The hard work has paid off. Bublik, who admittedly never loved the clay, came from two sets down to beat world No. 9 De Minaur in the second round of the French Open before upsetting fifth seed Draper to reach his biggest quarter-final yet.

At the combined age of 79, veterans Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos captured the French Open men's doubles title on Saturday for their first major title together.

Coco Gauff clinched the first French Open singles title of her career as she defeated World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a rollercoaster final. American second seed Gauff won the match 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4 after a tense battle between the WTA Tour's two leading players in testing conditions.

2013 — Serena Williams wins her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4. 2014 — Rafael Nadal wins the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves his record at Roland Garros to 66-1.

Coco Gauff said she will try to downplay the magnitude of Saturday's French Open final against Aryna Sabalenka and learn from her runner-up finish at Roland Garros three years ago.Gauff lost the 2022 French Open final to Iga Swiatek before beating Sabalenka a year later to capture her first major title at the US Open.

That was the last time an American man won a Grand Slam tournament, a drought that continues on after Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe were both eliminated in the French Open quarterfinals on Tuesday. Tiafoe was thoroughly outplayed by Italian Lorenzo Musetti,

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner’s overpowering run through the French Open moved into the semifinals with a victory over No. 62 Alexander Bublik.

PARIS — Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev were bugging out during their French Open quarterfinal Wednesday night, bothered by little flies that zoomed around Court Philippe-Chatrier as they competed. At one point, Zverev leaned over, put his hand on his knee and had a bit of a coughing fit, apparently after one of the bugs flew into his mouth.