French Open chiefs unveiled on Thursday a package of innovations including a retractable roof and a wheelchair event for juniors as part of the new era at the tennis circuit's most prestigious clay court competition. "The most obvious thing will be the roof over Court Suzanne Lenglen," said tournament director Amélie Mauresmo."It will allow us to have matches when it is raining and give us a bit more flexibility with programming."The 30 million euro roof will be formally inaugurated on 26 May -
Former German tennis star Boris Becker has been discharged from bankruptcy by a London court following a deal with his debtors, the 56-year-old's German lawyer said Thursday. "As a result of an agreement with his insolvency administrators, Boris Becker's bankruptcy, which began in 2017, was legally terminated by a decision by the High Court in London yesterday," Becker's Berlin-based lawyer said in a statement sent to AFP. "Becker is released from any further liability arising from the insolvenc
Liudmila Samsonova brought former world number one Naomi Osaka's return to clay to a halt in the second round of the Madrid Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory.Later Thursday world number one and last year's runner-up in Madrid, Iga Swiatek, faces China's Wang Xiyu. rbs/gj