James Hansen
Senior Tennis Editor at The Athletic
Senior Editor, 🎾 @TheAthletic • Previous editing and writing in The Drift, Dirt, Vittles, Bon Appétit, Eater London • He/him
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
ROLAND GARROS, PARIS - One year ago, Loïs Boisson had her tennis dream dashed. After tearing through the third rung of professional women's tennis, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) awarded Boisson a wild card for the French Open. A week before, at a minor tournament in Paris, Boisson tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and missed nine months of tennis. She didn't even watch the tournament on television.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Novak Djokovic won the 100th singles title of his career by beating Hubert Hurkacz in three sets at the Geneva Open in Switzerland. Djokovic lost the opening set on a double fault, but recovered against an opponent who had never beaten him to set yet another tennis record with a 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-6(2)He becomes only the third man in the Open Era to win 100 titles, after Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Belinda Bencic has withdrawn from the French Open with an arm injury, scratching one of the most interesting first-round matchups of the tournament. Bencic, the world No. 39 who has been in strong form since at the end of last year returning from the birth of her first child, had been drawn against 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. "I will, unfortunately, miss Roland Garros this year.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
French tennis player Caroline Garcia, the 2022 WTA Tour Finals champion and former world No. 4, has confirmed that the 2025 French Open will be her last as she "says goodbye" to the sport. "After 15 years competing at the highest level, and more than 25 years putting pretty much every second of my life into it, I feel ready to start a new chapter," Garcia, 31, wrote on social media. "I have a few tournaments left. The first one is at home, at Roland Garros. My 14th consecutive time being part of it.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | James Hansen
Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Italian Open, tournament organizers confirmed April 29. Djokovic, who has said his only goal for this clay-court season is the French Open in Paris, is now unlikely to play a competitive match before it begins in late May. The world No. 5 lost his most recent match, at the Madrid Open, to Italy's Matteo Arnaldi. It was his fourth opening-match defeat in 2025, and in a post-match news conference he described the "new reality" he faces on the tennis circuit.
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