Roland Garros

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros third round after defeating Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (7-2), 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday evening.

He will next face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-4, 7-3, 7-6 (8-6) in the second round.

The prize money at Roland Garros is 49,600,000 euros.

Λίγες ημέρες μετά τη μεγάλη επιτυχία της στο Roland Garros.
 

Two Greeks, Tsitsipas & Sakkari, at the Roland Garros semifinals for the first time ever!

For now, all three behave just like Alexander the Great on the hill above Asia Minor, when the sages said that the king of Asia would become the one who untied the oxhide knot they had tied.

The satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' "does not embody in any way the sentiment of the French public opinion", the freedom of speech and freedom of the press being fundamental principles of the French Republic, French Ambassador in Bucharest Michele Ramis told AGERPRES.

A cartoon published on Thursday by the famous French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has angered Romanian fans of the winner of the Roland Garros Tennis tournament, Simona Halep.

The magazine published a drawing of Halep holding the trophy and a caption reading: "A Romanian wins Roland Garros: Scrap iron! Scrap iron!"

After almost two decades of growing pains, Roland Garros, the historic but claustrophobic home of the French Open, can finally breathe easy -- thanks to the "greenhouse effect."

PARIS - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is out of the Roland Garros tennis tournament after losing 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6) to Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the second round on Wednesday.

Basilashvili won their first-ever encounter after 161 minutes of play.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov started with a victory his Roland Garros Grand Slam participation in Paris by winning 6:2; 6:3; 6:4 vs French vet Stephane Robert, reported BNR.

In the second round of the tournament Dimitrov will play vs 5-time quarterfinalist Tommy Robredo from Spain.

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic on Thursday held his first training session with new coach Andre Agassi.

The session in the Roland Garros complex in Paris officially marked the start of the Serb's collaboration with the legendary American as images of the two became viral on social media networks.

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia