MATTHEW LAMBERT AT ROLAND GARROS: Rafael Nadal cruised into the French Open quarter finals after a good old fashioned clay court dust up on Philippe Chatrier.

NATHAN SALT IN PARIS: With 246 million subscribers, the pressure is on to keep quality high in their coverage with Roland Garros always at risk of no play with the roof yet to arrive.

Seventeen-year-old Amanda Anisimova produced a stunning performance to defeat defending champion Simona Halep in the French Open quarter-finals.

Amanda Anisimova has become the first tennis player born in the 2000s to reach the semis of a grand slam after upsetting defending champ Simona Halep in the French Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

Britain's Johanna Konta faces Marketa Vondrousova in her first Grand Slam semi-final before old rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal do battle for a 39th time.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Rafael Nadal crushed the spirit of Roger Federer as he powered into yet another French Open final with his handling of an atrocious wind

The 23-year-old defeated teenager Marketa Vondrousova in a 6-1, 6-3, in the final of the Roland-Garros on Saturday.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: From burnout to Big Bash cricket, nobody has had a journey to the podium of a Grand Slam quite like Ashleigh Barty.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Thiem's semi-final against Djokovic took longer to complete than the Le Mans 24-hour race and had the same amount of turns and crashes.

Aussie French Open winner Ash Barty has revealed the text message sent from a fellow indigenous tennis star which kept her from quitting professional tennis. 

Following her historic French Open win, Aussie tennis champion Ash Barty let her hair down in true blue style - with a few beers and a steak. 

The continuing failure of the younger generation in men's tennis to properly lay a glove on the dominant thirtysomethings is beginning to attract the wrath of past legends of the game such as Becker.

Serena Williams appears to have given up on the idea of playing a grass court tournament ahead of Wimbledon, a possibility she floated after losing at the French Open.

Nick Kyrgios has hailed French Open champion Ashleigh Barty and declared his fellow Australian is the woman to beat at Wimbledon.

Australian star Ash Barty is just two wins away from becoming world number one after she defeated Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic. 

Ashleigh Barty is one match away from becoming the first Australian to be crowned women's world number one in 43 years after progressing to the final of the Nature Valley Classic.

Serena Williams (pictured), 37, snubbed Barty, 23, at her pre-Wimbledon press conference on Saturday. Barty rose to number one after winning Birmingham Classic and French Open.

When Queenslander Ash Barty won her first grand slam tennis title at the French Open in June she celebrated by going out for beer and steak. 

The 78-year-old was at the fundraiser at billionaire Ronald Perelman's home Saturday night, main. Guests said he was joined by Dana Blumberg, inset, after splitting with Ricki Lander.

French Open champion Barty, who had been beaten twice by Kvitova in Australia earlier this year, fired nine aces and converted three of six break points to win the encounter.

The American, who became the youngest player to reach a WTA final since Czech Nicole Vaidisova in 2004, overcame 2017 French Open champion 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the final.

The touching moment where Coco Gauff's father delivers a rousing courtside speech moments before her maiden WTA title has been revealed.

Ashleigh Barty's coach can pinpoint the moment when the Australian morphed from good to a great.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led the charge of revelers at the Pride Parade in Toronto on Sunday, where the thousands took to the streets waving rainbow flags.

Justin Trudeau was dragged on social media by both conservative and liberal pundits after three different instances surfaced of him donning blackface as recently as 2001.

Fox host and father-of-four said on Thursday's Tucker Carlson Tonight he would never allow his daughter to date a man who was a feminist, because Bill Clinton was and Ted Kennedy 'killed a woman'.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday failed to state definitive support to defend NATO allies who fall short of a commitment to spend 2 per cent of their GDP on defense.

President Trump was said to have made remarks about Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron to more than a dozen United Nations ambassadors in a closed-doors meeting at the White House.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to shut down their border.

Brexit party leader, Nigel Farage has offered Boris Johnson his support via a newspaper adverts in return for the assurance of a break away from the European Union without a deal.

Nigel Farage claimed he wanted to 'fight a general election' alongside the Tories. The Brexit Party leader has been in the north east of England today on a conference tour.

DAN HODGES:The Prime Minister should hold his nerve. Because a man on a white charger may be about to come riding to his rescue. A man by the name of Jeremy Corbyn.

Paul Vinter, 47, of south London, claims people 'shake their fists at him' when he is out in his 1979 Mercedes 450 SLC because of its BRX541T number plate.

Mr Braine, who only replaced hardliner Gerard Batten in the summer, entered a public row with the party's ruling national executive committee after he called for the Newport event to be cancelled.

At a glitzy election launch in Westminster, Nigel Farage vowed to take on the 'two tribes' of the Conservatives and Labour who had forgotten what they promisd in the 2016 referendum.

Steve Baker, chairman of the European Research Group (ERG), said Nigel Farage could end up creating a 'weak and indecisive' hung Parliament if he fields 600 Brexit Party candidates.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said he will have candidates in more than 600 constituencies unless Boris Johnson agrees to go for a No Deal Brexit.

HENRY DEEDES: Farage's relentless pursuit of a No Deal Brexit, which led him to put up 600 candidates at the election in order to frustrate the Conservatives, has in recent weeks been barmy.

The Brexit Party leader was being lined up for a 30-minute Question Time special in the run-up to the December 12 vote because of his plans to field 600 candidates nationwide.

It came after police revealed they were assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Tories offered peerages in return for standing down.

Today's Mail on Sunday Deltapoll gives Boris Johnson a 13-point lead, with the Tories on 43 per cent and Labour on 30 per cent, at the end of a week in which Jeremy Corbyn set out manifesto policies.

The Conservative Party's election manifesto flatly ruled out delaying the formal end of the implementation phase.

Loyal supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are more likely to agree with statements deemed to be anti-Semitic than supporters of other political leaders, a poll has revealed.

The Brexit Party leader and former House of Commons speaker enjoyed a witty exchange on Sky News this evening as results flooded in from across the country.

DANIEL HANNAN: What a difference an election victory makes. Suddenly, everyone is rushing to be Boris's friend. Those Conservatives who spent years fulminating against him are now praising him.

JAN MOIR: Andrews Neil and Marr and John Bercow jostled for supremacy during the rolling coverage of the UK election, with fangs poised for the killer soundbite.

Brexiteer hopes of Nigel Farage becoming the UK's new US ambassador have been dashed after it emerged the government is only accepting applications from existing civil servants.

Frankly, I can think of few more pleasing things to do than batter Alastair Campbell to a pulp for the delectation of the British public. But my sons weren't so keen

In a joint interview with Leonardo DiCaprio, 44, Pitt said: 'It's a constant battle. You gain wisdom as you get older, so self-doubt gets less, hopefully.' The pair star in Quentin Tarantino's newest film.

Margot Robbie was every inch the A-lister as she led the glamour at the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood premiere in Berlin on Thursday.