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Naomi Osaka after winning the US Open final against Victoria Azarenka at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. (Photograph by Al Bello/ Getty Images)

Sport, the media and mental wellbeing

Players and journalists are necessarily intertwined, but there have to be more considerate and respectful ways to bring the game to spectators

Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates after winning against Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig during their women’s singles first round tennis match on Day 1 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 30, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Osaka crisis throws light on stars’ mental health and media ‘voyeurism’

The 23-year-old world number two, and four-time major winner, said she will now take a break from tennis, putting her participation at Wimbledon and even her home Olympics at risk

Williams had suffered life-threatening blood clots when she gave birth to her daughter Alexis Olympia in 2017. (Susan Mullane/USA TODAY Sports)

Serena survives scare at Roland Garros, wins 800th match

Williams won her most recent major at the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant

Serena takes French Open catsuit ban in stride

Describing it as "fun and functional", Williams insisted the catsuit helped her prevent a return of the blood clots which put her life in danger

Nadal join’s Margaret Court as the only other player to have won the same major 11 times.

Rafael Nadal lifts record 11th French Open title

Spain’s Rafael Nadal beat Austria’s Dominic Thiem in three straight sets for his 17th Grand Slam trophy

Serena Williams announced at a press briefing on Monday that she would be withdrawing from the french Open

Serena exits French Open before Sharapova showdown

The tennis star made the difficult announcement on Monday

Rafael Nadal bites the trophy as he poses during the ceremony after defeating Novak Djokovic.

I won the most important tournament of the world – Nadal

Spain’s Rafael Nadal has defeated great rival Novak Djokovic to become the first man to win nine titles at any Grand Slam event.

Maria Sharapova after winning the French Open against Romania’s Simona Halep at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Saturday.

Sharapova silences Halep in Paris

Maria Sharapova has never been taken to three sets in a showpiece match until she ran into a tireless Romanian named Simona Halep on Saturday.

Russia’s Maria Sharapova kisses the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after winning her French Open final match against Romania’s Simona Halep at Roland Garros in Paris.

Maria Sharapova supreme once more at French Open

Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years on Saturday, defeating Romania’s Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in a gripping final.

No stopping serene Serena

Serena Williams’ partnership with her French coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has transformed her career.

Rafael Nadal during the French Open.

Nadal still in pain despite French Open victory

Rafael Nadal, who beat David Ferrer at the French Open, has opened up about his knee injury that sidelined him for seven months last year.

Maria Sharapova. (AFP)

French Open final: No looking back for Sharapova

The past is irrelevant for Maria Sharapova as she prepares to face up to the steamroller that is Serena Williams in Saturday’s French Open final.

Serena Williams slams through to French Open semis

Serena Williams, who won six of the last seven games and beat Svetlana Kuznetsova, has reached her first semifinal in a decade at the French Open.

Sharapova and Jankovic clash promises to be a ‘feisty affair’

Defending champ Maria Sharapova has an imposing 7-1 career lead over Jelena Jankovic but their meeting at the French Open will be their first on clay.

Serena Williams reaches quarter-finals of French Open

Williams bludgeoned her way to another lopsided win on Sunday as she continued her quest for a second French Open title, 11 years after her first.

Novak Djokovic on his way to a first-round victory over David Goffin at the French Open this week.

Djokovic brings French to his game

Defeat by Rafael Nadal in last year’s French Open final still rankles with the Serb who seeks to achieve his destiny – and a career Grand Slam.

Sharapova says no mercy for teen superstar Bouchard

Superstar teenager Eugenie Bouchard will face tough competition from co-Nike sponsored champion Sharapova at the French Open.

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has tested positive for Covid-19.

French Open: Nadal pulls off narrow win against Brands

German Daniel Brands proved to be tough competition for Rafael Nadal in their first-round match at this year’s French Open.

Djokovic blocks Nadal’s path to French Open super eight

Rafael Nadal can become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times at the French Open, but he may have to get past Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray ‘not fit to compete’ at French Open

Britain’s world number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a a lower back injury.