The third seed from Romania had been looking to become the first woman to retain her title at Roland Garros since Belgian Justine Henin won three times in a row from 2005-07. read more

The decision left world number one Djokovic and defending women’s champion Halep facing having to play their quarter-finals on Thursday and semi-finals on Friday if they get through. read more

Simona Halep wasted no time in racing to a 6-1, 6-0 win, dropping only one game when serving for the opening set as Swiatek failed to hold serve in the match. read more

After a relatively cool start to the first week of the French Open, temperatures are expected to soar to as high as 30 degrees Celsius (86 F) at the end of the afternoon at Roland Garros in Paris. read more

Following a solid opening set, the third seed from Romania served for the match in the second but lost the plot and her Polish opponent seized the opportunity to push the tie into a decider. read more

Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro also features in his first major since finishing runner-up to Novak Djokovic at the 2018 US Open while Simona Halep starts her title defence admitting “the pressure is off”. read more

Simona Halep enters Roland Garros as favourite for the title given the contrasting form of some of the top names, including Japan’s world number one Naomi Osaka, but her own claycourt preparation has not been spectacular either. read more

Halep broke the unseeded Bencic in the first game of the first set, the Swiss’s errant backhand flying out, but she broke back to tie at 2-2. read more

Simona Halep reached her fourth Madrid Open final with a 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-0 win over Belinda Bencic on Friday. read more

Djokovic won the Madrid title in 2011 and 2016, He will be chasing a fourth straight Grand Slam trophy at Roland Garros next month. read more

Naomi Osaka beat Cibulkova 6-2, 7-6 (8\/6), Simona Halep brushed past Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan 6-0, 6-4 in Madrid open. read more

Thanks to her win in Sunday’s Stuttgart WTA tournament final, her second victory on clay this season, Kvitova is just 136 points adrift of top-ranked Naomi Osaka, eliminated in the semis in Germany. read more

US and Australian Open champion Osaka, who lost to Taiwanese veteran Hsieh in Miami last month, secured a place in the quarter-finals against Croatia’s Donna Vekic. read more

Simona Helep announced her withdrawal on Tuesday after hurting her hip during a Fed Cup match against France’s Caroline Garcia last weekend read more

French Open champion Halep had given Romania a winning lead in their semi-final in Rouen on Saturday by seeing off Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1 before Garcia swept past Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 6-3 to level the tie. read more