Tom Hamilton

1 week ago | espn.ph | Tom Hamilton |D'Arcy Maine

PARIS -- World No. 1 Jannik Sinner sent Frenchman Richard Gasquet into retirement Thursday with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 hammering in the battle of generations at the French Open to ease into the third round. It was the second time in as many years in Paris that the 23-year-old Sinner beat local hero Gasquet, who said he would end a career that began over two decades ago and yielded 16 tour-level singles titles after his home Grand Slam.

1 week ago | espn.in | Tom Hamilton |D'Arcy Maine

PARIS -- World No. 1 Jannik Sinner sent Frenchman Richard Gasquet into retirement Thursday with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 hammering in the battle of generations at the French Open to ease into the third round. It was the second time in as many years in Paris that the 23-year-old Sinner beat local hero Gasquet, who said he would end a career that began over two decades ago and yielded 16 tour-level singles titles after his home Grand Slam.

1 week ago | espn.com | Tom Hamilton

BARENDRECHT, Netherlands -- It's a warm Saturday in May, the day before the final round of the Eredivisie, and the seven pitches at VV Smitshoek, south of Rotterdam, are packed. Children of all ages are playing soccer, at varying levels of competitiveness. Indoors, one of their youth teams is celebrating winning their league: Tradition states they're given a vast platter of fries, followed by taking a photo with a trophy.

1 week ago | espn.com | Tom Hamilton

World number one Aryna Sabalenka got off to a slow start Wednesday before downing Switzerland's Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round at the French OpenSabalenka began her bid for a maiden Paris crown by dropping only one game against Kamilla Rakhimova in the opening round but the 27-year-old from Belarus faced far more resistance against Teichmann, who grabbed an early break to pile on the pressure.

1 week ago | espn.com | Tom Hamilton

PARIS, France -- Emma Raducanu was outclassed in the second round of the French Open by Iga Swiatek as the reigning champion won 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday at Roland Garros. Raducanu, 22, was one of six Brits to make it through to the second round of this year's French Open, but was she handed the toughest possible ask with a match against Swiatek. Swiatek has been the dominant force on clay and has won four of the last five Slams at Roland Garros.