The 126th Roland Garros in Paris will begin Sunday May 22nd with coverage live and free on 9Gem.
Nine exclusive coverage of the second Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year kicks off at 6.30 pm on 9Gem each night of the tournament.
All the action will also be available to stream ad-free, live and on-demand on Stan Sport, with select matches in stunning 4K.
Calling the action on Channel 9 and 9Gem will be Roz Kelly, Todd Woodbridge, Sam Groth, Jelena Dokic and tennis expert Brett Phillips.
The red clay courts of the French Open will host the sport’s finest players. World No. 1 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, is out to match 2022 Australian Open winner Rafael Nadal on 21 career Grand Slam wins and stop the Spaniard from claiming his 14th French Open title.
Taking on Nadal in the first round of the tournament is Australian hopeful Jordan Thompson.
However, the men’s competition has rarely been hotter, with players like teen sensation and current world No. 6, 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz, primed for his first Grand Slam victory. Alcaraz is in top form after beating both Djokovic and Nadal to win the recent Madrid Open.
New women’s world No.1 Iga Świątek, 20, from Poland, is chasing her second win at the French Open after winning in 2020.
The Australian men’s contingent is headed by Alex de Minaur who is ranked 22 in the world, along with Chris O’Connell, Alexei Popyrin, Thanasi Kokkinakis, James Duckworth and Jason Kubler.
Viewers will also be eagerly following Australia’s highest ranked female, Ajla Tomljanović, who made the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year. She is joined at Roland Garros by Daria Saville and Astra Sharma.
Coverage of the tennis tournament begins on Sunday, May 22, at 6.30 pm on 9Gem.
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Top image: Rafael Nadal