Follow our live coverage from the French Open at Roland Garros, as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek bid to defend their titles

Nadal, visibly moved, thanked the French crowd for their “unwavering love” and called Roland Garros his “spiritual home”. Though he stopped short of confirming retirement, he acknowledged that this year feels “different”, adding that he’s “grateful for every moment” he’s had on the clay. Also Read: French Open 2025 schedule

The second Grand Slam of the 2025 tennis season is here. After a week of qualifying matches, the Roland Garros 2025 main draw is set and will kick off on Sunday. For the American fans, all eyes will be on Coco Gauff, who is fresh off an impressive streak on European clay, as she reached back-to-back finals in Madrid and Rome.

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s first French Open match in the tournament’s main stadium came on May 25, 2005 — a straight-set victory in the second round against Xavier Malisse. That made Nadal’s career record in the tournament 2-0, and he was just getting started on the way to what would end up as a 112-4 mark and 14 championships at Paris.

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has overcome her phobia of needles in a bid to relieve a back injury ahead of her first round match against China's Wang Xinyu at the French Open on Monday. The 22-year-old suffered a back spasm at the Strasbourg Grand Prix earlier this week,

World number one Aryna Sabalenka will be in action on opening day Roland-Garros as she takes on Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round of women's singles. In the men's singles, Tommy Paul will be amongst the top seed to take court.

We can expect several of the world’s finest tennis players to see red over the next few days – and not only because that is the colour of the Parisian clay.