French Open

Japanese star made the announcement just days after lifting her third major title behind closed doors at the US Open

Williams crashed out of the US Open semi-finals, by 6-3, 6-3 to former world number Victoria Azarenka

World number one announced her decision to forgo her French Open title defence due to a lack of preparation

Mixed doubles is currently played only at the four Grand Slams on the professional tennis circuit

Reigning French Open champion will decide later whether to defend her title at Roland Garros in September

Tennis has been on ice since mid-March and will not return until early August

33-year-old Brit has not competed since playing in the Davis Cup in November due to complications with his hip

The claycourt Grand Slam was pushed back by four months because of the coronavirus outbreak

French boss Guidicelli admitted that the Grand Slam could even be pushed back a further week to begin on September 27

Organisers may delay the event by another week

Roland Garros moves from May to September, starting one week after US Open

20-times Grand Slam winner would miss a string of tournaments including the May 24-June 7 French Open

Swiss maestro went under the knife to resolve longstanding problem

33-year-old said he had struggled to stay motivated because of the constant pain

Tennis legend says new players need winning attitude to win Slams

Spaniard says 'you can't be frustrated because your neighbour has a bigger house, or a bigger TV or better garden'

Spaniard sits comfortably on second spot behind Serbian star

The world number two also took his Paris record to an astonishing 93 wins and just two losses

Spaniard wins his 18th Grand Slam by defeating the Austrian 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1

25-year-old has four wins on clay over the Spaniard superstar -- only Novak Djokovic has more

Australian became the first player from her country to win in Paris since Margaret Court in 1973

Austrian downs world number one 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 to set up a repeat of last year's final against Rafael Nadal

Serbian was trailing 1-4 in the final set and was 40-40 when play was halted

Spaniard enters final after beating Swiss legend 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

French Open organisers shift women's matches away from the showpiece Court Philippe Chatrier

It is the second time since 2016 that all French Open play was cancelled and third since 2000

22-year-old German won their only clash on clay in 2017 but also beat the Serbian star in last year's ATP Finals

World number one continues his bid to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously for the second time

The two close friends have won 2008 Olympic gold and 2014 Davis Cup gold together

Pak-Ukrainian duo are set to face American Nicole Melichar and Brazilian Bruno Soares in the next round

Nishikori won 6-2, 6-7 (8/10), 6-2, 6-7 (8/10), 7-5 in a shade under four hours to reach his third last-eight clash

32-year-old Serbian was in irrepressible form as he romped to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win

American goes on to face Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty for a place in the last-four

L'Equipe claimed that Williams had shown no preference over where she carried out her press conference

French sports daily L'Equipe claimed that Williams had no preference over where she carried out her press conference

It was 37-year-old Serena's earliest exit at the Slams since a third-round loss to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon in 2014

German will need to sharpen his focus against the Italian ninth seed, Fognini

Romanian beats Ukraine’s Tsurenko 6-2, 6-1 in 55 minutes

Ukranian has never beaten defending champion Halep in seven career meetings

25-year-old Londero is playing in his first Grand Slam main draw while it is Mayer's 35th appearance in a major

Czech loses 6-3, 6-3 to Croatia's Martic as latter enters quarter-finals

Spaniard faces against former top-10 player Goffin while Swiss superstar will have a match with Norway's Casper Rudd

American beats Japanese qualifier 6-3, 6-2 to advance to third round

Swiss is back on Court Philippe Chatrier to take on Otte, as Spaniard faces Maden

37-year-old survived a first-set scare before defeating Vitalia Diatchenko 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 to reach the second round

Two-time Wimbledon champion pulled out of the French Open with a left arm injury on Monday

32-year-old has completely turned his fortunes around since dropping out of the world's top 20 last year

20-time major winner hadn't played the tournament since 2015 when he reached the quarter-finals

37-year-old swept to a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 victory in one hour 41 minutes on a packed over Italy's Lorenzo Sonego on Sunday

The tournament starts today