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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sleep like a Princess in the Glow of the Eiffel Tower at Shangri-La Paris
Sleep like a Princess in the Glow of the Eiffel Tower at Shangri-La Paris originally appeared on L.A. Mag. As a girl who read Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea over and over again, I have long dreamed of sleeping in a royal palace. So, when the Shangri-La Group invited me to visit such a palace, a chance to bed down in pure opulence like a pampered princess in a room aglow with the warm and sometimes twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine river, I packed my tiara. The five-star Shangri-La Paris was once the private residence of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandnephew, the botanist and member of the turn-of-the-century Parisian literati crowd, Prince Roland Bonaparte. The hotel now has 100 perfectly appointed rooms and suites that Shangri-La likes to describe as an embodiment of 'the quintessence of Asian hospitality and French art de vivre,' and it did not disappoint. The Shangri-La Paris is situated in what is known as the city's 16th arrondissement, which makes it centrally located to luxury fashion houses, café life and museums, including the Musée d'Art Moderne. Even better, travelers are invited to experience a host of curated experiences that lean into its new international campaign, "Eat, Play, Love," and that we did. Eating was pure joy at Shang Palace, the fine dining establishment that offers haute Asian cuisine, which was so extraordinary that it's easy to see why it earned the first Michelin Star for any Chinese eatery in Paris. Then there was the butler curated Pique Nique Chic, the fancy French way to picnic, a the Champ de Mars under the world-famous La Dame de Fer, or Iron Lady's. Nothing like toasting breathtaking views with some bubbly and artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, fresh fruits, and oh-so elegant finger sandwiches. Play came in the form of zipping through picturesque Paris in a vintage Citroën 2CV for a visit to the cobbled streets of Montmartre, an artists' mecca centered by the world famous Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur, the highest summit in the city that offers commanding 360-views. The Shangri-La organized a private visit to the Montmartre Museum, once the home of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted two of his exquisite works, "La Balançoire" and "Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette," in its gorgeous gardens. As part of this spectacular and unique experience, a local artist sketched my portrait, which is a perfect Parisian memento I will treasure. For Love, it came in the form of self-love with a glorious massage at the hotel's Chi spa, centered around an indoor 56-foot infinity pool awash in natural light. And, of course, the love that comes with exploring Paris on foot along the River Seine, which runs through the heart of the city of light. All of it made me feel very much like a princess This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Times
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Our venue: Stade Roland Garros
Follow live coverage from the second day of the French Open at Roland Garros, as the first round continues to play out in Paris Getty Images Named after the French aviator, Roland Garros lies in Paris's 16th arrondissement and is the only major to be played on clay courts. The name of the stadium is used interchangeably with the tournament's official title of the French Open, with 20 courts making up the stadium complex. The biggest is Court Philippe-Chatrier, which has a 15,000 seat capacity. It was completed in 1928 as France prepared to defend its Davis Cup title at a peak period for tennis in the country dominated by the 'Four Musketeers' (Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste). One stand is named after each of the tennis Musketeers at Court Philippe-Chatrier. Getty Images Every sporty kid dreams of the moment — lifting a trophy in front of adoring fans. Well, in the men's tournament at the French Open, that means lifting the Coupe des Mousquetaires. The silver bowl-shaped trophy is named after four of France's famous tennis players known as the Four Musketeers (Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and Rene Lacoste). As for the women's singles champion, she collects the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen — named after the female French tennis player who was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926. That's some history behind both trophies. It's a pretty tidy sum for those lucky enough to be crowned champions. Both the men's and the women's singles champions will take home an equal prize pot of €2.55 million (£2.33 million / $3.09 million). That's an increase from the €2.4 million (£2.02 million / $2.72 million) won by Iga Świątek and Carlos Alcaraz last year. But the winners' trophy and a place in history is the real prize for most players. The story goes that Sabalenka started playing tennis by chance as a child — and it's a pretty good piece of fortune that she did. Three major titles, 20 WTA Tour titles and the current No. 1 WTA ranking later and it's safe to say her commitment to that moment of chance has paid off. Sabalenka's best French Open finish is in the semifinal in 2023, so she will be looking to go one further this year to put herself another step closer to a career Grand Slam. In a warm up for the competition at the Italian Open, she was knocked out in the quarterfinals by Zheng Qinwen in straight sets, but she advanced to the second round yesterday with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kamilla Rakhimova. The Athletic It's a busy time in the sports world — and the calendar is only getting busier as we head into the summer. The Premier League season might be over but we have the Club World Cup and the Women's Euros to look forward to. Plus the Formula One and MLB seasons continue and Wimbledon isn't far away either. The Athletic is your one-stop shop to follow all those, and more, with our industry-leading sports coverage. So what are you waiting for? Sign up on an exclusive offer here. We'll be bringing you live updates and analysis throughout today's action (and plenty in the build-up, too) but if you want to catch Roland Garros live, here's all the information you need: U.S.: TNT Sports, Max TNT Sports, Max UK: TNT Sports TNT Sports Canada: TSN TSN France: Sport, Amazon Prime Getty Images The first round matches in both the men's and women's singles begin today at 11 a.m. CEST, which is 10 a.m. BST in London. That works out at 5 a.m. ET on the east coast of the U.S. and 2 a.m. PT on the west coast. This evening's session will start no earlier than 8:15 p.m. CEST in Paris, which is 7:15 p.m. BST, 2:15 p.m. ET, and 11:15 a.m. PT. Hello and welcome along to today's coverage of the second day of the French Open at Roland Garros! And what a tournament we should have in store at this, the second major of the year and the only one to be held on clay. We have a full slate of matches at this early stage of the competition in the men's and women's singles, so stick around for all the latest news, analysis, and match updates from around the courts as play gets underway. Page 2
The National
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The National
Roland Garros preview: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner on collision course and tough path ahead for Swiatek
The stage is set at the quaint and charming neighbourhood of Porte d'Auteuil in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where the French Open is scheduled to begin on Sunday. The women's and men's singles draws were unveiled on Thursday – with a little help from Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele – and it's time to take a closer look at the biggest storylines heading into Roland Garros. Defending champion Iga Swiatek finds herself in unfamiliar territory entering this French Open – for the first time since March 2022, she is ranked outside the world's top two. Unsuccessful title defences in Madrid and Rome proved costly for Swiatek, who has slipped in the rankings this week and is seeded No 5 in Paris. All eyes were firmly fixed on Swiatek's name during the draw ceremony to see where she would land. She ended up in a stacked second quarter that includes former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko, who is 6-0 head-to-head against Swiatek, former Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina, in-form Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, and freshly-crowned Rome champion and last year's French Open finalist Jasmine Paolini. Should Swiatek emerge safely out of her quarter of the draw, she could square off in the semi-finals against world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka or Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, who clinched a historic gold for China on the clay courts of Roland Garros at the Paris 2024 Games less than a year ago. Swiatek opens her French Open defence against world No 41 Rebecca Sramkova and could get Emma Raducanu in the second round and Marta Kostyuk in the third round. While her path seems daunting, it would be a mistake to forget just how dominant the 23-year-old has been on clay, and at Roland Garros specifically. Swiatek has won four of the last five editions of the tournament, and is 35-2 overall on Parisian clay (not including the Olympics, where she took bronze last summer). She has lost just eight sets in total through 37 matches at the French Open and her career record on the red dirt is a remarkable 98-14. That is an 87.5 per cent success rate on clay, at tour level. As Sabalenka's coach Anton Dubrov recently told The National: 'Numbers show that Iga is dominating on the clay. The results of the previous years show that we cannot say anything that Iga is not great.' Her tough draw means she'll have extra motivation to be locked in from the get-go. Write her off at your own peril... Before the clay season began, it would have been fair to say that the men's tournament at Roland Garros felt as open as ever. Carlos Alcaraz was having an up-and-down season, Jannik Sinner was serving a three-month ban, Novak Djokovic went winless between the Australian Open and Miami, and the first two Masters 1000 events of the year witnessed first-time 1000 champions in the form of Jack Draper and Jakub Mensik. But now that we're just two days away from its kick off, it feels like a final between the top two seeds, Sinner and Alcaraz, is almost a forgone conclusion. Alcaraz arrives in the French capital having won Masters 1000 crowns on clay in Monte Carlo and Rome, along with a runner-up showing in Barcelona. Meanwhile, Sinner returned from his suspension in Rome and extended his winning streak to 26 matches – which included a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Madrid champion Casper Ruud in the quarters – before he fell to Alcaraz in the final. The pair split the four majors between them last season. Sinner successfully defended his Australian Open crown in January, and Alcaraz is favoured to retain his Roland Garros title, given his 15-1 run on clay in the build-up. Is there anyone that can spoil this narrative? We'd be remiss to ignore a three-time Roland Garros champion in the mix; one who has not given up on trying to claim an all-time record 25th grand slam trophy. Just like people were holding their breath, waiting to see where Swiatek would fall in the draw, many were anxious to see where Djokovic, seeded No 6 in Paris, would land. The Serb is in the second quarter of the draw, which is home to last year's runner-up Alexander Zverev, former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev, and in-form Argentine Francisco Cerundolo. Should Djokovic make it through his quarter, he could potentially take on Sinner in the semi-finals. After losing back-to-back openers on clay in Monte Carlo and Madrid, Djokovic withdrew from Rome. But he has picked up some momentum in Geneva this week, where he celebrated his 38th birthday on Thursday by punching his ticket to the semi-finals. The good news for Djokovic is that he was handed a relatively favourable draw in Paris, which could help him build up his form heading into the second week. Others out to upset the order are: two-time Roland Garros finalist Ruud, fifth-seeded Draper, who made the final in Madrid, eighth-seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who reached the Monte Carlo final and made semis in Madrid and Rome, and 18th-seeded Cerundolo, who owns a whopping 19 victories on clay in 2025. If there is one player who is undoubtedly thinking about capitalising on Swiatek's current woes it would be Sabalenka. The Belarusian recently admitted that she feels she has unfinished business in Paris, where she suffered some tough losses, against Mirra Andreeva in the 2024 quarter-finals and Karolina Muchova in the 2023 semi-finals. Sabalenka's clay preparations for Roland Garros included a title run in Madrid, a final showing in Stuttgart and a quarter-final exit in Rome. She has made six finals from nine tournament appearances so far this season and as a three-time major champion, is the likeliest to dethrone Swiatek at the French Open – but it's not going to be easy. Sabalenka shares a quarter with Zheng, who beat the world No 1 in Rome last week. Zheng was having a sub-par campaign before she caught fire in Rome, where she lost a three-hour 33-minute semi-final to Coco Gauff. Second-seeded Gauff, a former runner-up in Paris, is another serious contender this upcoming fortnight, having made back-to-back finals in Madrid and Rome in the build-up. Fourth-seeded Paolini has some unforgettable memories from last year at Roland Garros, where she made the French Open finals and won Olympic gold in doubles alongside her fellow Italian Sara Errani. She won singles and doubles in Rome last week and is firmly back on the list of favourites for success at Porte d'Auteuil. Also don't sleep on last year's semi-finalist Andreeva, who has won two WTA 1000 tournaments this season and lost to Gauff in the quarter-finals at both Madrid and Rome this month. Svitolina has amassed a 12-2 record on clay in the last five weeks – including a title in Rouen – and will be hungry to improve on her four previous quarter-final appearances at the French Open. It's not a grand slam if there aren't some unmissable first round matches in both the men's and women's draws. Here are some notable openers to look out for: Paula Badosa (10) v Naomi Osaka Elena Rybakina (12) v Belinda Bencic Zheng Qinwen (8) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Magdalena Frech (25) v Ons Jabeur Carlos Alcaraz (2) v Kei Nishikori Alexander Zverev (3) v Learner Tien Daniil Medvedev (11) v Cameron Norrie Roberto Bautista Agut v Holger Rune (10) Tomas Martin Etcheverry v Stefanos Tsitsipas (20) Hubert Hurkacz (30) v Joao Fonseca
