Recent form will vie with historic dominance when Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer renew their rivalry in the French Open semi-finals on Friday. Nadal has won 23 of their 38 previous matches.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: French Open organisers were under fire on Friday night after seeming to call off play prematurely with Novak Djokovic in trouble against Dominic Thiem.

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.

Australian golfing coach Garry Kissick took to Instagram to congratulate his girlfriend Ash Barty for defeating Markéta Vondroušová in two sets in the French Open final.

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. 

The King of Clay is back in familiar settings as Rafael Nadal bids to win an unprecedented 12th French Open title on Sunday afternoon.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sometimes sport sucks. No matter the outcome, it was a rotten shame that Jimmy Greaves did not feature in the 1966 World Cup final for England.

The Australian star tennis player, 23, met Mr Kissick, 28, at Brooklands Golf Club in Queensland in 2016 during a round of golf, and they have been together since.

KIERAN GILL AT EASTBOURNE: Konta triumphed 6-4, 7-6 in one hour and 37 minutes at the Nature Valley International. British No 1 is competing at her final tournament before Wimbledon.

The 37-year-old tennis player wore a sheer white jacket over her ensemble as she stepped out onto the court at the second day of Wimbledon in London.

A Centre Court debut for Cameron Norrie against the 2014 US Open finalist Kei Nishikori is in store. The Japanese No 8 seed has not shown his best form on grass yet.

Barty, chasing back-to-back grand slams following her French Open success last month, beat the Belgian 6-1 6-3 to advance to the third round on Thursday.

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.

The world No 6 said in a video posted Thursday on Twitter that 'Darren will be back by my side next season' and that she 'can't wait to finish what we started.'

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.

Japan's Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down to beat Australian world number one Ash Barty 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final of the China Open in Beijing on Sunday.

MIKE DICKSON IN MADRID: The Barcelona superstar hit back on Twitter after Belgium's former French Open semi-finalist Filip Dewulf, now a journalist, posted a picture of a largely empty stadium.

Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone has been given the all clear following a 'tough battle' with cancer, the 39-year-old Italian has said.

The Canadian sounded a positive note at the end of what he freely admits has been 'the most challenging month in my 35 year career in sport', with further cancellations also coming on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: Like many successful tennis players, Kevin Krawietz is used to receiving decent customer service.

Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau were pictured sharing a warm embrace in Paris today, as they met to discuss a new EU-Canada trade deal. 

Bianca Andreescu has revealed that she received a message from Drake after winning the US Open. 19-year-old Andreescu defeated Serena Williams in the final last weekend.

A coach carrying the travelling press pack drove into the jet's wing after the Prime Minister touched down in Victoria, British Columbia for the first rally of his tour on Wednesday night.

In the new photographs, Trudeau is dressed up as Jamaican singer Harry Belafonte to sing Day-O, a Jamaican song, at Jean Brebeuf High School at a talent show in the 1990s.

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada and arguably the most woke, virtue-signalling and PC-crazed leader in the history of Mankind turns out to have a rather cracked halo?

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'.

Donald Trump used a NATO meeting Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to push Speaker Nancy Pelosi to pass the USMCA trade deal.

Last night's glittering NATO reception at Buckingham Palace saw the Duchess of Cambridge, 37, chatting in animated fashion to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Trump hasn't been humiliated at the NATO summit at all. He's just had to endure the petty mockery of a jealous bunch of Mean Girls who like to make fun of him behind his back.

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.

The eight-bedroom gated estate on Vancouver Island, Canada, boasts two beaches and views across the peninsula from the four acre property.

Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau says Harry, Meghan (pictured) and Archie 'were among friends, and always welcome here' after the family spent six weeks in a Vancouver mansion.

Social media users compared a picture appearing to show Trump with strong fake tan lines with everything from the movie Cats to Mrs. Doubtfire to Justin Trudeau in blackface.

The 48-year-old woman, known by her surname Li, was diagnosed yesterday after returning home from London on March 4. Ms Li stayed in the British capital from February 1 to March 4, said Beijing officials.

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

The 33-year-old rapper took to his Instagram story to show off his incredible collection of Nikes including several pairs of Kobe Bryant signatures and rare Air Jordans.

In the ongoing absence through illness of Boris Johnson he joined leaders including US president Donald Trump to discuss how to reduce the economic impact of the pandemic.

The Brexit Party chief's offer comes amid growing pressure from Tory MPs for the Prime Minister to draw up a pact with the Eurosceptic hardliners if there is an Election before Britain leaves the EU.

Hardline Brexiteer Nigel Farage wants to go after Labour seats where UKIP has previously had some success, such as in the Midlands and North East.

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.

HENRY DEEDES: Momentary bamboozlement over in the European Parliament today. Nigel Farage was up on his high hooves and had just uttered an unfamiliar word.

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.

Nigel Farage (pictured) had been receiving calls on his LBC radio show. Caller Mark spoke about Britain and Europe before poking fun at the Brexit Party leader.

Nigel Farage told the Brexit Party rally in Wales: 'Once Brexit is done, we will take the knife to the pen pushers in Whitehall.' Alliance Party MEP Naomi Long called police to investigate.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage conceded it would have been 'better' if he had used the word 'axe' because that is a more commonly-used metaphor.

Nigel Farage took to the stage at the event in Westminster this evening and savaged the deal the PM managed to agree with Brussels on Thursday, saying 'this is not what we voted for.'

In an email to supporters yesterday, the leader said the party would have 'a big challenge on our hands to clear out the Remainer Parliament and win a majority for Brexit'.

HENRY DEEDES: Yup. That's right. No lesser grand fromaggio than the President of the United States had picked up the blower to chew the cud about the state of Yew-kay politics.

HENRY DEEDES: Fresh from his radio show love-in with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage said he had an 'offer' for Boris Johnson and his Conservatives.