Nick Kyrgios is having a "hard time" with hip and shoulder injuries but the Australian says he has done all he can to be ready for his French Open first round match against German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Record nine-time winner Rafael Nadal and title-holder Novak Djokovic set off ahead of a French Open collision course, while champions past and present meet in the women's first round.

Angelique Kerber became the first top seed to lose in the opening round at Roland Garros on Sunday as tearful Petra Kvitova swept to victory in her first match since surviving a knife attack which almost ended her career.

Five months after being stabbed during a burglary, Petra Kvitova will provide the French Open with early chills as she makes her return to competition by opening play at Roland Garros.

Serena Williams may be missing from this year's French Open, but big sister Venus is still going strong and marks her Roland Garros 20th anniversary.

With the world's top five occupied by players over 30 for the first time, Rafael Nadal is poised to tighten the old guard's Grand Slam

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were drawn to face each other in a blockbuster French Open semifinal on Friday.

Fans around the world will be able to watch Maria Sharapova's bid to reach Wimbledon with qualifying for the Grand Slam to be broadcast for the first time

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are drawn to face each other in a blockbuster French Open semifinal

Petra Kvitova will play the French Open in what will be her first tournament since being attacked by a knife-wielding burglar in December

Novak Djokovic reveals that a chance telephone call sparked his decision to hire US legend Andre Agassi as his new coach.

Britain's Andy Murray says that it has been hard at times for him to stay motivated since he became world number one last year.

With its quicksilver conditions, quaint old-tech environment and a leviathan casting his shadow across centre court, the French Open is now the hardest grand slam title to win, says former champion and tennis great Mats Wilander.

Nick Kyrgios suffers a setback in his preparations for the French Open when he is sent packing from the Lyon Open by qualifier Nicolas Kicker.

Maria Sharapova's comeback from a doping ban will include an appearance at the Rogers Cup in August after the former world number one is granted a wild card by the organisers of the Toronto tournament.

Security staff numbers have been increased for Roland Garros, which starts on Sunday, officials announce in the wake of a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester that left at least 22 dead.

Bruno Slastan has been first on court at the French Open on every day the tournament has hosted since 1989, using all his experience to prep the world's most celebrated clay surface for five hours before play starts.

With the French Open starting on Sunday, Murray has accrued 1,210 to the 4,915 of Rafael Nadal and looks a pale imitation of the player who won his last 24 matches of 2016 to knock Novak Djokovic off his pedestal and seize power in men's tennis.

Novak Djokovic revealed on Sunday that American great Andre Agassi would be his new coach, but said they did not yet have a "long-term commitment".

German Alexander Zverev says he cannot rest on his laurels after beating Novak Djokovic to win the Italian Open and has set his sights on bigger titles in order to retain his place in the world's top 10.