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How to Watch Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech at the 2025 LTA London Championships: Live Stream, TV Channel
How to Watch Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech at the 2025 LTA London Championships: Live Stream, TV Channel On Monday, Diana Shnaider (No. 12 in the world) faces Magdalena Frech (No. 26) in the Round of 32 at the LTA London Championships. In Shnaider's last competition, she lost to Dayana Yastremska 5-7, 5-7 in the Round of 64 at the Roland Garros on May 28, 2025. Frech is coming off a three-set loss in her last match on May 29, 2025 in the Round of 64 at the Roland Garros to Marketa Vondrousova (0-6, 6-4, 3-6). Watch Tennis Channel on Fubo! Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech: live stream info & TV channel Tournament: LTA London Championships LTA London Championships Round: Round of 32 Round of 32 Date: Monday, June 9 Monday, June 9 Live Stream: Watch Tennis Channel on Fubo Watch Tennis Channel on Fubo Court Surface: Grass Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech matchup stats In the the Roland Garros, Shnaider's last tournament, she was beaten 5-7, 5-7 by No. 48-ranked Yastremska on May 28 in the Round of 64. In her last tournament (the Roland Garros) on May 29, Frech matched up with Vondrousova in the Round of 64 and lost 0-6, 6-4, 3-6. Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 12:57 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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French Open recap: Topsy-turvy tennis comebacks, speedy second serves and two wild card wins
Welcome to the French Open briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day one at Roland Garros in Paris, another up-and-down match for Diana Shnaider ended in the right result, a home favorite came back from the brink and two U.S. wild cards made good on their potential. A rising talent comes out on the right side of a topsy-turvy comeback this time Diana Shnaider's matches are rapidly becoming appointment viewing. Advertisement The Russian world No. 12 has always been an entertaining player to watch, but things have really ramped up over the past couple of weeks. In her previous match, at the Italian Open earlier this month, Shnaider fought back from 4-0 down in the opening set against home favorite Jasmine Paolini to pinch it on a tiebreak. She then led 4-0 herself in the second set, but struggled with a stirring home crowd and lost six games in a row. Shnaider again led in the third set, but then lost another six games in a row to lose the decider and the match. Fast forward a couple of weeks to the French Open and Shnaider is at it again. In her first-round match on Sunday against Ukraine's Anastasiia Sobolieva, Shnaider raced to a 5-0 lead but promptly lost the next six games. Then, when up 0-40 to take the set into a tiebreak, she twisted her ankle and required a medical timeout. Sobolieva won the next three points when she returned, but Shnaider managed to take the set to a tiebreak still, which she won. Once all that was over with, the Russian won the second set a lot more comfortably. Advertisement Who knows what awaits in her next match, a second-round encounter with Dayana Yastremska, also of Ukraine. A home hope finds inspiration behind a bullet serve Having recently lost six straight ATP Tour matches, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard looked to be heading to another defeat on Sunday. The French world No. 37 was broken in the very first game of his match against Belgian world No. 50 Zizou Bergs, and lost the opening set 6-4. But Mpetshi Perricard, the No. 31 seed here who was looking for his first win at his home Grand Slam, dug in and sealed the second set with a 132 mph second-serve ace. Not for nothing is the 6 feet 8 inches 21-year-old considered the most powerful server in the men's game. Advertisement Mpetshi Perricard then looked down and out when trailing 5-0 in the third-set tiebreak, but reeled off seven straight points to pinch it. The noise of the roar on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, with the roof on, was extraordinary. In a dramatic fourth set, Mpetshi Perricard failed to serve out the match at 5-3 but broke immediately afterwards to seal it, forgetting the missed opportunity. As he put it in his post-match news conference: 'It means it's an amazing memory. Now it's already in the past.' No wonder Mpetshi Perricard doesn't want to focus on the past — his future is likely to include a third round against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz if he can get past Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur. Two American wild cards make good on their potential The tennis federations of France, the U.S. and Australia have their own methods of handing out the wild card that each provides to the other for its respective Grand Slam. Advertisement The U.S. has a nothing-for-free policy, tracking the rankings points for its players during a set period of weeks ahead of each of the Slams. Iva Jovic and Emilio Nava won those races for this major and landed in the main draw of the French Open. The performances Sunday were an argument for meritocracy. Both won their first round matches. Jovic, who is just 17, beat Renata Zarazua of Mexico in three sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Nava, who is 23 and, like Jovic, hails from Los Angeles, knocked off Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 to make the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in three years. For Jovic, that's old hat by now. She advanced to the second round in the U.S. Open in September and in Australia in January. Frances Tiafoe gets another chance to talk about the end of Rafael Nadal It was either fitting or ironic that while Rafael Nadal was wrapping up his farewell news conference, Frances Tiafoe, the guy who ended his U.S. Open career, was starting his. Advertisement Tiafoe, who notched a tighter-than-the-score-suggests 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over Roman Safiullin of Russia on Court Suzanne-Lenglen said that the Big Four's obsession and love for the sport has always awed him. 'They have an insane amount of drive and determination to just be great,' Tiafoe said. 'The amount of love they have for the sport is impeccable.' Tiafoe's signature win came against Nadal at the 2022 U.S. Open, a fourth-round upset in Arthur Ashe Stadium that transformed him from a tennis player into a pop culture figure. With a wry smile, he said Nadal hadn't talked to him much since then. 'All of a sudden, like, it was a respect thing of I got to fear this guy a little bit,' he said. 'I don't think he was too stressed out. It was pretty cool to see the competitive side of him.' Advertisement Tiafoe said he was just happy to have gotten a chance to play Nadal Federer, Djokovic and Murray, and especially Nadal and Federer on Ashe. 'To be able to say I played them on the biggest stage in tennis,' he said, 'that means a lot to me and my family. I don't take that for granted.' French Open men's draw 2025 French women's draw 2025 Tell us what you noticed on the first day… This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Tennis, Women's Tennis 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
French Open recap: Topsy-turvy tennis comebacks, speedy second serves and two wild card wins
Follow The Athletic's French Open coverage Welcome to the French Open briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day one at Roland Garros in Paris, another up-and-down match for Diana Shnaider ended in the right result, a home favorite came back from the brink and two U.S. wild cards made good on their potential. Diana Shnaider's matches are rapidly becoming appointment viewing. The Russian world No. 12 has always been an entertaining player to watch, but things have really ramped up over the last couple of weeks. In her previous match, at the Italian Open earlier this month, Shnaider fought back from 4-0 down in the opening set against home favorite Jasmine Paolini to pinch it on a tiebreak. She then led 4-0 herself in the second set, but struggled with a stirring home crowd and lost six games in a row. Advertisement Shnaider again led in the third set, but then lost another six games in a row to lose the decider and the match. Fast forward a couple of weeks to the French Open and Shnaider is at it again. In her first-round match on Sunday against Ukraine's Anastasiia Sobolieva, Shnaider raced to a 5-0 lead, promptly lost the next six games, and then when up 0-40 to take the set into a tiebreak twisted her ankle and required a medical timeout. Shnaider carried on and then won a suitably back-and-forth tiebreak, before taking the second set a lot more comfortably. Who knows what awaits in her next match, a second round against Dayana Yastremska on Wednesday. Charlie Eccleshare Having recently lost six straight ATP Tour matches, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard looked to be heading to another defeat on Sunday. The French world No. 37 was broken in the very first game of his match against Belgian world No. 50 Zizou Bergs, and lost the opening set 6-4. But Mpetshi Perricard, the No. 31 seed here who was looking for his first win at his home Grand Slam, dug in, and sealed the second set with a 132 mph second-serve ace. Not for nothing is the 6 feet 8 inches 21 year old considered the most powerful server in the men's game. Mpetshi Perricard then looked down and out when trailing 5-0 in the third set tiebreak, but reeled off seven straight points to pinch it. The noise of the roar on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, with the roof on, was extraordinary. In a dramatic fourth set, Mpetshi Perricard failed to serve out the match at 5-3 but broke immediately afterwards to seal it, forgetting the missed opportunity. As he put it in his post-match news conference: 'It means it's an amazing memory. Now it's already in the past.' No wonder Mpetshi Perricard doesn't want to focus on the past — his future is likely to include a third round against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz if he can get past Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur. Charlie Eccleshare The tennis federations of France, the U.S. and Australia have their own methods of handing out the wild card that each provides to the other for its respective Grand Slam. The U.S. has a nothing-for-free policy, tracking the rankings points for its players during a set period of weeks ahead of each of the Slams. Iva Jovic and Emilio Nava won those races for this major and landed in the main draw of the French Open. Advertisement The performances Sunday were an argument for meritocracy. Both won their first round matches. Jovic, who is just 17, beat Renata Zarazua of Mexico in three sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Nava, who is 23 and, like Jovic, hails from Los Angeles, knocked off Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 to make the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in three years. For Jovic that's old hat by now. She advanced to the second round in the U.S. Open in September and in Australia in January. Matt Futterman It was either fitting or ironic that while Rafael Nadal was wrapping up his farewell news conference, Frances Tiafoe, the guy who ended his U.S. Open career, was starting his. Tiafoe, who notched a tighter-than-the-score-suggests 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over Roman Safiullin of Russia on Court Suzanne-Lenglen said that the Big Four's obsession and love for the sport has always awed him. 'They have an insane amount of drive and determination to just be great,' Tiafoe said. 'The amount of love they have for the sport is impeccable.' Tiafoe's signature win came against Nadal at the 2022 U.S. Open, a fourth-round upset in Arthur Ashe Stadium that transformed him from a tennis player into a pop culture figure. With a wry smile, he said Nadal hadn't talked to him much since then. 'All of a sudden, like, it was a respect thing of I got to fear this guy a little bit,' he said. 'I don't think he was too stressed out. It was pretty cool to see the competitive side of him.' Tiafoe said he was just happy to have gotten a chance to play Nadal Federer, Djokovic and Murray, and especially Nadal and Federer on Ashe. 'To be able to say I played them on the biggest stage in tennis,' he said, 'that means a lot to me and my family. I don't take that for granted.' Matt Futterman Tell us what you noticed on the first day… (Top photo of Diana Shnaider: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic)
France 24
23-05-2025
- Sport
- France 24
'At my own risk', Andreeva vows to continue doubles despite singles success
"I feel like with playing doubles, I also improve (singles)," Andreeva told her pre-tournament press conference on Friday. "I kind of know what to do better. I feel myself more comfortable like at the net or, I don't know, with some tricky shots on the court when I play singles. "So I think that doubles, it helps me a lot. And yeah, of course I have dealt with a little bit difficulties with the schedule, but if I decide to play singles and doubles, then I have to be ready for it." While the 18-year-old admitted her decision could adversely affect her chances, she stated she won't be changing her mind on the matter anytime soon. "I kind of play doubles at my own risk, but I love it. So far I'm just gonna play singles and doubles on every big tournament, like 1000s and Slams." Diana Shnaider will partner her compatriot at the French Open, on the same site where the pair claimed Olympic silver last summer. Andreeva may count two titles and a Paris 2024 silver medal in her doubles trophy cabinet, but it is the Russian sixth seed's startling rise in the singles rankings since breaking through last season that has turned her into one of the faces of the sport. She announced herself to the world at Roland Garros last season when, fresh after turning 17, she staged a sparkling run to the last four before falling to eventual runner-up Jasmine Paolini. Andreeva then justified the hype in February when she became the youngest ever player to win a WTA 1000 level crown with her triumph in Dubai. A month later she laid down another marker by beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the final at Indian Wells to claim her second elite-level trophy. Now returning to Roland Garros 12 months later, Andreeva said one of the biggest changes was how she is now received by her peers. "I start to notice that a lot of people call me by my name, not just like 'Hey, how are you'. They say 'Hey, Mirra'. So I feel -- it feels nice," she said with a smile. "I feel like a lot more players kind of, not recognise me, but they get to know me more, as well. So I also get to kind of meet new people and talk to new people. "It's just nice to meet new people. And then sometimes maybe I didn't expect from -- I'm not going to say names -- but sometimes I just didn't expect people to come and just kind of have a chitchat with me or just ask how I am and all this stuff." Andreeva faces Spanish world number 96 Cristina Bucsa in the first round at Roland Garros, where the teenager's name will definitely be on the lips of competitors and fans alike as she seeks to add a major to her burgeoning trophy collection.
New York Times
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Tennis wants its spectators to provide atmosphere, but abuse of players persists at tournaments
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, fan behavior was a key topic at the Italian Open, French Open preparations escalated — in esports — and American college tennis changed things up regarding the U.S. Open. If you'd like to follow our fantastic tennis coverage, click here. While Carlos Alcaraz danced through the second set of the Italian Open final against Jannik Sinner, he did so in near total quiet. As it had done throughout the tournament, the crowd at the Foro Italico in Rome made its feelings known — this time with silence, rather than rancor. During her quarterfinal defeat against Zheng Qinwen, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka told a fan to 'shut the f— up' after they yelled out at her. In the previous round, world No. 22 Clara Tauson confronted a crowd member who heckled her after she served a double fault against Mirra Andreeva, asking 'who are you?' before imploring the chair umpire to intervene. Advertisement Jakub Mensík, the world No. 19, engaged in a similar confrontation during his match against Fabian Marozsan, while in her last-eight meeting with home favorite Jasmine Paolini, world No. 10 Diana Shnaider riled the baying Italian faithful after they cheered her getting broken. Not all tennis atmospheres are created equal, and partisan support can quickly devolve into unwarranted abuse, especially when the spectators delivering it are not in support of a particular player but of whatever outcome makes them money on sports betting. For Shnaider and Alcaraz, one met with roars and one with not even a smattering of applause, they can put things down to playing a home hope. While it's possible that Andreeva and Marozsan have a secret coterie of Roman ultras, it's the kind of needling that Mensík and Tauson experienced that presents the sport with a problem. Numerous elite players have documented how abuse during matches bleeds onto social media. Nearly every player will have a story of logging onto Instagram or X to floods of abusive messages after a defeat, not from their fans nor their opponent's followers but from people who simply decided that they might win them a bet and ended up not getting a pay-off. Fans not being ejected — or at least disciplined — when they engage in abuse on a match court only encourages them to continue, but umpires and security staff are rarely able to distinguish between partisan support, which the sport should embrace over silence, and the kind of directed heckling that needs discouraging. Tauson at least got a measure of revenge. Straight after that double fault, she smashed an ace down the T and gestured mockingly to the same fan behind her for some noise. James Hansen The French Open's main draw begins Sunday, May 25, but for esports devotees, the action begins in earnest a day before, when the annual Roland Garros eSeries takes place at the same venue, in the Musee du Tennis' auditorium. Eight players, whittled down from more than 500,000 original applicants, will battle it out on a bespoke French Open version of the mobile game Tennis Clash for a €5,000 (£4,210; $5,636) prize pot, which is shared between the winner and the runner-up. Advertisement The mere mention of esports is enough to make many tennis purists recoil in disgust, but it's something that all four of the sport's Grand Slams have adopted. This is the eighth edition of the Roland Garros event, while Wimbledon held its first esports competition in 2024. The Australian Open has a whole gaming division, while the U.S. Open last year introduced an interactive gaming zone at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center. This year's French Open event will see the eight players competing as individuals, but split into two teams. One will be captained by former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, the other by former world No. 6 and home favorite Gilles Simon. A keen gamer, Simon actually competed in the event himself last year, and picked up a couple of victories. He always travelled with his PlayStation during his career, including for France's Davis Cup ties, and it was a mutual interest he shared with former U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev, who he coached until February and with whom he still games online. Simon, 40, is well aware of the scepticism towards esports from many tennis fans, but believes that if an event such as the Roland Garros eSeries can help the sport engage young people, then it has served a valuable purpose. 'If some of the guys that are playing Tennis Clash play good and are then coming to the stadium, or they want to finally pick up a racket and start to play, then it's a win. It's as simple as that,' he said in a recent video interview. He added that the Grand Slams should be looking to attract as diverse a crowd as possible, and that esports gives the tournaments an even more compelling package of events. The lack of a good tennis video game has long been lamented as a missed opportunity for the sport in providing a gateway for young people. Advertisement In 2024, there were 200 spectators on site for the esports event, but there were more than 200,000 more watching it via live-streaming platform Twitch. Tennis has also lagged behind other sports in using such outlets to broaden its fandom: elite soccer players and Formula One drivers are some of the most-viewed celebrities on Twitch, some of them becoming megastars in online gaming before breaking through in their respective sports. For tennis, having access to these communities is key to its growth. Charlie Eccleshare A good while before college sports in the United States officially changed its rules to allow student-athletes to earn gobs of cash, university-level tennis there had its own version of prize money. Traditionally, American winners of the NCAA title received a wild-card entry into the main draw of the U.S. Open. If those champions had turned professional after winning the collegiate championship, which many of them do, they got to keep the first-round payment, which last year reached $100,000. This year, everything has changed. The NCAA decided that it was too much for players to participate in both its team and individual championships consecutively. It moved the individual championships to November. But that put nine months of separation between the NCAA tournament and the following year's U.S. Open. The United States Tennis Association (USTA), which organizes the latter, decided that was too long. Also, who doesn't like a little more competition? Instead of qualifying for the U.S. Open, Michael Zheng of Columbia University in New York City and Alexa Noel of the University of Miami won automatic qualification into a four-person playoff. It will be held between June 16 and 18, with a committee selecting the three other participants on the men's and women's side. Advertisement The winner gets into the main draw. The finalist gets a wild card into qualifying. There will be a men's and women's doubles playoff as well. 'Michael Zheng and I knew at the beginning of the NCAA Individual Championships in November 2024 that — given that the event was in the fall — the wild card would be determined by a playoff,' said Howard Endelman, head coach at Columbia. Congratulations, you're the NCAA champ! Now just win two more matches and you get into the U.S. Open. Matt Futterman 🎾 ATP: 🏆 Carlos Alcaraz (3) def. Jannik Sinner (1) 7-6(5), 6-1 to win the Italian Open (1,000) in Rome. It is the Spaniard's 19th ATP Tour title. 🎾 WTA: 🏆 Jasmine Paolini (6) def. Coco Gauff (4) 6-4, 6-2 to win the Italian Open (1,000) in Rome. She became the first Italian winner at the tournament in 40 years. 🏆 Katie Boulter (2) def. Chloe Paquet 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win the Trophée Clarins (WTA 125) in Paris. It is Boulter's first WTA clay-court title. 📈 Coco Gauff ascends one spot from No. 3 to No. 2 after her run at the Italian Open. 📈 Carlos Alcaraz moves up one place from No. 3 to No. 2 after his run at the Italian Open, ensuring he and Sinner can only meet in the final of the French Open. 📈 Peyton Stearns enters the top 30 for the first time, after rising 15 spots from No. 42 to No. 27. 📉 Iga Świątek falls three places from No. 2 to No. 5, meaning she could face one of the top 4 players in the world in the French Open quarterfinals. 📉 Alex Michelsen drops one place from No. 32 to No. 33, relinquishing a seeding at the French Open. 📉 Nicolas Jarry tumbles 96 spots from No. 53 to No. 149 after losing his ranking points for reaching the 2024 Italian Open final. 🎾 ATP 📍Hamburg, Germany: Hamburg Open (500) featuring Alexander Zverev, Frances Tiafoe, Andrey Rublev, Francisco Cerundolo. 📍Geneva: Geneva Open (250) featuring Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Tomas Machac, Learner Tien. 📺 UK: Sky Sports; U.S.: Tennis Channel 💻 Tennis TV 🎾 WTA 📍Strasbourg, France: Internationaux de Strasbourg (500) featuring Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Emma Raducanu, Barbora Krejcikova. 📺 UK: Sky Sports; U.S.: Tennis Channel Tell us what you noticed this week in the comments below as the men's and women's tours continue.
