Novak Djokovic secured his most significant piece of tennis history with his 23rd grand slam title.
The Serbian defeated Casper Ruud 7-6 (1) 6-3 7-5 in the French Open final to break the men’s all-time record he shared with Rafael Nadal.
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It was a third final defeat for Norwegian Ruud, who was unable to take his chances in the first set.
Picture of the day
Quote of the day
Tweet of the day
Yesterday concluded a special day with mixed emotions.
My debut on Philippe-Chatrier didn’t go the way I’d hoped. Congrats Tokito Still, an amazing experience to get the chance to play on such an iconic court and have wheelchair tennis on display pic.twitter.com/3BKO7D484m
— Alfie Hewett (@alfiehewett6) June 11, 2023
Faces in the crowd
I spy…
@TomBrady #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/HCeT4v0THx
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 11, 2023
@KMbappe @Ibra_official #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/utznU5I3rs
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 11, 2023
Shot of the day
Ridiculous Ruud #RolandGarros | @rolandgarros | @CasperRuud98 pic.twitter.com/xVwNm7R5LZ
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) June 11, 2023
Roll of honour
Women’s singles: Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s doubles: Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Wang Xinyu (China)
Men’s doubles: Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Austin Krajicek (USA)
Mixed doubles: Miyu Kato (Japan) and Tim Puetz (Germany)
Girls’ singles: Alina Korneeva
Boys’ singles: Dino Prizmic (Croatia)
Girls’ doubles: Clervie Ngounoue (USA) and Tyra Grant (USA)
Boys’ doubles: Yaroslav Demin and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (Mexico)
Women’s wheelchair singles: Diede De Groot (Netherlands)
Men’s wheelchair singles: Tokito Oda (Japan)
Women’s wheelchair doubles: Yui Kamiji (Japan) and Kgothatso Montjane (South Africa)
Men’s wheelchair doubles: Alfie Hewett (Great Britain) and Gordon Reid (Great Britain)
Quad wheelchair singles: Niels Vink (Netherlands)
Quad wheelchair doubles: Andy Lapthorne (Great Britain) and Donald Ramphadi (South Africa)
