due to be released on Netflix later this month.

 

"That pressure, having that 'all eyes on you' expectation, I couldn't deal with it. I hated the kind of person I was.

 

"I lost my relationship with my family, pushed all my close friends away.

 

"You could tell I was hurting. My whole arm was covered in scars. That's why I actually got my arm sleeve, to cover it all."

 

The post on Instagram said he was "proud to say I've completely turned myself around" and that he doesn't "take one moment for granted".

 

 

Brave man to talk about this.