The French Open is a Tennis tournament played every year usually around late May and early June.

In this current tournament, this season the male and female athletes compete separately and there are also doubles for the respective groups.

 

The defending champion from last years tournament is Spaniard Rafael Nadal and for the women singles, it is Dane Jelena Ostapenko.

The Men’s doubles winners from last year are American Ryan Harrison and New Zealander Michael Venus and for the women Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, and Indian Rohan Bopanna.

This current years tournament doesn’t include Andy Murray who is out through a serious injury.

 

The competition for the men’s has now reached the round of 16 stage with leasing players such as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic already through to the quarter-finals.

For the women, well-known players such as Maria Sharapova, and Garbine Muguruza are both through to the quarter-finals in their own respective group.