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Seven years since his last appearance, Roger Federer is set to return to the US Open for an exhibition match during the first week of the tournament.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion has returned to the tennis fold in 2026, after playing a practice session and an exhibition match at this year’s Australian Open.

That will continue at the US Open, where the Swiss star is set to play a doubles match alongside Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and John McEnroe at Flushing Meadows.

Federer released a statement to confirm his return, leaving the tennis world in stupour for his return to the sport he dominated for two decades.

“The US Open has always been one of the most special tournaments for me. So many unforgettable moments of my career happened in New York, and Arthur Ashe Stadium is a place that means a great deal to me,” he explained ahead of his return.

“I’ve missed being part of that atmosphere and feeling the incredible energy that the fans bring every year,” the Swiss icon added. “To return to Arthur Ashe and share the evening with Andy, Andre and John makes it even more meaningful.

“I’m looking forward to celebrating those memories, seeing the fans again, and enjoying a very special night together.”

Fans are incredibly excited for Federer’s return to the New York Grand Slam and tickets are expected to be snapped up quicky when they go on-sale.

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In a statement on their website, the US Open wrote: “Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, June 11 at 9AM ET via Ticketmaster and USOpen.org.”

However, there is a chance that some fans might be able to get tickets earlier than the general sale.

There is a pre-sale for US Open Insider members, which is set to go on sale on Wednesday, June 10. You can sign up to become a US Open Insider for free here.

Federer’s match alongside McEnroe, Agassi, and Roddick will mark his first match at Flushing Meadows since 2019, when he made the quarter-finals of the competition.

He was beaten by Grigor Dimitrov in the last eight after an epic late-night thriller that needed all five sets. The Bulgarian, who was unseeded at the time, won the match by a scoreline of 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2.

Following the match, Federer said: “I feel low. I’m disappointed it is over because I feel as I though I was playing well. It is a missed opportunity. I thought if I could get through I’d have two days off after.”

The Swiss icon is sure to be far happier when he returns to Arthur Ashe Stadium for the 2026 event.

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Rafael Nadal has sent a heartfelt message to both Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli after the final at the 2026 French Open.

Zverev ended his wait for an elusive maiden Grand Slam title as he overcame Cobolli in a tension-filled five-set championship match at Roland Garros.

The world No 3 also downed Benjamin Bonzi, Tomas Machac, Quentin Halys, Jesper de Jong, Rafael Jodar and Jakub Mensik during his run at the clay-court major.

The 29-year-old German’s victory comes after he suffered painful defeats in the finals at the 2020 US Open, the 2024 French Open and the 2025 Australian Open.

Nadal, who won a record 14 Roland Garros titles, took to X/Twitter to congratulate Zverev.

“Congratulations, @AlexZverev on winning @rolandgarros! So well deserved after all the hard work and perseverance.

“You’ve been chasing your first Grand Slam for a long time, and you absolutely deserve it!”

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The legendary Spaniard added: “And congratulations to Flavio as well for a fantastic tournament!”

Nadal and Zverev met in the semi-finals at the 2022 French Open, when the latter was forced to retire in the second set due to a horrific ankle injury.

They played again in the first round at Roland Garros in 2024, and Zverev defeated Nadal in what was the 22-time Grand Slam winner’s last-ever match at the tournament.

Zverev received advice from Nadal last year

After opening up about his mental struggles following an opening round exit at Wimbledon last year, Zverev spent 10 days training at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca ahead of the North American hard-court swing.

Zverev revealed he gained “some great insight” after spending hours talking to both Rafael Nadal and his uncle and former coach, Toni Nadal.

“It’s funny, actually after Wimbledon he contacted me, Uncle Toni,” Zverev explained.

“I was very thankful for him to do that. We spoke on the phone for about an hour and a half, and sent a few messages back and forth, and then, yeah, decided to go to Mallorca to see him.

“But he’s a personality that I think, yeah, he’s a great coach, no question about that, but he’s a personality that I think can give you a lot of confidence as well, because when he speaks and when Rafa speaks, you listen.

“Yeah, they definitely spent a lot of hours talking to me, and they gave me some great insight. Rafa gave me some great insight of what it actually is like to play against me, because he saw me as a player, he saw me now as a spectator as well.

“It was very helpful, and again, we spent hours and hours talking, sometimes until past midnight in some dinners and stuff like that. So it was great to be there.”

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Jannik Sinner and his team are determined to get to the bottom of the illness that resulted in his collapse in the second round of the French Open as they have scheduled another round of tests at hospital.

World No 1 Sinner was the hot favourite to win this year’s title at Roland Garros as he started the tournament on the back of winning five consecutive ATP Masters 1000 titles and, after breezing into the second round, he was in cruise control against Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

The Italian stormed into a 6-3, 6-2, 5-3 lead and came out to serve for the match, but he could barely move and won only another two games as Cerundolo came away with a remarkable 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 victory.

Many felt the 24-year-old simply struggled to come to grips with the heat in Paris, but Sinner revealed during his post-match press conference that he felt unwell when he woke up on the morning of the match.

“I felt unwell, my head was spinning, and I had no more energy. Nothing was coming out,” he explained. “I tried to serve for the match, but I didn’t have much left.

“I let the fourth set go, then the first game of the fifth was tough, I couldn’t hold on anymore, and everything started going downhill.

“I felt it this morning. I didn’t sleep very well and was already struggling a bit when I woke up.”

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According to Italian media, Sinner underwent a series of tests at J|Medical in Turin – Serie A club Juventus’ modern medical facility – last week and then took a short holiday with his girlfriend Laila Hasanovic

The latest scheduled medical tests are being conducted at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and he could be asked to return to the hospital on Tuesday, should more scans be required.

Various theories have been floated about why Sinner collapsed with former British No 1 Greg Rusedski suggesting he might have been suffering from a virus.

Former world No 1 Andre Agassi felt there might be “a flaw in that kind of preparation because there’s something you can do about that”, stating on TNT Sports America: “He needs to figure out what to change. He may need to bring someone in. It’s got to be some form of hydration issue.

The four-time Grand Slam winner is expected to return to training on Wednesday with the focus switching from clay to grass.

Sinner will have an extended break between Roland Garros and Wimbledon has not signed up for any warm-up tournaments ahead of the grass-court Grand Slam.

His match against Cerundolo took place on 28 May while Wimbledon will only get underway on 29 July at the All England Club.

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Emma Raducanu has enjoyed a difficult first half of the season, for a multitude of reasons, ahead of her appearance at her home tournament, Queen’s.

The British star has already worked with three different coaches and an unfortunate virus ruled her out of several tournaments between the Miami Open and the Italian Open.

The star starts her grass court swing at Queen’s as the  World No. 46, having not tasted victory since Indian Wells in March.

Her current form has caused a difficult relationship with tennis over recent months, and the star has opened up about her lack of motivation.

Asked if she still enjoys tennis after her difficult start to the 2026 season, Raducanu issued a frank response about her current relationship with the sport.

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“I don’t think you need to enjoy it all the time,” she said during an interview with BBC Sport. “I think it’s like any job, you don’t wake up everyday and feel like every day is a great one. I think doing your best with what you have on the day is extremely important.

“If you have 10%, maximising it and making it the best 10% is really important. Some days you’ll wake up and it’ll be 100%. Then you give 100% and you feel amazing. It’s just about being disciplined more than motivation.”

Raducanu has begun working with Andrew Richardson again, the British coach who worked with her during her incredible run to the 2021 US Open title.

Asked about their current working relationship, Raducanu said: “I think we just get on really well. He’s known me since I was young, I trust him. I believe in him and he believes in me.

“We’ve just been getting our heads down and working and that’s all we can do – and having fun along the way. The goals are to maximise each day. To take care of what I can take care of and that’s what I’ve been doing. He’s not results or outcome oriented.

“He just brings me back to the process and brings me back to what I’m doing day to day. He finds that is the most important thing and that’s what I’ve been doing. When the results show, he won’t be too high or too low either way.”

Raducanu will begin her Queen’s campaign against Anna Blinkova in the singles, in what will be a first time match-up, and she will also rekindle her doubles partnership with Katie Boulter.

Boulter and Raducanu, who have been dubbed ‘Boultercanu’, will play Storm Hunter and Zhang Shuai in the first round of the London tournament.

The British star is yet to confirm another grass court tournament between Queen’s and Wimbledon, although there is a chance she could play the Berlin Open the week after Queen’s.

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Roger Federer has been confirmed to play the US Open once again, seven years after his last appearance in 2019.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion retired in 2022, following an appearance at the Laver Cup, but he has slowly begun to return to the sport he dominated for so many years.

The Swiss star returned to the Australian Open this year with an exhibition match alongside Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi, and he also played a practice session with Casper Ruud.

The star is set return to the US Open later this year and he will play a starry doubles match during the qualifying stages of the tournament.

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Federer will play a doubles match alongside Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, and Agassi at Flushing Meadows, with the match taking place on Tuesday, August 25th.

In a statement given to the Grand Slam, Federer said: “The US Open has always been one of the most special tournaments for me. So many unforgettable moments of my career happened in New York, and Arthur Ashe Stadium is a place that means a great deal to me.

“I’ve missed being part of that atmosphere and feeling the incredible energy that the fans bring every year,” he added. “To return to Arthur Ashe and share the evening with Andy, Andre and John makes it even more meaningful.

“I’m looking forward to celebrating those memories, seeing the fans again, and enjoying a very special night together.”

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Federer is returning to Flushing Meadows once again, as he surely holds fond memories at the New York Grand Slam.

The Swiss star won the event five years in a row between 2004 and 2008, which is an Open Era record. He also holds the joint amount of US Open titles in the Open Era with five, alongside Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors.

However, following his dominance between 2004 and 2008, Federer only reached two more US Open finals in the rest of his career. He was defeated by Juan Martin del Potro in 2009 and Novak Djokovic in 2015.

The tennis legend reached the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam in his last appearance in 2019, but his time at the event was ended by Grigor Dimitrov.

Dimitrov toppled the 20-time Grand Slam champion in five sets to knock Federer out of his last Grand Slam in New York and the tournament was eventually won by Rafael Nadal.

Federer was forced out of the US Open in 2020 and 2021 due to injury and he retired the following year with an 86% win rate at Flushing Meadows.

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Alexander Zverev hit new heights at Roland Garros by confirming the very first Grand Slam victory of his career.

The German needed five sets to topple Flavio Cobolli in the Roland Garros final, which landed him his first Grand Slam title at the fourth attempt.

Zverev closed the gap on Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP rankings and he will now head into the grass court season buoyed by the biggest victory of his career.

Despite his long-awaited Grand Slam victory, Zverev received a bizarre snub from French publication L’Equipe straight after lifting the trophy.

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The French publication opted not to put Zverev on the cover of L’Equipe despite his monumental victory in Paris, which, in turn, breaks a 20-year streak.

For the past two decades, the men’s winner of Roland Garros has graced the cover of the iconic sports newspaper, so Zverev’s snub has brought an end to a lengthy streak.

Instead of Zverev’s Grand Slam victory, L’Equipe opted to put handball team Metz Women on the cover, after their victory over Gyor Audi ETO KC in the EHF Champions League Women.

Rafael Nadal has dominated the cover of L’Equipe in those last two decades, taking the prominent position 14 times between 2005 and 2022, the last time he won the Grand Slam.

Elsewhere, the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic have also been given the top position by L’Equipe in the last two decades.

Zverev’s snub is a strange decision, but it is very unlikely to both the new Roland Garros champion.

For years, the German has been tarnished with the unwanted description of: ‘the best tennis player to never win a Grand Slam.’

After his Roland Garros triumph, Zverev will have a significant weight off his back, so he could truly push on and win several more majors in his career.

However, Zverev next has to deal with the grass court season, which has notoriously been his weakest surface by some margin.

While the star has reached the final of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and the US Open throughout his career, his best effort at Wimbledon is the fourth round.

He’s been knocked out at that stage of the tournament on three occasions, but he has never been able to make the last eight of the Grand Slam.

Zverev has never won a grass court title in his career and he currently holds a 66% win rate on the surface, having won 45 matches and lost 23.

The German has reached three ATP Tour finals on grass, at the Halle Open and the Stuttgart Open, but his campaign was ended by Florian Mayer, Roger Federer, and Taylor Fritz, respectively.

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Alexander Zverev has ended his long wait for a first Grand Slam title with a nervous win against Flavio Cabolli in Paris and he can now add his name to the list of the game’s greats.

Zverev’s 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 win was hardly convincing, as the nerves were evident from mid-way through the second set, when Cobolli roared back into the match.

Yet in the end, Zverev’s long wait for a major title finally came to an end amid emotional scenes in Paris, with the German winning his first in his fifth Grand Slam final.

The win earned him 2,000 ranking points, but that will not allow him to climb above Carlos Alcaraz as he will remain in third place in the ATP Rankings.

Cobolli’s reward for his fine run in Paris is a place in the top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time in his career, as he will move up to 10th place on Monday morning after collecting 1,300 points at Roland Garros.

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The winner of this year’s Roland Garros titles collected a prize money check of €2,800,000 with the runner-up getting €1,400,000.

The total prize money for this year’s Roland-Garros comes to €61.723m, up 9.53% compared with last year.

The tournament has decided to continue supporting the qualifying rounds, to help the players who need it most to finance their season and maintain their structure.

The total prize money for the qualifying event has been increased by 12.9%. The prize money for the main draw is up 10.1% compared with 2025.

A big effort has been made for the first three rounds of the singles draw, with an increase of between 11.11 and 11.54%. The tournament also wanted to offer more prize money for all the other rounds of the main draw, with an increase of between 6.82% and 9.80% compared with 2025.

The prize money for the doubles events (women’s, men’s and mixed) has also increased by 3.90% compared to last year and the prize money allocated to this year’s wheelchair and quad tennis competitions comes to €1,018,500, which represents a 14.55% increase.

There has been plenty of debate around the prize money on offer at this year’s Roland Garros tournament, with leading players voicing their dissent over the percentage of prize money they are taking, with world No. 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka among those voicing their annoyance.

However, there appears to be some confusion over the revenue generated by Grand Slam tournaments and the profits.

Sinner and Sabalenka were among those suggesting players deserve a higher percentage of the reported €450m turnover of revenue at the French Open, but players collect around 50% of the profits generated by the tournament.

Former British No 1 Greg Rusedski believes some of the comments from players have been misguided, as he made his points clear on his podcast.

“For me, some of the players are missing the point,” said Rusedski. “If you play in the four Grand Slams is funds you entire season.

“Players who are knocked out in qualifying get more than I used to get from getting through a couple of round at a Slam. So we need to have some perspective here.

“Prize money for getting in the four majors now is nearly $400,000. That’s a 10-to-1 ratio from my last year on tour

“So, prize money has gone up. Yes, I understand wanting more of a split.

“But if you think about it logically, the only way this strike is going to work is if you get the top 100 men, top 100 women, they all come together on the deadline when they’re supposed to enter, and they all pull out.

“It can’t just be the top 10 or the top five or one player here, one player there. We had that in 1973, I believe, as well, when they had the boycott.

“And that was the year Roger Taylor got to the semifinals of Wimbledon as a Brit trying to win the championships.

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“So we’ve had these situations before where we’ve had boycotts.

“But I don’t see it happening at the moment. Yes, they’d like to get more revenue. Yes, I understand their point of view. And I can really think, yeah, why not try to get as much as you can, because your career is so short.

“For the slams, part of the budget goes to the federations to develop players in their country.

“On top of that, if you look at the facilities at these major tournaments and at these master series, it’s out of this world.

“They’re always investing back in the structure, the fan experience as well. So I see both coins in the toss. I don’t see it happening, especially this year.”

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Alex Eala’s impressive adaptation to grass courts was highlighted once again as she lifted her first title on the surface at the Birmingham Open.

The Filipina star made her mark on grass courts last year when she came within a point of winning the Eastbourne Open title, with the tears that flowed after that near miss against Maya Joint confirming her despair.

Now she has gone on step further by finally getting her hands on silverware in the W125 event in Birmingham, after a thrilling final against Czechia’s Nikola Bartunkova ended with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 win for Eala.

“I think details made the difference in the end,” said Eala, in quotes appearing on the LTA Media News Service. “In matches like this it often comes down to small details.

“I was lucky enough to have put enough intensity in and won the important moments. It made a difference when I was able to find my footing and become more aggressive.

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“There were so many difficult moments in this match and it was one of those that anyone could win, so I’m really happy with how I performed in the important points.

“I think details made the difference in the end. I was lucky enough to have put in enough intensity in and won the important moments. It made a difference when I was able to find my footing and become more aggressive.

“There is always a lot of motivation in a final and my athleticism is something I’ve been working on. It’s a constant effort to be more fit, especially as the levels I am playing at are going higher. I see it more as a necessity day by day.”

Eala also played down injury concerns after she played the match with tape on her legs, as she added: “This is more a precautionary thing. It’s a big physical effort to go deep into a tournament, so I’m just trying to keep my body in shape.”

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This was not a full WTA Tour event, but Eala’s win has given her a healthy rankings boost as she is now up to No 33 in the live rankings.

If she can make progress in next week’s presigeous WTA 500 tournament at the Queen’s Club, Eala should be on course to secure a seeing for Wimbledon at the end of this month.

The prize money pot for the Birmingham Open was $225,000, with Eala taking home $33,650, with Bartunkova collecting $19,700 for her run at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

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Tennis legend Mats Wilander has sent a warning to Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz about what could happen if Alexander Zverev wins the 2026 French Open.

World No 3 Zverev is widely considered to be one of the best players not to win a Grand Slam, but he is one win away from securing an elusive maiden major title.

In what promises to be a career-defining match for Zverev, he will face world No 14 Flavio Cobolli in the championship match at Roland Garros.

The 29-year-old German holds a 0-3 record in Grand Slam finals, while Cobolli will be competing in his first-ever major title match.

In his column for French newspaper L’Equipe, Wilander lauded Zverev for implementing a more aggressive playing style in 2026.

“Until recently, the way Sascha Zverev won most of his points was: forehand down the court, then I’d make the difference with the backhand,” said the seven-time Grand Slam winner.

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“There was also his serve, of course. But basically, when the ball was in play, he ended up winning because he didn’t miss with his forehand and, ultimately, his backhand was just too good.

“Now that’s changed. Suddenly, he’s winning points in different ways. And to be able to do that, you have to be really flexible mentally. You have to really want to win, more than people realise.

“Because when you change, it’s so easy for your mind to drift and think, ‘Yeah, I know I should do this, but I don’t really feel it anymore.’ And he seems to feel it. He really does.”

Prior to the French Open, Alcaraz and Sinner had won the last nine majors between them since the start of 2024.

Wilander, a former world No 1, went on to make the bold claim that Zverev could form a new ‘Big Three’ with Alcaraz and Sinner.

“Jannik and Carlitos might want to be careful,” assessed the Swede.

“He (Zverev) is so strong and solid that if he’s able to integrate these changes and implement everything, with that serve on top of that, he’s going to be very difficult to beat.

“And we could soon start talking about a Big Three, where he would definitely have a place. If he wins this Sunday, it wouldn’t surprise me if he wins five or six more (Grand Slams).”

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Serena Williams has teamed up with Victoria Mboko in doubles for her sensational comeback at the 2026 Queen’s Club Championships, and the duo have learned their first opponents.

The 44-year-old, who has won an Open Era record 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles, has not played since the 2022 US Open having announced she would “evolve away” from tennis

There had been strong speculation that Williams would make a comeback since it was reported in December that she had re-entered the anti-doping testing pool.

On 1 June, Williams announced she would make her return to the sport at the grass-court WTA 500 tournament at the Queen’s Club in London.

It was confirmed that Williams and 19-year-old Canadian Mboko, the world No 9, had received a wildcard for the women’s doubles event at Queen’s.

The doubles draw has now been made, and Williams and Mboko will face Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe, the No 3 seeds, in the first round.

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In a statement, Williams said: “Queen’s Club feels like the perfect place to begin this next chapter.

“Grass has given me some of the most meaningful moments of my career, and I’m excited to be back competing on one of the sport’s most iconic stages.”

Laura Robson, the tournament director of the Queen’s Club women’s event, said: “Serena Williams is one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen, and we’re delighted that she will be making her return to tennis at the LTA’s HSBC Championships.”

In a social media post, world No 9 Mboko commented on her partnership with Williams.

“The Queen is back,” wrote the Canadian.

“An honour to share the court with one of the greatest athletes of all time this week. Even more excited to play doubles together! Tennis is pretty special.”

Serena Williams has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, while she has secured 23 WTA Tour doubles titles overall.

The American has also signed up to play doubles at the WTA 500 grass-court event in Berlin later this month.

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